The Hong Kong Institute of Education Library Development Plan 2013-2016 A. Transforming People - Our Students and Our Graduates a1. Continue to develop library resources which support:  All disciplines of existing and new academic programmes;  Full implementation of 334/335 curriculum;  Re-validation of non-education programmes;  Strengthening of non-education subject disciplines;  Implementation of Programme Area Accreditation exercises;  Enhancing students’ language competency. a2. After Institute-wide consultation, extend the electronic-priority policy to acquisitions of all library resources, with the anticipated benefits of:  Supporting the Institute’s e-learning by providing an effective environment conducive to the access and availability of information resources for learning and teaching in electronic formats;  Saving of library space for storage and circulation, and hence freeing up library space for the development of Learning Commons;  Reducing the pressure and need for a remote storage;  Saving of manpower in processing and circulation of physical materials, thus allowing redeployment of staff to new service areas such as management of new Learning Commons facilities and copyright management. a3. Play an active role in the Institute’s implementation of e-Learning Policies:  Coordinate the production of digital course packs (see also b3);  Advise and support the development of teaching video clip database and its integration with EdVideo (see also b1). a4. Transform the Library into a learning place which integrates technology, resources, services and infrastructure, and provides an environment conducive to intellectual and social engagement:  After wide consultation with library users, Estates Office and external experts, apply for and launch a major MMW Library re-development project with UGC AA&I funding which will:  Cater for both the collaborative/active learning needs of undergraduates and serious scholarly research needs of postgraduates and academic staff;  With a view to integrate the MMW Library with the Learning Commons, possible alternations and improvements may include: Extending the 7 x 24 area to all G/F 1

Providing better connection between the 7 x 24 area of MMW Library with the Learning Commons on LP/F Reorganizing service areas, collection areas and study areas on all floors to provide additional and more inviting individual and collaborative learning space Develop a contingency plan in case the AA&I application is not successful by utilizing internal resources and other alternatives (e.g. major donations) to achieve critical goals of the re-development plan; Consider synchronizing the PC set-up in the Library and in the Learning Commons; Work closely with EO and ITS in improving library services provided at Tseung Kwan O Study Centre and Kowloon Tong Satellite Study Centre. -

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a5. Respond rapidly to all new development in teaching, learning, research and technology which facilitate the implementation of e-Learning Policies:  Develop mobile applications with inputs from library users;  Study and plan for a next generation integrated library system which will work more effectively with emerging technologies and new services, e.g. consolidation of Library in-house databases, digital objects, research data, management of print and electronic resources;  Study service enhancements by utilizing RFID and other technologies in the circulation and management of the physical collections, as well as supporting the 7 x 24 service concept of the Learning Commons. a6. Enhance the support for raising students’ information literacy which is essential both for their study in HKIEd and for their lifelong learning, as well as continuous academic and professional development:  Conduct a feasibility study to examine the possibility, practicality, resource and manpower implications, quality assurance and implementation plan for improving students’ information literacy and make recommendations to the Institute for implementation.  In the interim period before the launching of formal information literacy training, further enhancing the existing information literacy training sessions offered by the Library with closer collaborations with academic departments and programme offices to improve the coverage of students and effectiveness of the courses. a7. Based on the experience of developing the information literacy courses in a6 and their outcomes, and in view that library science is one of the social sciences disciplines, support and partner with Faculties or academic departments/units to explore building in “school librarianship” components into the Institute’s academic programmes. a8. Collaborate with the Hong Kong Museum of Education (HKME) to offer a co-curricular unit on cultural organization management to widen the exposure of our students in non-education setting.

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a9. Develop a more sustainable library resources funding allocation model by revising the departmental library materials funding allocation formula in response to the increase in electronic resources expenditure and new pricing structuring of electronic resources. a10. Develop effective marketing strategies to promote awareness of library resources and services among students and staff of the Institute by:  Making the Library visible both physically and virtually;  Establishing Library as the cultural centre of the Institute by collaborating with academic departments, especially with the engagement of the departmental Library Liaison Officers, in organizing cultural activities for both HKIEd members and the community, e.g. exhibitions, public lectures, book talks, etc., and include such functions in the redevelopment of MMW Library;  Participating in the 20th anniversary activities of the Institute;  Organizing service awards for Library Staff and Student Librarians (Student Helpers) as incentive and recognition of best practice among Library Staff and to establish closer connections between Library Staff and Library Users. a11. Enhance library support to alumni by extending the proposed research alert service in b1 and select relevant publication information to alumni listed in AADO’s alumni database. a12. Support AADO’s alumni donor program by offering different levels of library services as incentives.

