· Special physical collections / unique e-resources of libraries
· Curated lists based on themes
· Useful work tips
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
Hi all, Our apologies for missing out on the May 2014 Editorial, but it was great to see our members continue to contribute to 2 articles for SLB in the month of May (covering LAS visits to places of interest). In the month of June, we need to make an important announcement with regards to …
