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School of Science and Technology

Associate Professor Ts Dr Tan Kian Lam (Andrew)

Ts. Chew Bee Leng

Lecturer

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Education/Qualifications

  • Master of Information Science (Competitive Intelligence), Open University Malaysia (KL) & Aix Marseille University (France)
  • Bachelor in Information Technology (Honours), Open University Malaysia (KL)
  • NCC International Diploma in Computer Studies, National Computing Centre (UK) & Institute Perkim-Goon (Penang)

Experience:

  • Has over 25 years of experience in information science field
  • Successfully designed and developed several library management systems and built institutional repositories
  • Designed library websites and other aspect of data knowledge management applications
  • Presented research works at local and international conferences and has won best practices awards

Areas of Interest: 

  • Information Science
  • Knowledge Management
  • Digital Libraries and repositories

Published Work:

  • Notable publications include:
    • Bhandigandi, P., Ooi, L. H. & Chew, B. L. (2021). ODL in Malaysia: Current perspectives and challenges (Book chapter 8).  In Bordoloi, R. & Das, P. (Eds.). Open higher education in the 21st century: Education in a competitive and globalizing world (pp.171-200). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. https://novapublishers.com/shop/open-higher-education-in-the-21stcentury/
    •  Por, F. P., Chau, K. T., Chew, B. L. & Leong, Y. K. (2020). Think e-Reader: Pedagogy-led open educational resources (OER) for metacognitive reading skills among elementary readers. 8th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research (iCMR 2019) (Universiti Sains Malaysia, 21-22 August 2019). European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences. https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2020.03.03.50
    • Chew, B. L. (2019). Document delivery and OER sharing services assessment in an ODL library in Malaysia. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 14(1): 21-33. http://www.asianjde.org/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/303
    • Chew, B. L., Marnisya, A. R., Vighnarajah. (2017). Integration of EBSCO Discovery Service widget into the learning spaces of LMS: A case study of WOU. Asian Association of Open Universities Journal 12(2): 137-153 https://doi.org/10.1108/AAOUJ-01-2017-0013
    • Chew, B. L., Kamsiah, M. A., & Ch’ng, E. H. (2016). Open access repositories on open educational resources: feasibility of adopting the Japanese model for academic libraries. Asian Association of Open Universities Journal 11(1):35-49  http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/AAOUJ-06-2016-0005