Monday, February 21 2011 ASA Annual Conference 2011 Managing an Overseas Campus 1 Managing an Overseas Campus – the view from Nottingham Dick Chamberlain [email protected]
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Monday, February 21 2011 ASA Annual Conference 2011Managing an Overseas Campus
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Managing an Overseas Campus – the view from Nottingham
Dick Chamberlain
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General:
Why do we have overseas campuses
What does the University want them to achieve
How does that affect the way we plan their library services
Specific:
Acquisitions: What’s the same and what’s different for the two campuses
What are the challenges
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China and Malaysia
Semenyih (near Kuala
Lumpur) is 2,250 miles
from Ningbo (near
Shanghai)
Both are about 7,000
miles from Nottingham
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Malaysia
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China
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Strategic reasons for having overseas campuses
Strengthening the brand
Attracting students:
“A UK education but not with a UK price-tag”
Offer them international experience (valuable in job-market)
Increasing research potential:
New partnerships
New sources of research income
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Measures of success
Malaysia:
Tier 5 (Excellent) SETARA Rated, July 2010Student numbers: 3820 (including 1451 from outside Malaysia) in 2010-11
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Measures of success
China:
Invitation (Autumn 2010) to open a second China campus, in Shanghai
Student numbers:
4,800 (9% PG, 91% UG) – expect to rise to 8,000 within 5 years
100% of graduates employed or in further study
Research:
First PhD students in 2009
Strong interests in sustainable energy and manufacturing
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A single University academically:
Branch campuses, not franchises
Only programmes fully approved in Nottingham are delivered in Malaysia and China
Courses are owned by Schools in Nottingham
All quality assurance is through Nottingham
All degrees awarded are University of Nottingham degrees
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The “Nottingham experience”:
All campuses should provide the same level of facilities
The same: Standards
Systems
Management methods
Language
- in all campuses
Underpin academic integrity
Facilitate mobility.
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The “Nottingham experience” for library services Similar opening hours
Similar levels of user instruction and support - using the same learning materials for information skills
Self-service borrowing and return
Consistent cataloguing standards and practices
Equivalent printed and electronic library resources
- delivered using the same LMS and discovery/access tools
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Parity in provision of library resources
E-resources
Predominantly licences originally agreed for Nottingham
Most allow access for China and Malaysia (or specially negotiated to allow it)
Neither campus belongs to a local purchasing consortium
13 of top 17 e-resource deals by value all allow use by Malaysia and China
2 of these 13 require additional payment above the terms for Nottingham
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E-resources – differences
Malaysia: Distance-learners and part-timers: reliance on access to e-resources
Relatively little space for print collections Has its own deals for e-book access, providing about 750 titles so far
China:
Network performance no problem
Internet access - some restrictions (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter blocked)
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Print resources – Malaysia:
Books:
Initial large stock purchase – now buys c. 3,000 books per year
Most books bought within Malaysia, using 3 local supply agents
Print expected to decline
Journals:
Very few subs
Local subscription agent
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Print resources – China:
Regulations!
Import agents
Books-per-student norms:
4 new books per student per year
Total size of library stock: 50 books per UG, 75 per PGT, 100 per PGR
Journal subs: 173. Import agent acts as subscription agent
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Conclusion: challenges
Cultural differences - Quanxi; government regulations
Tension between generic and local
Penalties of success and growth
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Acknowledgements:
Content:
Khan Quay Kin - Head of Information Services, UNMCMay Yan - Deputy Director(Library Services), UNNCChris Middleton - Head of Academic Services, Information Services (UNUK).
Slides borrowed from:
Christine Ennew (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Internationalisation) Ian Pashby (Provost) UNMCNick Miles (Provost) UNNC
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