Library Associations Singapore
31 May 2011
NTU Library and NACO

NACO or Name Authority Cooperative program component of the Library of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloguing (PCC) allows participants to contribute and maintain name authority records (NARs) in the Library of Congress Name Authority File (LC/NAF). The LC/NAF is used by cataloguers worldwide to verify the standard forms of name headings that should be used […]

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Library Associations Singapore
15 Apr 2011
OPAC Observations

If I were to ask you what you do for fun while you are at work, I am sure you wouldn’t tell me that you analyse your library’s OPAC transaction logs.  Especially not those transaction logs where you peruse all those patron searches that don’t actually find anything! Well, I have been doing exactly that, […]

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Library Associations Singapore
15 Apr 2011
iPhone App for Library OPAC

As part of the National Institute of Education (NIE) Library’s LIBRIS strategic plan to meet the challenges of the 21st century, we launched BookMyne, an iPhone app that allows you to access our OPAC system, on 9 March 2011.  With the pervasive adoption of the iPhone within the NIE community and the world, BookMyne is […]

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Library Associations Singapore
03 Mar 2011
Institutional Knowledge at SMU

The Li Ka Shing Library at the Singapore Management University launched its institutional repository, InK: Institutional Knowledge at SMU on a new platform on 18 January 2011. The platform, Digital Commons from Berkeley Electronic Press, is software-as-a-service (SAAS) and SMU is the first institution in Asia to use it. InK represents the research and scholarly […]

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Library Associations Singapore
31 Jan 2011
Obituary for Paul Tye

Paul Tye Sek Kuan, 55 passed away on 19 August 2010 after a long battle with cancer. Paul began his library career as a trainee librarian at National University of Singapore Libraries in 1981. He was attached to Cataloguing Department and subsequently Medical Library before he left to pursue his diploma course in Library Studies […]

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Library Associations Singapore
04 Nov 2010
One-Stop Discovery at Ngee Ann Poly Library

Lien Ying Chow Library, Ngee Ann Polytechnic migrated from Spydus to the ALEPH Integrated Library Management System on 17 Sep 2010. This provides users with one-stop access to multiple sources such as books, databases, media and multimedia resources. It took the Library nine months from the award of the tender to the implementation of the […]

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Library Associations Singapore
29 Sep 2010
Remembering Our Singapore Story

Clarissa Oon wrote an article In Search of the Other S’pore Story dated 14 August in The Straits Times. The piece highlighted the growing number of scholarly works and memoirs published on the leftist movement in Singapore during the 1950s-60s, and the increased interest in alternative history. She thought that the introduction of National Education […]

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Library Associations Singapore
29 Sep 2010
Savour a Slice of Historical Treasures

Want to get up close and personal with some of the most famous personalities in Singapore’s history? Come September 15, members of the public can enjoy a guided tour of the National Library’s 15 Treasures from our Rare Materials Collection as part of NLB’s 15th anniversary celebrations. These prized jewels in our heritage collection were […]

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Library Associations Singapore
29 Sep 2010
Celebrating NLB’s 15th Anniversary

The theme for the celebrating NLB’s 15th Anniversary Celebrating 15 years with You: Transforming Lives through Knowledge, showcases the impact that the libraries had on the lives of the community over the years. As part of the anniversary celebrations, a series of initiatives will be held from 1 September to 2 October 2010 to enable […]

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Library Associations Singapore
28 Aug 2010
Open Access for SMU Theses on Proquest Dissertations

The Singapore Management University (SMU) now contributes to the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Database (PQDT), the largest commercial repository of postgraduate works.  The initiative, led by the Li Ka Shing Library in collaboration with the Office of Research and the Office of Legal and General Affairs, is part of its institutional repository road map to […]

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