On
the morning of July 19, 2022, the National Economics University in
collaboration with IES and iGroup Vietnam hosted a scientific conference
with the theme: “Adaptive leadership in academic libraries for a VUCA
world: the post pandemic future! " in virtual form.
The conference takes place online
Attending the Conference, on the side of the speakers, there were Dr. Wong Woei Fuh – General Manager of Consulting of
iesResearch; Ms. Iris Hsu – Consultant of iesResearch; Mr. KC Tang –
Consultant of iesResearch; together with representatives of the leaders
of Library and Scientific Research Department from 45 universities in
VNEUs group.
Dr. Wong Woei Fuh – General Manager of Consulting of iesResearch shared at the Workshop
The
digital transformation has created many significant changes to
libraries and research at universities. Two years after the Covid-19
pandemic, the pace of change has accelerated, disrupting conventional
approaches to research support, scientific publishing, and academic
communication.
Research
productivity needs to be boosted, and experts as well as scientists
need more support from libraries for research and publication activities
than ever because of the library's difficulties. due to the new
international variation, especially the academic world.
Dr. Wong Woei Fuh - General Manager of Consulting of
iesResearch - made a speech about “ University libraries in the VUCA
world - Preparedness for a turbulent post pandemic world”
At
the workshop, in addition to the library's transformation from a
passive role to a more active role in promoting research capacity of
universities, the speakers also shared a number of solutions and
experiences to help scientists save time and effort in the research
process, equipped themselves with some skills and solutions to face the
constant changes in the academic world, and especially supported
researchers from universities in the VNEUs network, aiming to enhance
the quality of activities and research rankings for universities in the
region.
Ms.
Iris Hsu - consultant at iesResearch gave a speech about "Enhancing the
position of libraries in promoting research activities at universities -
Solutions and some smart tools (AI)
The workshop is part of the implementation of the component project: "Building a collaborative digital library for
higher education institutions in Vietnam" under the project Enhancing
the quality of higher education funded by the World Bank, with the
objective of increasing the number of learners and lecturers accessing
and using endogenous and exogenous electronic databases; application of
electronic lectures in the training process, contributing to improving
the quality of training./.