The VinUniversity Library is dedicated to establishing itself as an academic
library of excellence in the 21st century. However, building a modern library from
scratch for a newly established university comes with its own unique set of
challenges. The library must address the evolving needs of the contemporary
learning community while simultaneously laying the foundation to support the
university's academic aspirations.
In pursuit of this objective, the library has embraced the "SMART" principle
(SMART) across all its operations. By leveraging digital technologies and
innovative services, the library ensures its continued relevance and engagement
with its users. Moreover, the library has meticulously formulated a set of core values
encapsulated by the acronym E.X....
Students write numerous academic papers during their educational journey,
needing assistance to identify appropriate information and evaluate the validity of
sources. It is critical that they learn to conduct research and be self-reliant where
there is no librarian to consult.
Learning essential information literacy skills through mobile phones is an
innovative m-learning pilot project that was collaboratively undertaken by faculty
and the library staff at VinUniversity, a nonprofit university in Vietnam. The
project intends to develop strategies for enhancing student information literacy
skills through mobile technology and to design the MIL modules to improve
usability and learning through a mobile application tool. The paper will highlight
the discussion of the...
