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10 Apr 2016

Picture This: Data Visualization as a New Direction for Librarians

This post was contributed by Mr Edward Lim, a business librarian at NTU Libraries. The role of the librarian has developed over the last few decades. Research has shifted from finding single articles on a bookshelf, to filtering through millions of records and data points. This same transition toward data-driven research is occurring in the […]

03 Apr 2016

LAS Visit to World Scientific Publishing

Date of visit: 26 February 2016 Illuminating – if one word can sum up our visit to the World Scientific Publishing. Situated at Toh Tuck Link, the publishing company has established itself as one of the leading scientific publishers in the world, and the largest international scientific publisher in the Asia-Pacific region. Warmly greeted by […]

31 Mar 2016

Members of the Publications Committee (2015-2017)

Name: Phoebe Lim Designation: Head of Art, Design & Media Library, NTU Q: Describe yourself in three words A: Intense, Idea-Generator, Loud Q: What are you reading (or listening to on your mobile device)? A: Numero Zero by Umberto Eco Q: Describe LAS in three words A: Old friends Party Q: What do you value about LAS? A: […]

27 Mar 2016

LAS Visit to Library Supply Centre, National Library Board

Date of visit: 12 January 2016 21 participants visited the National Library Board’s (NLB) Library Supply Centre (LSC). The first part of the visit involved sharing of topic areas by LSC, including RDM processes in managing the content value chain, tools and systems developed to improve the content value chain, improvements in global sourcing of […]

24 Mar 2016

Free Book Chapters on Information Literacy, Research Support and Information Behaviour

In conjunction with the Librarian’s Information Literacy Conference (LILAC) 2016, Facet Publishing has released 6 free chapters from Facet books on information literacy, research support and the information behaviour. 1. Developing a Metaliteracy Framework to Promote Metacognitive Learning Taken from Thomas P Mackey and Trudi E Jacobson’s 2014 book Metaliteracy. In the book, the authors […]

20 Mar 2016

Sharing: “Trends from Afar” and “The Institutional Research Rankings’ Landscape through the Eyes of a Library Professional”

25 participants gathered at Singapore Polytechnic Library on Tuesday, 24 Nov 2015, for a sharing session by 2 speakers, Rajen Munoo (Head, Learning Services & Research Librarian, Business, Singapore Management University Libraries) and Ruth A. Pagell (Adjunct Faculty, Library and Information Science Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa) Rajen shared key learning points and takeaways […]

18 Mar 2016

Book Binding And Repair Services by SPD

In a corner of Tiong Bahru unbeknownst to many, is a bookbinding workshop. Founded long before the estate saw a retro revival in recent years, the Sheltered Workshop is made up of a team of craftsmen with disabilities. For the past 30 years, the craftsmen have been repairing books for libraries such as the […]

09 Feb 2016

IGI Global Library Technology Innovation Survey Results

IGI Global conducted a survey with 200 librarians over 19 different countries seeking to understand the current and the future role of academic libraries in supporting technological innovation. The findings reveal that supporting technology-related projects is a very high priority for librarians, however they find it difficult due to lack of staff and resources to […]

04 Feb 2016

LAS visit to National Archives of Singapore

Date of visit: 8 October 2015 (Thursday) from 3:00 – 5:00pm Established in 1968, the National Archives of Singapore (NAS) is the official custodian of Singapore’s archives of national or historical significance; covering both government and private records. The NAS acquires, preserves and presents archival records in all formats including documents, photographs, maps, oral history interviews […]

25 Jan 2016

Introducing Brain Pickings

This post was originally a note written by Mr Choy Fatt Cheong, University Librarian at NTU Libraries to library staff. Today, I want to introduce you to Maria Popova, or rather her blog, “brainpickings” <https://www.brainpickings.org/>. She is not a librarian, but what she does is very librarianish. She is the perfect candidate if we are […]