B. Transforming Our Capacity b1. Establish the Library as the research hub and knowledge transfer centre of the Institute by:  Taking up the role of preservation and curation of the digital contents of all research and academic outputs by the HKIEd community, including academic staff and postgraduate students;  Enhancing the functions and information provided by the existing HKIEd Research Repository for both HKIEd community and the global research community:  Providing alert service to academic staff and informing them the latest publications in their key research areas;  In collaboration with RDO, providing researchers’ biographic, bibliographic and bibliometric information, e.g. research areas, citations and impacts of their publications from citation indexes, visualization of co-author network (e.g. VIVO), publishing and editorial appointments, etc.  Enhancing EdVideo to include the digital contents of academic staff and students’ works in multimedia formats with copyright cleared or owned by the Institute, e.g. video clips of teaching, lectures, workshops, performances, and exploring further dissemination of the contents via other public platforms such as YouTube University Channel and iTunes U;  Setting up a digital repository of HKIEd postgraduate dissertations and theses; 3

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Integrating EdVideo, HKIEd Research Repository, digital dissertation repository and iSearch to provide a one-stop platform for the searching and delivery of HKIEd research outputs, with or without a next generation integrated library system (see also a5).

b2. Provide full support to the 2014 RAE on copyright clearance, citation checking and remote access to all submitted works. b3. With delegation by the Institute, take up the responsibility of intellectual property management within the Institute, and coordinate the copyright management of Institute publications, copyright clearance for teaching and learning materials (e.g. paper and scan course packs), ISBN and ISSN management for all Institute publications. b4. Organize advanced research workshops and academic publishing workshops for research postgraduate students and new academic staff. b5. Further enhance the collaborations with local, Mainland and overseas academic libraries on development of new resources and new services. b6. Re-activate and expand the collaborations with major Mainland and overseas academic libraries on staff exchange and resources exchange. b7. In response to the anticipated changes in library service model, review and reorganize the Library structure and staff responsibilities:  Respond to the recent and foreseeable changes in library services and library operations:  Dominance of electronic resources in Library acquisitions;  Management of Institute’s digital contents;  Increasing workload on teaching and curriculum development;  Increasing workload on providing IT support and on Learning Commons management;  Phasing out of old technologies, old standards and old systems, e.g. AACR2 to RDA, INNOPAC to next generation library system, barcodes to RFIDs, staff-served operations to self-served operations.  Study and implement all possible options with improved cost-effectiveness and productivity, including but not limited to:  Retraining of staff with new skills and providing them with the right tools, e.g. RDA and other library-related skills, IT support skills, customer service skills;  Reorganizing the Library sectional and management structure to better cope with new services and operation models;  Streamlining existing tasks and workflows and re-allocating manpower for new projects and new services;  Engaging para-professionals and student helpers (including undergraduate and postgraduate, local and Mainland students) in more advanced level duties such as

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assisting in scholarly publication and copyright clearance, data and metadata preparation, certain levels of counter duties, etc.; Collaborating with the HKIEd Elder Academy and engaging their participants as part-time Library helpers.

C. Transforming Schools and the Community c1. Support the Institute’s and SPFEO’s partnership networks with schools by providing library services as incentive. c2. Establish close connections with schools, school sponsoring bodies and related associations for possible collaborations in providing library resources to support the professional development needs of teachers and schools. c3. Improve and expand the library services for school teachers, and if feasible to the wider community. c4. Provide professional supports as well as access to the Library’s teaching resources and children’s reading materials to school libraries and teacher-librarians for the overall improvement of school library services and their impacts on the students’ learning outcome. c5. Study the possibility of further extending the information literacy and school librarianship training in a6 and a7 to to students, teachers and parents in the school sector to promote the effective use of school library resources in teaching and learning at schools. c6. Further collaborate with the JCPS and ECLC in developing learning programmes and resources for their students, e.g. in the areas of children’s literature and early years reading activities, and to involve the two schools in the re-development of MMW Library. c7. Collaborate with HKME in organizing cultural activities such as exhibitions and public lectures for the general public. c8. Collaborate with HKME in preserving Hong Kong’s education heritage.

D. Transforming Regional Education Landscape d1. Continue and expand partnership with major Mainland universities libraries. d2. Study to collaborate with Mainland and Taiwanese normal university libraries and develop the Hong Kong Education Bibliographic Database into a major regional resource which covers

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education research information in major Chinese societies including the Pan-Pearl River Delta region and Taiwan. d3. Explore collaborations with overseas academic libraries, in particular the members of the Asian Roundtable of Presidents of Universities in Education. d4. Explore and establish partnership with local and overseas academic libraries in benchmarking of library resources and services.

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