Projects topics for students and
Cross-country collaboration
Dickson Chiu
dicksonchiu@gmail.com / hku.hk
August 2015
Topics Highlight for MLIM
• Awareness of archival law / importance of archives /
(healthcare) information privacy vs usage
• Digital preservation of culture / history / music (e.g., of
the Orochen people, Martial Arts, Ethnomusicology)
• Using ICT (social network / mobile / information need)
for the education of Music / Martial Arts / European /
Asian languages / translation / local history / culture
• Adoption of library services / education / information
systems / other information services on mobile / social
media
• Service gap analysis of Libraries / Museums / Archives /
Education / other information services
Service Science related
• Service / marketing / HR approaches in libraries /
education / information organizations
• Information provision for Services / Customer
Relationship Management
• Reputation and services (especially in social
network concepts)
• Any topics related to International Journal of
Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering
(IJSSOE)
– http://www.igi-global.com/journal/internationaljournal-systems-service-oriented/1155
Contemporary Technology Related
• Ontology-based content recommendation and
management (context such as but not limited to
library, education, webTV, marketing, etc.) –
MLIM 6316 extension
• Exception handling and knowledge management
for information and process management
• Alert-based / service-based / ontology based
information / process / knowledge / learning
management
• The Transition of the Library OPAC to Library
Resources Portal / Library 2.0 / 3.0
Social Network / Media / Mobile /
Ontology / Big Data / Cloud
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Education – music, culture, language, …
Library / museums / archives
Information / knowledge/ process management
Music / Ethnomusicology
Tourism
Religion
Marketing / business / services
Arts / literature
Social work / politics / law
Comparative library studies
• in contemporary technology adoption
– such as but not limited to mobile and social networks
• Educational Use of Mobile Technologies amongst
Library & Information Science (LIS) Students / other
majors / universities / college / schools
• Tokyo Metropolitan Library, Hong Kong Central Library
and Shenzhen City Library – a Comparative Study
• State Libraries – Bavaria, Taiwan, Guam (?), …
• School libraries related
- In collaboration with Dr Patrick Lo, Tsukuba University
Library / Museums as Social Capital
• School Librarians as Information Literacy Specialists
• Musings of the Young and Curious Minds – Libraries’ / Museums
Role in Developing Arts and Cultural Programmes (e.g., HKUL
Reading Club)
• Interrelationships between School Libraries, ICT, and Students’
Learning/Information Literacy Skills/Reading Motivation
• Maximizing the Teaching Potentials of School Librarians
• Librarians / Curators in Fundraising.
• Museums / Libraries / Information organizations and Tourism
• Museums / Libraries / Information organizations and Education
- In collaboration with Dr Patrick Lo, Tsukuba University
Library HR issues
• Medical Librarians in Hong Kong – a Case Study of their
Professional Lives and Wider Issues
• Law Librarians in Hong Kong - a Case Study of their
Professional Lives and Wider Issues
• Music Librarians in Hong Kong – a Case Study of their
Professional Lives and Wider Issues
• Special Library Managers - a Case Study of their
Professional Lives and Wider Issues
• Empowering Your Library – Staff Training and
Professional Development
- In collaboration with Dr Patrick Lo, Tsukuba University
Other case studies
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Hong Kong Maritime Museum Library – a Case Study of their Outreach and Educational
Programmes
The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong - a Case Study of their Outreach and
Educational Programmes
Asia Art Archive – a Case Study of their Collections, Outreach and Other Educational
Programmes
Goethe-Institut of Hong Kong Library - a Case Study of their Outreach and Educational
Programmes
Learning the Importance of Records and Archives via the Archives Action Group
Archivists versus Librarians – How Do We Explain their Similarities and Differences
Naxos Music Library – an Online Database Evaluation
Naxos Spoken Word Library – an Online Database Evaluation
BBC Learning English – an Evaluation of an Interactive Online Resource
Metropolitan Opera on Demand – an Online Database Evaluation
Chinese Opera Information Centre at CUHK – a Case Study
The Hong Kong Heritage Project Archive – a Case Study
Gwulo.com – the Old Hong Kong – a Case Study
Pure Land - Inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang
Research Topic Worksheet
• Introduce yourself - Include a short self-bio of yourself (especially your
degrees already obtained, your major, working experience and research
interest), so that we can suggest further research focus or refinement for
you.
• Title and Abstract
• Research topic and justifications – why is your topic important
• In your topic area:
– What situation will you study? Why?
– What actions / phenomenon will you study? Why?
– What subjects are chosen? Why?
• State in some more details about your research questions / hypothesis.
• What related work did you find – can you justify the novelty of your
research? Are you following any theories or models?
• Brief methodology outline
• Expected results and discussions.