Not a possibility, but a reality: sharing unique content via Open Access

dc.audienceAudience::Audience::Knowledge Management Section
dc.conference.sessionTypeKnowledge Management
dc.contributor.authorLi, Haipeng
dc.contributor.authorSong, Lisa
dc.contributor.translatorAnonymous
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-24T08:02:35Z
dc.date.available2025-09-24T08:02:35Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractLibraries are fully aware that sharing unique collections through open access is becoming critically important. Many institutions have attempted to take on the task of digitizing their local unique content in their collections and present it openly accessible to the world. This paper describes the award winning Chinese Medicine Digital Project which has been developed by the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Library in close collaboration with faculty in the School of Chinese Medicine at HKBU to integrate traditional unique content of Chinese medicine into the learning, teaching and research of the HKBU community and beyond. Research shows that access to Chinese medicinal content has been limited and scarce. In recent years, there has witnessed an increasing demand for health information related to Chinese medicine throughout the world. Making such unique content available to the world is of great significance to scholars, doctors as well as those who need medical treatment. Because of the open access nature to the unique content, these databases have been accessed by many users around the world with valuable information not otherwise available to them. They serve as examples of how knowledge can be managed and packaged in a way that provides easy and convenient access to users. The lifecycle of these databases illustrates how Chinese medicinal information is created and recreated, organized, disseminated, preserved and more importantly openly accessed. The success of such projects can serve as a model which demonstrates how technology is used to present the unique content in a local context to the outside world and at the same time to enhance learning, teaching and research of the institution.en
dc.description.abstractLas bibliotecas son plenamente conscientes de que compartir colecciones únicas a través del acceso abierto se está convirtiendo en algo realmente importante. Muchas instituciones han intentado digitalizar el contenido local único de sus colecciones y presentarlo de forma abierta a todo el mundo. Este trabajo describe el premiado Proyecto Digital de Medicina China que ha llevado a cabo la Biblioteca de la Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) en estrecha colaboración con la Facultad de Medicina de la HKBU para integrar contenido único y tradicional de medicina china en el aprendizaje, la enseñanza y la investigación de la comunidad de la HKBU y más allá. La investigación demuestra que el acceso al contenido de medicina china ha sido limitado y escaso. Recientemente, se ha visto un aumento en la demanda a nivel mundial de información sanitaria relacionada con la medicina china. Hacer de este contenido algo único disponible para todo el mundo es de gran importancia para los investigadores, médicos, y para toda aquella gente que necesita un tratamiento médico. Debido a la naturaleza del acceso abierto a contenido único, muchos usuarios de todo el mundo han accedido a estas bases de datos con información valiosa que no habría sido de fácil acceso para ellos de otra manera. Esto sirve como ejemplo de cómo se puede gestionar y agrupar el conocimiento de forma que ofrezca un acceso fácil y apropiado para los usuarios. El ciclo de vida de estas bases de datos ilustra cómo la información de la medicina china se crea y recrea, se organiza, se disemina, se preserva y lo que es más importante, se accede a ella de forma abierta. El éxito de estos proyectos puede servir como un modelo que demuestra cómo la tecnología se usa para presentar el contenido único de un contexto local al resto del mundo y, al mismo tiempo, enlazarlo con el aprendizaje, la enseñanza y la investigación de las instituciones.es
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/5157
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dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subject.keywordChinese medicine
dc.subject.keywordopen access
dc.subject.keywordknowledge management
dc.subject.keywordaward-winning
dc.subject.keywordunique content
dc.titleNot a possibility, but a reality: sharing unique content via Open Accessen
dc.titleNo es una posibilidad, sino una realidad: Compartir contenido único a través del Acceso Abiertoes
dc.typeArticle
ifla.UnitSection:Knowledge Management Section
ifla.oPubIdhttps://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/198/

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