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Innovative Practices of Libraries in Southeast Asia:
A 7-year Study of Exciting, Best Practices
John Hickok, MLIS, MAInstructor / Librarian
California State UniversityFullerton, California, USA
How did this research come to be?
2007-2011 = continued visits & communication
Two disclaimers of this paper/presentation:
1. The libraries showcased are only a sampling. There are thousands of libraries in SEA…so it is impossible to mention them all.
Libraries visited
Two disclaimers of this paper/presentation:
2. Since all libraries have different economic circumstances, the libraries showcased are not prescriptive “one-size-fits-all” solutions.
1. Preservation/Conservation Academic
Chiang Mai University (Thailand): scanning Buddhist textshttp://www.mekongpress.com/subregion/thailand/scanning-the-past/
1. Preservation/Conservation Academic
National Univ. of Singapore: historic Chinese papershttp://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/web/resources/library-initiatives/digitized-collections
1. Preservation/Conservation Academic
University of Malaya (Malaysia): historic photoshttp://ummemory.um.edu.my/ummemory/index.php/about
1. Preservation/Conservation Public/School
National Library of Laos: historic Lao writings http://www.laomanuscripts.net/en/index
1. Preservation/Conservation Public/School
National Library of Myanmar: historic palm leaveshttp://www.nlm.gov.mm/index.php?option=com_library&view=library&cid=3&tid=0&Itemid=91&lang=en
1. Preservation/Conservation Public/School
National Library of Indonesia: historic textshttp://www.pnri.go.id/KoleksiManuskrip.aspx
2. Resource Sharing/NetworkingAcademic
U. of Indonesia: union catalog all campus librarieshttp://www.digilib.ui.ac.id/opac/themes/libri2/
2. Resource Sharing/NetworkingAcademic
Brawijaya U.: multi-catalog of campus librarieshttp://www.digilib.ui.ac.id/opac/themes/libri2/
2. Resource Sharing/NetworkingAcademic
Eastern Visayas Library Network: consortiumhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/evlibnet/
2. Resource Sharing/NetworkingAcademic
Provincial University Library Network (Thailand): consortium http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evlibnet/
2. Resource Sharing/NetworkingAcademic
Indonesia: start of a union catalog (mix of academic & public) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evlibnet/
2. Resource Sharing/NetworkingPublic/School
u-Pustaka Portal (Malaysia)…7 public libraries portal http://www.u-library.gov.my/portal/web/guest/u-library_services
2. Resource Sharing/NetworkingPublic/School
Manila Pub. Libraries (Phil.)…4-library consortiuml http://publiclibrariesconsortium.wordpress.com/
2. Resource Sharing/NetworkingPublic/School
Singapore Public Libraries: “Return on any branch”http://www.nlba.sg/library-professionals/view/library-executive-programme-lep
3. Digital LibrariesAcademic
USM (Malaysia), VNU-HCMC (Vietnam): e-repositories http://eprints.usm.my/view/types/ & http://www.vnulib.edu.vn:8000/dspace/
3. Digital LibrariesAcademic
Petra Christian U. (Indonesia): multimedia e-repositoryhttp://www3.petra.ac.id/desa-informasi/index.php?lang=en
3. Digital LibrariesAcademic
A list of Southeast Asia academic libraries with e-repositorieshttp://aunilo.wordpress.com/repositories/
3. Digital LibrariesAcademic
GMU (Indo), VNU-HCMC (Vietnam), St.Louis U. (Phil): proxy servershttp://lib.ugm.ac.id/exec.php?app=site&act=dblanggan ; http://gralib.hcmuns.edu.vn/resources_en/ ; http://libraries.slu.edu.ph/e-journals.php
3. Digital LibrariesPublic/School
Singapore Public Library: e-content (newspapers, encyc., etc.)http://newspapers.nl.sg/ & http://infopedia.nl.sg
3. Digital LibrariesPublic/School
“TK Park” Public Library (Thailand): e-books, e-content, etc.http://www.tkpark.or.th/tk/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=21&lang=en
4. Information Literacy PromotionAcademic
Instant Message Chat Reference assistance:Ateneo de Manila University Library (Philippines)
University of the Philippines Diliman Library University of Brunei Darussalam Library
Vietnam National University HCMC Nat. Sci. LibrarySrinakharinwirot University Library (Thailand)
4. Information Literacy PromotionAcademic
University of Malaya (Malaysia): required Info. Lit. classhttp://www.umlib.um.edu.my/fcontents.asp?tid=16&cid=27&p=5&vs=en :
4. Information Literacy PromotionAcademic
NTU (Singapore): many IL workshops, angromoted online. http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/lib/LIP/programs.htm
4. Information Literacy PromotionAcademic
