1. MLIM Projects Topics Dickson Chiu dicksonchiu@gmail.comdicksonchiu@gmail.com / hku.hk August 2014

2. 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/international- journal-systems-service-oriented/1155 http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international- journal-systems-service-oriented/1155

3. 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

4. Social Network / Media / Mobile / Ontology / Big Data / Cloud Education – music, culture, language, … Library / museums / archives Information / knowledge/ process management Music / Ethnomusicology Tourism Religion Marketing / business / services Arts / literature Social work / politics / law

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Other case studies 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

9. 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.