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Pandemic IL Series: Let’s Go Digital – Highlights from the SURE programmes 2021

Bulletin, News from Libraries / December 7, 2021 / , ,

For the first time this year, the National Library Board’s Prove It! Contest went fully digital. An annual school event since 2013, student teams from 27 secondary schools put their information literacy and creativity skills to the test. Videos were created by the students, sharing their experiences of applying the S.U.R.E. (Source, Understand, Research, Evaluate) …

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In Light of Covid-19: NLB’s E-Offerings

Bulletin, News from Libraries / May 5, 2020 / ,

Working from home these days? Want to find out more about Covid-19? Need a break? Check out these e-resources from the National Library Board Singapore (NLB). Learning package on pandemics NLB has released a learning package on pandemics covering topics on virus breakouts, pandemics, vaccination and public health in Singapore. It is an 8-part series …

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Arts Librarians Tea Session (10 May 2018)

Events coverage, Librarian News / March 4, 2020 / , , , ,

On 10 May, the National Library hosted the 2nd Arts Librarians Tea Session at the National Library’s newly revamped Learning Space cum Donors Gallery (level 10), gathering librarians from the various arts libraries in Singapore to share and discuss ways we could share our resources or collaborate. As arts librarians would have it, the group …

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The S.U.R.E. Story (Part 2): Information Literacy in Education

News from Libraries / March 4, 2020 /

In the age of the Internet, navigating and making sense of information clutter is vital. To encourage Singaporeans to be savvy about the sources and content of the information they receive every day, in 2013, the National Library Board (NLB) started promoting information literacy (IL) through the nationwide S.U.R.E. campaign. S.U.R.E. is the acronym for …

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The S.U.R.E. Story (Part 1): Promoting Information Literacy to Singaporeans

News from Libraries / March 4, 2020 /

In the age of the Internet, navigating and making sense of information clutter is vital. To encourage Singaporeans to be savvy about the sources and content of the information they receive every day, in 2013, the National Library Board (NLB) started promoting information literacy (IL) through the nationwide S.U.R.E. campaign. S.U.R.E. is the acronym for …

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