Page 6 - Library Collections and Services Available to the College of Business and Management Program.

5

The university has gradually invested in the library to support teaching, learning and research. The AY
2022-23 library budget showed a modest increase of 35% in comparison to previous year budget. The
average spending on library resource is 572 USD/per student as opposed to 560 USD/per student in
most American universities (Association of Research Libraries statistic).

The library has embraced the “evidence-based acquisition” (EA) model, streamlined the acquisition

process, presenting many more titles to the students and faculty for potential use. The library is
purchasing only what is needed based on the actual use data, allowing the library to spend the same
amount of money as it previously spent or less on resources, but with a higher rate of use. EA model
focuses on evidence-based, access, information quality, and currency rather than collecting many
books without purpose.

The Library develops specialized services to respond to interest expressed by faculty, members of the
learning community, In consultation with CBM staff and faculty, the Librarian has created online library
guides such as Business Insight: Global (https://vinuni.libguides.com/cbm) to support research database
use. Online research guides (hhttps://vinuni.libguides.com/) in other related areas are also easily
accessible. Students are encouraged to seek individual research assistance when necessary either in
person, by phone, through online chat, or by email. The librarian is available to provide in-class
research skills workshops, one-to-one research mentorship when requested, and Ask a Librarian

Service in online courses through Canvas learning management system. The librarian has also created
the mobile academic integrity modules (https://vinuni.instructure.com/courses/378) to facilitate anytime,
anywhere mobile academic integrity training. Library video tutorials are easily accessible online
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HI359UiUtE). The library is also responsible for operating an
electronic course reserve system to support online learning, including CBM programs.

The library provides full access to all resources, with faculty borrowing privileges, to sessional
instructors and teaching assistants attached to the CBM programs. The librarian provides information
to the sessional instructors and teaching assistant regarding library resources and their library
privileges and meets with them briefly each year when they come for library orientation.

The library has planned to establish VinSpace, an institutional repository to support open access and
scholarly communication. CBM faculty and staff can self-submit, archive, and disseminate their
research data and publications through the institutional repository.

In summary, VinUniversity library has met all QS ranking requirements as a five-stars academic library,
providing a high level of collection and service support to the CBM programs. Additional growth is
foreseen in the instruction and research support areas. For example, the CBM program would benefit
from the acquisition of more research databases such as Web of Science, Factiva, ABI/INFORM,
Bloomberg to support the program delivery. Finally, the Library has an active outreach information

literacy program. Ideally the CBM faculty will continue to work with the Librarian to enhance the online