Royal U. of Phnom Penh (Cambodia): required IL classeshttp://www.rupp.edu.kh/center/ls/lbservice/service.php
4. Information Literacy PromotionAcademic
Thammasat University (Thailand): training videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhDyUQegHhk
4. Information Literacy PromotionAcademic
University of Brunei: training videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ1fXWGxVQs
4. Information Literacy PromotionAcademic
De La Salle University (Philippines): training videos http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library/tutorials/
4. Information Literacy PromotionAcademic
Ramkhamhaeng University Library (Thailand): training videos http://www.lib.ru.ac.th/service/lib_itcorner.html
4. Information Literacy PromotionPublic/School
Singapore Public Library: multiple forms of Reference (SMS, etc.) http://m.nlb.gov.sg/
4. Information Literacy PromotionPublic/School
Quezon City Public Library (Philippines): IM chathttp://www.qcpubliclibrary.org/askalibrarian.php
5. Reading PromotionAcademic
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore): reading contests/prizeshttp://www.qcpubliclibrary.org/askalibrarian.php
5. Reading PromotionAcademic
Islamic University of Indonesia library: book fairs http://www.uii.ac.id/content/view/1722/257/
5. Reading PromotionAcademic
International Islamic University of Malaysia: leisure reading areas http://www.iium.edu.my/reading-areas
5. Reading PromotionPublic/School
Singapore National Library: “Molly” e-bookmobile http://www.nlb.gov.sg/Corporate.portal?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=PRHandler_1&PRHandler_1_actionOverride=%2FIBMS%2FcorpHomePR%2FcorpPRHandler%2Fdetail&PRHandler_1detailId=498&PRHandler_1mediaType=1&_pageLabel=Corporate_page_ne_pressreleases
; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE16xywhz-M
5. Reading PromotionPublic/School
Indonesia National Library: “Pusteling” e-bookmobile http://eprints.rclis.org/16497/
5. Reading PromotionPublic/School
HCMC (Vietnam) General Sciences (public) Library: “Reading Day”http://www.gslhcm.org.vn/contents/su_kien_va_trien_lam/tin_tuc/tin_hoat_dong/2010/quy_2/ngay_hoi_doc_sach_2010?set_language=en&cl=en
5. Reading PromotionPublic/School
Singapore Public Library: trading card reading promotion for boyshttp://www.pl.sg/PL.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PlJustBrowseContentPage2&_content=QuestMain&_nfls=false
5. Reading PromotionPublic/School
Singapore Public Library: trading card reading promotion for boyshttp://www.pl.sg/PL.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PlJustBrowseContentPage2&_content=QuestMain&_nfls=false
5. Reading PromotionPublic/School
Penang (Malaysia) Public Library: international storytelling festival http://seri.com.my/v3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120&Itemid=53
5. Reading PromotionPublic/School
Naga City (Philippines) Public library: “Rewards Program” for book usehttp://www.naga.gov.ph/library/bestpractices110308.html
5. Reading PromotionPublic/School
Davao City (Philippines) Public Library: “book day”drawing 1700 people! http://www.davaocity.gov.ph/citylib/view.aspx?type=1&id=11
6. Library facilitiesAcademic
UNIMAS & UTHM (Malaysia): 24-hour reading roomshttp://www.cais.unimas.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=405 ,
http://lms.uthm.edu.my/equip/elibrary/e_library_facilities.jsp
6. Library facilitiesAcademic
Hue University (Vietnam): new “learning-focused” Reference area http://www.lrc-hueuni.edu.vn/aboutE/about.htm
6. Library facilitiesAcademic
Nanyang Technological University: Information Commonshttp://www.cais.unimas.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=405 ,
http://lms.uthm.edu.my/equip/elibrary/e_library_facilities.jsp
6. Library facilitiesAcademic
Singapore Management University: Information Commons http://www.las.org.sg/LSKLibrarySocLearn.pdf
6. Library facilitiesAcademic
University of the Philippines Engineering Library: Information Commonshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KLn9-cMe94 ,
http://uplibrarybulletin.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/college-of-engineering-librarys-the-learning-commons-facility-opens-on-march-18/
6. Library facilitiesAcademic
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi Library (Thailand) http://www2.lib.kmutt.ac.th/klinics/index.html , http://www.lib.kmutt.ac.th/klinics/doc/NetGen_KMUTTLIB.pdf
6. Library facilitiesPublic/School
Cambodia school library: revitalization by NGO donation http://www.ceefoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=51&Itemid=97 .
