September 15, 2025, 8-10 am (Vietnam Time)
Dr. Shali Zhang, Dean of Libraries and Professor, Auburn University
Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, Cantho University
Huỳnh Thị Trúc Phương, Msc., Cantho University
Dr. Huynh Thi Trang, PhD., Canto University
Course Description
In a digital age, it offers tremendous opportunities for libraries to provide new services and programs to their customers. In this presentation, Dr. Shali Zhang introduces the new services and programs at the Auburn University Libraries in the U.S.
Through a space renovation project in spring 2020, the Auburn University Libraries established Innovation & Research Commons (I&RC) that has provided a series of new services and programs since the fall semester 2020, including: Adobe Creative Space, Audio Studio, AR/VR Space, Data Space, Digital Wall Display, Maker Space, and Technology Lending. These new programs with new technologies and services enhanced students’ classroom experience and supported faculty’s research agendas.
Through this presentation, Dr. Shali Zhang also introduced how these new programs have aligned with the Libraries’ strategic goals, the organizational alignment with the new services, and new challenges for libraries in rapidly changing information environment.
Learning Objectives
Participants who complete the workshop will be able to do the following:
Identify the key components and technology-enabled spaces established within the Auburn University Libraries' Innovation & Research Commons
Describe the primary purpose and potential user base for at least three of the new services: Adobe Creative Space, Audio Studio, AR/VR Space, and Data Space
Recall the strategic drivers and the physical catalyst, the space renovation project, that led to the creation of the Innovation & Research Commons