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INFORMATION RESOURCES andINFORMATION RESOURCES and

SERVICES UNITSERVICES UNIT

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Community of Practice (CoP)Community of Practice (CoP)

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Our Guid in Princ i les

e ver ng n orma on a s cre e anmost relevant to the needs of ADB staff

Ensuring timely access to information

Strengthening information sharing in ADB

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Rationale for Su ort Continuing the goals of the Library Services Steering

-,

operational focus

 infrastructure

- s roa access o n orma on resources cansupport the information needs of the Water CoP

- books

- e ec ron c resources e.g. wa er-re a e ourna s rougScience Direct, energy acuity for Energy CoP

- kHUB and iLAB

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Goals of the LSSC

 gn n egra e erv ces

2 Inc rease Operational Focus

 eve op o a orat ve pace

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Ma or Ac tivitiesGoalsGoals ActivitiesActivities

Align and IntegrateServices Combined Library and Records

Updated the RRDS

 

Increase Operational

Focus

Reorganized the OAFA-IR staff

Created sector specific informationcoordinators positions

Accelerated support for RMs/ROs

 Space for Learning

 

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FA n Inf rm i n r in i n

 o a re our

Clients?

 

offices

   

clients

Need?

 

Ac cess to most current information and databases

Research assistance

 relevanc y and ranking

How c an we Responding to research request

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Contours of Information Coordination

WILLWILL WILL NOTWILL NOT

Information Monitor and prepare Write sec tions for papers

ac ag ng  

publications Identify authoritative

Summarize papers writtenby ADB staff

 

Prepare bibliog raphy

Information Arrange book d isplays for Manage log istic s forDissemination CoP events

Fac ilitate purchase of CoPresources

seminars and events heldat the Library

Prepare powerpoint

Partic ipa te in CoPmeetings

presentations Partic ipa te in projec ts / projec t surveys / peerreviews

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Contours of Information Coordination

Data Aggregate da ta for Collec t projec t-related

WILLWILL WILL NOTWILL NOT

omp at on

&Maintenance

ana ys s

Assist in eva luating andpurc hasing databases

pr mary ata

Data

Perform simple

calculations on sec ondary

Analyze data

imp lications or trends

Processing data

Process data withstatistical software

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Outline of Produc ts and Services ofOAFA-IR 

- Selection and procurement of books, serials and electronicdatabases & sources

-- Book delivery through Library on the Go- Book exhibits- Lo istics su ort for events at the kHub- Informational laboratory

Information Coordination- Packaged information through eAlerts, iLink monthly

summaries and the iLink Digest

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Outline of Produc ts and Services ofOAFA-IR

Records and Archives- Storage, preservation and disposal of paper-based records-- Coding of projects- Training on records management

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What c an we offer Build the Library’s collection on resources to support

Water CoP)

sector including issues on:

- Assessing the users’ willingness to pay-- Public private partnerships in the water sector- Valuation of environmental benefits

Mobile application of TACRs on water provided technicalclearance from OIST scured by Water CoP

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What we need Quarterly inputs to iLink summaries

Co Sharing of budgetary resources for electronicdatabases / initiatives

Usage of kHub and iLab

Identification of tools that can be hosted in the iLab

Identification of new service opportunities / improvements

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Thank you