OAPS is a joint initiative between the Library and the academic departments to collect students' quality papers, preserve them in digital format and share them within the University and beyond so as to provide perpetual access to our students' research output. 2012 marks the seventh anniversary of the project. With the dedication and support of the academic departments, the Library has collected 32 best papers nominated by 11 departments. Since 2005, 242 outstanding papers by CityU students have been collected and are available for loan in the Library's Semi-Closed Collection and have been digitized and are accessible via the CityU Institutional Repository http://dspace.cityu.edu.hk/. OAPS has developed a collaborative partnership with universities in the United States and various regions in the Asia-Pacific rim, such as Mainland China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, and an OAPS Portal site, http://www.oapsportal.org, has been set up and harvested 1,928 outstanding academic papers as of April 2012 from its member institutions.

Exhibition
A selection of the awarded OAPS papers will be displayed at the Library:
Period: 18 to 27 April 2012 (Wednesday to Friday)
Venue: Oval area, Library

Sharing Session
The Library is pleased to have invited Dr Anu Vedantham, Director of the Weigle Information Commons at the University of Pennsylvania to host a talk and details are as follows:

Theme: Nurturing Student Creativity through New Media
Date: 20 April 2012 (Friday)
Time: 14:30 - 15:30 p.m.
Venue: Technical Services Meeting Room, Library

Ceremony
The Library is honored to have invited Prof Gary Feng, Associate Provost of CityU, to deliver welcoming remarks at the Ceremony. We are also honored to have invited Mr Mario Artaza, Consul General of Chile in Hong Kong SAR & Macau SAR, and Prof Masaru Kono of Waseda University to deliver congratulatory remarks. As well, Mr Mario Artaza and Dr Anu Vedantham, Director of the Weigle Information Commons of University of Pennsylvania Libraries will be the facilitators for the sharing sessions with the awardees. We are also pleased to have invited the Dean/Head or delegate of the participating College/School/Departments to present certificates to their fellow students.

Details of the Certificate Awarding Ceremony are as follows:

You are cordially invited to join this event. Please contact Ms Helen Lee at 3442 5418 or email helen_lee.sk@cityu.edu.hk for more information.

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13 April 2012