7th AUNILO meeting delegates
UPD University Library link for academic digital resources.
7th AUNILO meeting delegates
UPD University Library link for academic digital resources.
March 7— Theses and dissertations university publications, images and video recordings, including project/term papers of students, oral history materials, photographs, cartographic materials and journals of three universities in the Philippines namely the University of the Philippines (UP), Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) and De La Salle University (DLSU) are now accessible online.
These academic resources were converted into digital form and uploaded in their institutional repositories (IRs) or online locus for collecting, archiving and sharing the intellectual output of an institution, particularly the academic institution.
At UPD, these digital resources may be accessed by anyone in PDF file at http://uard.mainlib.upd.edu.ph. For theses and dissertations, however, Dr. Salvacion Arlante, University Librarian of UPD, said only the preliminary pages including abstracts have been uploaded in the IR.
Full texts of these IRs are only accessible in workstations of the library taking into consideration the copyright and intellectual property rights of the owners of the original works.
Bibliographic records of University publications, on the other hand, can be accessed through the University Library’s web online public access catalog (OPAC) at http://ilib.upd.edu.ph.
This was reported by Arlante in the 7th ASEAN University Network Inter-Library Online (AUNILO) meeting held on February 17 at the GT Toyota Asian Cultural Center. The meeting was hosted by the UPD University Library and attended by 26 representatives AUNILO member libraries.
Representatives of AUNILO member libraries who attended the meeting were: Dr. Haji Awang Suhaimi (Brunei Darrusalam), Sovannarith Heng (Cambodia), Ida Fajar Priyanto and Luki Wijayanti (Indonesia); Chansy Phuangsouketh (Laos), Radia Banu, Pisol Mohd. Gadzali, Amir Hussain Bin Md. Ishak, Abu Bakar Maidin, Yusliza Jusoh, Dr. Edzan Che Nasir and Mahbob Yusof (Malaysia); Chito Angeles, Lourdes T. David and Ana Maria B. Fresnido (Philippines); Choy Fatt Cheong and Lee Cheng Ean (Singapore); Dr. Nantana Gajaseni, Dr. Sriwan Meekhun, Pensuwan Nakapreecha, Dr. Pimrumpai Presmit and Chawewan Swasdee (Thailand); Dr. Nguyen Huy Chuong, Nguyen Hong Sinh and Pham Van Trien (Vietnam).
At the meeting, representatives of member countries were asked to present a 15 to 20 minute consolidated country report on the status of Institutional Repositories (IR) covering content, guidelines on access and restrictions including future plans.
The members also discussed the reports on the Survey on Digital Contents in AUNILO Libraries, the AUNILO Portal and the proposed prototype “Harvester” for the AUNILO Institutional Repositories.
In the future, Arlante said UP, AdMU and DLSU libraries will link their IRs with the AUNILO portal in order to maximize access and share utilization of academic research materials. In addition, she said they will continue to get copyright waivers, convert their print files to digital files as well as enhance the universities’ hardware capabilities to store larger number of resources in the IRs.
AUNILO was a product of the Conference on AUN (ASEAN University Network) Inter-Library Online held in September 2002 at the De La Salle University, Manila which aimed “to strengthen information networking among AUN Member Universities as well as to provide support of academic resources to the development of a virtual university. The Conference gathered librarians and IT experts from AUN Member Universities to explore the best possible way for the establishment of AUN Inter-Library Online.”
To date, there are 26 AUNILO Committee member libraries from 10 ASEAN countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam). For more information, visit their website at http://aunilo.wordpress.com/.
Dr. Gisela P. Concepcion, Vice President for Academic Affairs, on behalf of UP President Alfredo E. Pascual, and UPD Chancellor Dr. Sergio S. Cao welcomed and congratulated the AUNILO members for successfully conducting its meetings that strengthen information sharing among the ASEAN member universities.
On February 18, after the business meeting and discussion of the resolutions, the members visited the AdMU library and museum as well as the UPD libraries, archives and IR. The program ended with a farewell dinner for the attendees and a cultural night at the Bulwagan ng Dangal (University Heritage Museum).
AUNILO’s 8th meeting will be held at the RUPP in 2012.
–H.C.P.