Mar 30, 2012 | 5/6/2012 (1335-1510), Library Services & Dev
The new Library at Macquarie University provided a unique opportunity to completely rethink our approach to service provision, to leverage technology to improve students‘ learning experiences and to deliver client-centred services. The first use of an automated...
Mar 30, 2012 | 5/6/2012 (1335-1510), Library Services & Dev
This contribution will demonstrate new applications of RFID-utilization which go beyond the typical applications such as self check service to clients and security tasks. At first we will describe our inventory workflow with RFID-devices and software to get real time...
Mar 26, 2012 | Day 2 (5 Jun), Library Services & Dev
Ten years ago, Professor Davenport and Professor Beck in their book “Attention Economy” posited that users suffer from information overload and attention deficit due to the explosive growth of online content. With so much information easily accessible from...
Mar 26, 2012 | 5/6/2012 (1335-1510), Library Services & Dev
Being the only university to adopt a college system in Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong has at present nine constituent colleges, one of which is the New Asia College. Compared to the other colleges, the New Asia College has strong emphasis on the arts...
Mar 26, 2012 | 5/6/2012 (1335-1510), Library Services & Dev
In September 2010 the Canterbury region was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. This event took place near the end of the second term of semester 2 and created a number of problems for students finishing their assignments and sitting examinations. After remediation of...
