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19 Jun 2016

A visit to The Harold Terry Clark Library of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

** Ed: This is the third introduction post of Libraries in Ohio, United States for IFLA WLIC 2016 conference. The Publications Team is grateful to The Harold Terry Clark Library of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History for their article contribution. ** Perched on the top floor of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is a treasure […]

12 Jun 2016

A Visit to Oberlin College Library

** Ed: This is the second article contribution from libraries which delegates can opt to visit during the upcoming IFLA WLIC 2016 conference at Ohio, United States. The Publications Team thank Oberlin College Library for their article contribution. ** Oberlin College Library combines a leading undergraduate college of arts and sciences with an outstanding professional […]

05 Jun 2016

A Visit to Worthington Libraries

** Ed: For the upcoming IFLA WLIC 2016 which will be held in Ohio, United States, the Publications Team is proud to present a series of article contributions written by the libraries that conference delegates can visit. To kick start this series, we thank Worthington Libraries for this contribution. Those of us who are planning to attend this year’s […]

22 May 2016

An Oasis for Children – My Tree House: World’s First Green Library for Kids – Part II: Services

Officially launched on 31st May 2013, the world’s first green library for children, My Tree House, aims to encourage children to explore, discover and learn to read about and care for the environment. To create this unique library, the National Library Board (NLB) partnered with City Developments Limited (CDL), a Singapore-listed international property and […]

15 May 2016

An Oasis for Children – My Tree House: World’s First Green Library for Kids – Part I: Space

09 May 2016

NLB’s Efforts in Reaching Out to Teenagers

**Editor Note : This article is extracted from Making Bookworms out of Teens: A Neverending Story. By May Chua and Norhashimah Azli. First published by IFLA 2014 Lyon.** Reaching out to teenagers through Read@School Read@School was established in 2013 to reach out to youths in schools. The support of the Ministry of Education in […]

18 Jan 2016

Open Access Week 2015

Open Access Week, an international event that is now entering its eighth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm […]

14 Jan 2016

Guangxi Bookshelves Project – Book Donation Ceremony at NTU

NTU Chinese Library hosted the Book Donation Ceremony of the Guangxi Bookshelves Project on 13 Nov 2015. The Guangxi Bookshelves Project, a 5-year book donation project with a value of RMB 400,000 (equal to S$85,000), was initiated and sponsored by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles of Guangxi with the Association of Guangxi Studies […]

30 Nov 2015

Launch of the Digital Bibliography on the history of Nanyang University

The Bibliography on the history of Nanyang University (in short, Nantah Bibliography) is an online open access bibliography related to the Nanyang University. The only overseas Chinese language university founded in Singapore from 1955 to 1980. Nantah had a profound impact on the Chinese community in Singapore and Malaysia, and held a critical position in […]

01 Apr 2014

April 2014 Update

Hi all, Welcome to the new Financial Year (for most of you) – and yeah, it’s April Fools’ day, there would be some pranks played throughout the day but we will survive them. Some news from our libraries, Temasek Polytechnic Library is now headed by Ms. Puspa Yeow, this was with effect from July 2013 […]