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Academic library for excellence today: a report from the panel discussion

Academic library for excellence today: a report from the panel discussion Academic library for excellence today: a report from the panel discussion Dinesh K. Siddaiah The theme for the conference was and faculty. As an example, libraries basis to design this service. Offering are offering guidance and training on “Dynamics of Library for Excellence in guidance, advice and practical training use of personal content management on writing and publishing, they help in Electronic revolution” organized by the tools or data management tools and inculcating writing habits with diversified Indian Institute of Science Education scientific/technical writing services for skills, especially for undergraduate and Research (IISER) Mohali, India, in academics and researchers. students. Advance levels of scientific association with the Society for Library If we discuss personal content writing help research scholars to Professionals (SLP) and Asian Chapter, management tools or project management publish in quality journals. Special Libraries Association (SLA) at tools, our challenges are selection, analysis IISER Mohali, India, between April and use of suitable tools because many 6-8, 2017. On the second day of the tools are available today. The library can Research support conference (April 7, 2017), there was a play a major role here. These tools are panel discussion on the interesting very useful for managing individual as Designing and offering extensive well as organizational projects. Some sub-theme “Academic Library for research support services is in great of these tools can be used as note- excellence today”. I was one of the demand. Developing customized subject taking applications in meetings and guides on specialized subject interests of panelists in the discussion and excerpts conferences like this. These tools can users. Providing research output analysis of discussion are as follows: be used to jot down ideas and planning services for various departments and If we talk about academic library for events. These tools save lots of precious comparing the same with other excellence today, we need to focus more time because of their organizing and institutions, conducting regular workshops on developing academic, research and retrieving capabilities. I can name some on research methodology for postgraduate digital literacy skills of our users. of the tools that we can promote to our students and offering support for We need to assist them in such a way that users that are useful in advancing statistical tools and techniques for social they start learning independently, student productivity, and these can be science research will enhance value for irrespective of their academic background, widely used for research consultations libraries. Advice on copyright and as well. We can use tools such as level or subject, so that they thrive in their Intellectual Property Rights adds more Evernote, Do, One Note, Trello and so academics and research areas. benefit to library users. Other important on. Many libraries across the world are Here, I try to highlight two sets of services we can offer include conducting promoting and using Evernote as a academic and research support services author workshops from the editorial note-taking and research consultation we can develop more extensively and board of major publishers across the tool. offer to our users. world. Advice and support on author Under academic support, we can design identifiers such as ORCID and altmetrics scientific/technical writing services, which are services that are more popular will add even more value to libraries. Academic support today. Under scientific and technical I think these two sets of services can Our libraries are providing academic writing, the library can play prominent bring excellence in libraries today! support only, what is new in that? To role in English language support for Dinesh K. Siddaiah (dinesh.ncet@ bring excellence today, we need to basic level as well as advanced level. think of value added and more useful These days most libraries have access gmail.com) is based at the Indian Institute services for our students, researchers to grammar tools that are useful as the of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, India. LIBRARY HI TECH NEWS Number 5 2017, p. 19, © Emerald Publishing Limited, 0741-9058, DOI 10.1108/LHTN-04-2017-0023 19 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Library Hi Tech News Emerald Publishing

Academic library for excellence today: a report from the panel discussion

Siddaiah, Dinesh K.
Library Hi Tech News , Volume 34 (5): 1 – Jul 3, 2017
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Academic library for excellence today: a report from the panel discussion Dinesh K. Siddaiah The theme for the conference was and faculty. As an example, libraries basis to design this service. Offering are offering guidance and training on “Dynamics of Library for Excellence in guidance, advice and practical training use of personal content management on writing and publishing, they help in Electronic revolution” organized by the tools or data management tools and inculcating writing habits with diversified Indian Institute of Science Education scientific/technical writing services for skills, especially for undergraduate and Research (IISER) Mohali, India, in academics and researchers. students. Advance levels of scientific association with the Society for Library If we discuss personal content writing help research scholars to Professionals (SLP) and Asian Chapter, management tools or project management publish in quality journals. Special Libraries Association (SLA) at tools, our challenges are selection, analysis IISER Mohali, India, between April and use of suitable tools because many 6-8, 2017. On the second day of the tools are available today. The library can Research support conference (April 7, 2017), there was a play a major role here. These tools are panel discussion on the interesting very useful for managing individual as Designing and offering extensive well as organizational projects. Some sub-theme “Academic Library for research support services is in great of these tools can be used as note- excellence today”. I was one of the demand. Developing customized subject taking applications in meetings and guides on specialized subject interests of panelists in the discussion and excerpts conferences like this. These tools can users. Providing research output analysis of discussion are as follows: be used to jot down ideas and planning services for various departments and If we talk about academic library for events. These tools save lots of precious comparing the same with other excellence today, we need to focus more time because of their organizing and institutions, conducting regular workshops on developing academic, research and retrieving capabilities. I can name some on research methodology for postgraduate digital literacy skills of our users. of the tools that we can promote to our students and offering support for We need to assist them in such a way that users that are useful in advancing statistical tools and techniques for social they start learning independently, student productivity, and these can be science research will enhance value for irrespective of their academic background, widely used for research consultations libraries. Advice on copyright and as well. We can use tools such as level or subject, so that they thrive in their Intellectual Property Rights adds more Evernote, Do, One Note, Trello and so academics and research areas. benefit to library users. Other important on. Many libraries across the world are Here, I try to highlight two sets of services we can offer include conducting promoting and using Evernote as a academic and research support services author workshops from the editorial note-taking and research consultation we can develop more extensively and board of major publishers across the tool. offer to our users. world. Advice and support on author Under academic support, we can design identifiers such as ORCID and altmetrics scientific/technical writing services, which are services that are more popular will add even more value to libraries. Academic support today. Under scientific and technical I think these two sets of services can Our libraries are providing academic writing, the library can play prominent bring excellence in libraries today! support only, what is new in that? To role in English language support for Dinesh K. Siddaiah (dinesh.ncet@ bring excellence today, we need to basic level as well as advanced level. think of value added and more useful These days most libraries have access gmail.com) is based at the Indian Institute services for our students, researchers to grammar tools that are useful as the of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, India. LIBRARY HI TECH NEWS Number 5 2017, p. 19, © Emerald Publishing Limited, 0741-9058, DOI 10.1108/LHTN-04-2017-0023 19

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