Archive for June, 2007
Looking for the digital library – The Imperial City
Because the LRCs are relatively new, there are not extensive archives. The lack of available older material is a problem for the digital libraries course, since typically archival materials are chosen for digitizing. Intellectual property issues and the addition of unique materials to the world’s digital collections encourage the digitization of [...]
Side gate
small Imperial City gate
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Small side gate to the Imperial City
Moat
One of the many moats
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One of the moats around the Imperial City
Main gate to the Imperial City
Main gate to the Imperial City
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The Main Gate to the Imperial City. The Emperor used the middle gate; civil mandarins the right gate; and military mandarins the left gate. We used the left.
The Hue Learning Resource Center (LRC)
The Hue Learning Resource Center has several organizational units arranged on four, open floors: Information Resources (Technical Services), Information Services (Public Services), Informational Technology (IT), and Administration. Dr. Huynh Dinh Chien, MD, PhD, is the director. We listened to informative presentations on Friday from each department.
The IT group has 12 servers, 278 PCs [...]
Computer Lab, Hue LRC
Computer Lab, Hue LRC
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This training lab is on the fourth floor of the LRC. This lab is used for library orientations for all new card holders, which are hands-on, and has about 60 workstations. It is also used for the active learning portions of our courses.
Second floor of the Hue LRC
Students working on the first floor of the Hue LRC
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Students at work on the second floor of the Hue LRC. Note the generous space for each user, and the interesting curves to the computer tables. The small devices are thin clients. Most of the students that we [...]
Hue LRC
Hue LRC from across the street
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The front of the Hue Learning Resource Center taken from a vegetarian restaurant on Le Loi Street.
Patrick McGlamery teaching in the Hue LRC
Patrick McGlamery teaching in the Hue LRC
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Patrick is teaching two courses: Academic Libraries and Digital Libraries. Here is the classroom in the Hue LRC, at the first class.
Background Information on Vietnam blog
In October of 2005, Simmons College received a $1.8 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to train a new generation of Vietnamese librarians for leadership roles. Professor Pat Oyler, who oversees the grant, has been working with Vietnamese librarians for over 12 years.
Vietnamese librarians spent a semester taking core GSLIS classes during 2006, one half [...]