6. Library facilitiesPublic/School
Provincial library in Philippines: new audiovisual room http://dipologcity.com/ZDNPublicLibrary.htm
6. Library facilitiesPublic/School
Bangkok (Thailand) Discovery Learning Library: Information Commons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_GMg3KZ1bk
6. Library facilitiesPublic/School
Sarawak State Public Library: Children’s Information Commons http://www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/our_services.php?do=children_infotheque
7. New TechnologyAcademic
National University of Singapore: info guides directly to mobile phones http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/mlb/guides/mobile.html
7. New TechnologyAcademic
Mahidol University (Thailand) Medical Library: QR-barcodes to linkshttp://www.medlib.si.mahidol.ac.th/
7. New TechnologyAcademic
Nanyang Polytechnic Library (Singapore): SMS to find RFID bookshttp://www.las.org.sg/pa_cw.pdf ; http://library.nyp.edu.sg/portal/page?_pageid=40,1109592&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
7. New TechnologyAcademic
Gadjah Mada Univ. Library (Indonesia): SMS for book reservations/remindershttp://lib.feb.ugm.ac.id/blog/?p=18
7. New TechnologyAcademic
Incorporating facebook: UP (Phil.), USU (Indo.), UM (Malay.) /
9,600+
8,600+8,500+
7. New TechnologyAcademic
Incorporating twitter: UiTM (Malay), UST (Phil.), Tham. (Thai) /
7. New TechnologyAcademic
Pannasastra U.(Cambodia) & Airlangga U.(Indonesia): new online catalogshttp://www.puc.edu.kh/library/mainfirst.html , http://otomasi.lib.unair.ac.id/
7. New TechnologyPublic/School
Quezon City Public library (Philippines): interactive website tourhttp://www.qcpubliclibrary.org/libtour.php
7. New TechnologyPublic/School
Singapore Public Library: Library designed for mobile phones http://m.nlb.gov.sg/
7. New TechnologyPublic/School
Perak State Public Library (Malaysia): using social media http://www.ppanpk.gov.my/peraklib/index.php ; http://www.perpustam.gov.my/
7. New TechnologyPublic/School
Naga City & Pandan Panay Public Libraries (Philippines): online catalogshttp://naga.gov.ph/library/onlinecatalog/index.html ; http://www.ladiosolibrary.org/?page_id=4
8. Technical / ProcessingAcademic
Silkaporn U. (Thailand): uses staff blogs, wiki’s, and RSS’shttp://www.snc.lib.su.ac.th/snclibblog/
8. Technical / ProcessingAcademic
Nanyang Polytechnic Library (Singapore): e-roster for library staff duties: http://www.las.org.sg/pa_cw.pdf
8. Technical / ProcessingAcademic
Gadjah Mada U.(Indonesia): paperless office (PLO) staff communicationhttp://plo-lib.ugm.ac.id/
8. Technical / ProcessingPublic/School
Kuala Lumpur Public (Malaysia): ID-tied registration & printing cardshttp://www.malaysian-explorer.com/kualaLumpurLibrary.html
8. Technical / ProcessingPublic/School
Penang Public (Malaysia): RFID tags to its entire collection http://www.upmraflatac.com/northamerica/eng/news/presscenter/2009/43_72708.asp
9. MarketingAcademic
UP (Philippines): library branding contest http://uplibrarybulletin.wordpress.com/?s=contest
9. MarketingAcademic
UP Engineering Library (Philippines): “I love my Library” campaign http://iluvmylibrary.blogspot.com/
9. MarketingAcademic
Bangkok U. (Thailand): library promo video contest & book fair http://library.bu.ac.th/news/news/i_love_library/i_love_library.html
http://library.bu.ac.th/news/pictures/bulibfiar2010/bulibfair.html
9. MarketingAcademic
Khon Kaen U. (Thailand): subtly romantic library music video, over YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atWG0JrkjM4
9. MarketingAcademic
Brawijaya and Gadjah Madah U. (Indonesia): corporate sponsorshipshttp://www.pustakaindonesia.org/?p=170 , http://www.ugm.ac.id/en/?q=news/ugm-accepts-books-and-e-books-donation-sampoerna-foundation
9. MarketingPublic/School
Vientiane (Laos) Public Library: press coverage of grand opening: http://www.accu.or.jp/appreb/02/02-02/02-02country/previous/prev_la.html#22
9. MarketingPublic/School
Marketing Vietnam’s improved public libraries: Gates Foundation fundshttp://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2011/09/07/unlocking-the-potential-of-vietnams-libraries/
9. MarketingPublic/School
Singapore school libraries: “Redesign your Library” contest: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_790845.html
9. MarketingPublic/School
News story of Brunei public libraries: http://bruneitimes.com.bn/news-national/2012/03/20/public-libraries-gear-more-activities-during-school-holidays
1. Preservation/Conservation Public/School
National Library of Indonesia: historic textshttp://www.pnri.go.id/KoleksiManuskrip.aspx
2. Resource Sharing/NetworkingAcademic
U. of Indonesia: union catalog all campus librarieshttp://www.digilib.ui.ac.id/opac/themes/libri2/
2. Resource Sharing/NetworkingAcademic
Brawijaya U.: multi-catalog of campus librarieshttp://www.digilib.ui.ac.id/opac/themes/libri2/
2. Resource Sharing/NetworkingAcademic
Indonesia: start of a union catalog (mix of academic & public) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evlibnet/
3. Digital LibrariesAcademic
Petra Christian U. (Indonesia): multimedia e-repositoryhttp://www3.petra.ac.id/desa-informasi/index.php?lang=en
5. Reading PromotionAcademic
Islamic University of Indonesia library: book fairs http://www.uii.ac.id/content/view/1722/257/
5. Reading PromotionPublic/School
Indonesia National Library: “Pusteling” e-bookmobile http://eprints.rclis.org/16497/
7. New TechnologyAcademic
Gadjah Mada Univ. Library (Indonesia): SMS for book reservations/remindershttp://lib.feb.ugm.ac.id/blog/?p=18
8. Technical / ProcessingAcademic
Gadjah Mada U.(Indonesia): paperless office (PLO) staff communicationhttp://plo-lib.ugm.ac.id/