Unlocking the Value of Open Data

Unlocking the Value of Open Data

As a launch event of the Open Data Initiative of Social Science Research Centre at the University of Hong Kong, this Open Data Conference ... 11:34 AM

Research Support & Digital Initiatives, CUHK Library

11:34 AM

As a launch event of the Open Data Initiative of Social Science Research Centre at the University of Hong Kong, this Open Data Conference brings together data owners from public and private sectors, as well as open data practitioners to share best practices and quick-wins of using open data to diagnose problems and raise competitiveness of Hong Kong.

Date: 9 June 2018 (Sat)

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Venue: Hall ll, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, Centennial Campus, HKU

Registration and Conference information: http://www.ssrc.hku.hk/open_data.php

First Collaborative Digital Scholarship Project Launched

First Collaborative Digital Scholarship Project Launched

The first Digital Scholarship Project in collaboration with Prof Celine Lai of Faculty of Arts has been soft launched together with the Digi... 12:43 PM

Research Support & Digital Initiatives, CUHK Library

12:43 PM

The first Digital Scholarship Project in collaboration with Prof Celine Lai of Faculty of Arts has been soft launched together with the Digital Scholarship Projects website in early January 2018.

The project "GIS Mapping and Archaeology of Early China" was collaborated with Prof. Celine Lai of Faculty of Arts in using GIS for mapping archaeological sites embedded with unearthed bronzes details. The data originally in excel files was collected from her doctoral study on the topic and at the initiation of Prof. Lai, dynamic maps are employed to visualise the distribution of the archaeological sites for people who are interested to the topic to further study.

To enable researchers to make use of the research data of Prof. Lai and to avoid re-inventing the wheel, the project web site also provides downloadable files in three different formats with the full list of information and references on the bronzes and archaeological sites for producing the map.  

• PDF file of the table for full references and quotes of information
• Files for visualising the maps and for further analysis:
• Shapefile for use in GIS software
• kmz file for use in Google Map / Google Earth

Please visit the project website: http://dsprojects.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/projects/gis-nao/ for these files and more information.  The project will continue as more data are provided by Prof. Lai.

Apart from this collaborative project, the DS Service Team has also released another small project: Text Data Preparation: A Practice in R using the Sheng Xuanhuai Collection in demonstrating the use of R in preparing data for Chinese text-mining and analysis.  Future Digital Scholarship Projects will all be available in this Digital Scholarship Projects website.

About Digital Scholarship Service in CUHK Library

The Digital Scholarship Service Team aims on collaborating with CUHK Faculty members, researchers and postgraduates in facilitating digital scholarship research.  CUHK community are welcome to visit our Digital Scholarship Services website or email us at dslab@lib.cuhk.edu.hk if your are interested to know more.

Open Access Day (24 Oct 2016)

Open Access Day (24 Oct 2016)

The Open Access Day is to share with the University community the benefits of opening up research. Themed as “ Open in Action – Enhancin... 10:44 AM

Research Support & Digital Initiatives, CUHK Library

10:44 AM

The Open Access Day is to share with the University community the benefits of opening up research. Themed as “Open in Action – Enhancing Research Impact @CUHK AIMS”, the event is tied in with the International Open Access Week to highlight the needs of taking action now to open up research through the new Academic Information Management System (AIMS) and the institutional repository Research Portal. This new system provides a new avenue for the dissemination of research outputs, showcasing the research excellence of the University and facilitating international networking and collaboration. Opening and sharing research is the means to reap these benefits.
A mixture of programmes are organized below running from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on that day. The Opening Ceremony will be held at the Beacon and officiated by Prof. Benjamin Wah, Provost, Prof. Fanny Cheung, Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President, Prof. Lutz Christian Wolff, Dean of the Graduate School, Prof. Walter Ho, Director of ORKTS, and Ms. Louise Jones, University Librarian. You are welcome to register at here.

Open Access Day Programme

Time	Program	Speaker(s) / Officiating Guests	Venue
10:00-17:00	Exhibition on Open Access (On display until 31 October 2016)		Self Service Area, G/F, University Library
	Hands-on trial of AIMS		Seminar Room, Digital Scholarship Lab, G/F, University Library
10:00-11:00	Open Access Publishing Talk - Global Trends on Open Access Publishing – the view from Taylor & Francis	Ms. Lyndsey DIXON Regional Journals Editorial Director, APAC, Taylor & Francis	User Education Room 1, G/F, University Library
11:00-11:45	Open Access Publishing Talk - Cambridge University Press and Open Access - A University Publisher’s Perspective	Mr. Joe NG Acquisitions Editor for Law and Social Sciences, Cambridge University Press
12:00-12:30	Opening Ceremony	Officiated by Professor Benjamin W. WAH Provost  Professor Fanny M.C. CHEUNG Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Vice-President Professor Lutz-Christian WOLFF Dean, Graduate School Professor Walter K. K. HO Director, Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services  Ms. Louise JONES University Librarian	Digital Scholarship Lab, G/F, University Library (FaceBook Live Broadcast)
12:30-13:00	A Dialogue between Provost and University Librarian – Open Access in Action	Professor Benjamin W. WAH Provost Ms Louise JONES University Librarian
14:30-15:30	Open Access in Different Perspectives – Experience Sharing with CUHK Faculty	Professor Chi Tim LAI Professor, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts Professor Jyh-An LEE Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law Professor Edmund Anthony Severn NELSON Clinical Professional Consultant,  Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Professor C. M. Jimmy YU Head, United College Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science	Visualisation Room, Digital Scholarship Lab, G/F, University Library
16:00-17:00	Repositories - institutional, subject and social – conflict or connectivity?	Mr. Aaron TAY Manager, Library Analytics & Research Librarian, Accounting, Singapore Management University Library	Visualisation Room, Digital Scholarship Lab, G/F, University Library (Webinar)