David Lam Management Research Library IMBA Faculty February 2005

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David Lam Management Research LibraryIMBA
Faculty February 2005
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David Lam Library

• Opened in 1985 part of UBC Library since 1993
• 260,000 visits in 2004
• UBC is the second-largest academic research
  library in Canada
• 21 divisions and branches
• Serves faculty, students, staff and community
  users

SIDE HEADINGS AND NOTES CAN GO HERE
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Use of physical space
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Demand for Reference
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Demand for Classroom Instruction - 2004

• 100 instructional sessions on library research in
  2004
• Over 2100 students attended
• E.g. MBA Orientation and Plagiarism
• Business Communications
• Entrepreneurship (BComm)
• Strategy (BComm)
• Marketing Research (BCmm)

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MBA assignment guides

• Introduce students to basic sources (articles,
  databases, websites, etc.)
• Help them get started quickly
• Help the instructor by creating online reading
  lists

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MBA assignment guide
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Research Guides
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E-Resource management

• Newer databases for faculty research
• WRDS
• Compustat back files via WRDS
• SDC Mergers Acquisitions
• SDC New Issues
• Elsevier journals
• Wiley Interscience
• Blackwell Synergy
• Kluwer Online
• Forrester Research

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Online reading lists
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New Library Teaching Model

• BAEN 500 Business Plan Resources
• Hour 1 Powerpoint presentation
• Hour 2 Database quiz
• Hour 3 individual project consultations

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Faculty publications

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New in the Lam Library