To commemorate #SGBicentennial, we will be sharing a series of rare books in our collection that highlights Singapore, and the surrounding regions’ rich history. Kicking off the series is the Hikayat Abdullah (Stories of Abdullah), which was one of the earliest lithographed works published in Singapore and deemed the ‘most ambitious and impressive Malay work […]
Open Knowledge Pop-Up Showcase Quiz – Winners
International Open Access Week is an event held globally to celebrate and promote the benefits of Open Access (OA). It helps to raise awareness of what Open Access means, why it is important and how to engage with it. In conjunction with the International Open Access Week, NUS Libraries organised a 1-day event on 24 […]
Launch of TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning) Imaginarium
The TEL Imaginarium was officially launched last Friday on 19 Oct 2018. Using technology enhanced tools such as a mixed reality room, hololens, leap motion, projection mapping, amongst others, it enables learning and teaching to be immersive, effective and fun! NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye graced the launch and gave the opening speech, after […]
International Open Access Week
International Open Access Week is an event held globally to celebrate and promote the benefits of Open Access (OA). It helps to raise awareness of what Open Access means, why it is important and how to engage with it. So what is Open Access? Open-access (OA) literature is “digital, online, freely accessible, copyright compliance and […]
Everyday Life
NUS Libraries is pleased to launch an interactive exhibit website Everyday Life featuring artwork by Dr. Ho Chee Lick. The website exhibits 85 sketches of public spaces in Singapore between 2014 and 2017, digitised by NUS Libraries and presented in two series: Everyday Life, comprising 16 sets of 4 pieces depicting scenes of common life […]
Delve Into the Minds of Local Luminaries
NUS Libraries supports open access. Through ScholarBank@NUS, our Institutional Repository, researchers globally are able to access full-text to a range of publications, theses, datasets, etc. to create new knowledge for impacting the future. As the International Open Access week approaches, let us celebrate how openness can accelerate scientific discovery and better the world. Contact us […]
History of Western Music: An Extremely Short Introduction
NUS Libraries is pleased to launch History of Western Music: An Extremely Short Introduction. This website chronicles the rich development of western art music from antiquity to modern times. An attempt is made to highlight people and events of historical significance in this infographic interactive endeavour.
“Common Life” – A Visual & Poetic Showcase
With crayons and stained paper, I wander around neighbourhoods in Singapore, doing art — observing, perceiving, looking for that “something”; seeing it accidentally, hopefully; having strong, often unspeakable feelings, about it; drawing breathlessly… What I look at, what I see, how I feel and what/how I draw, are part of my living, being, growing and […]
Funny Book Titles
A library is not just for books, resources and study. It’s also a place to relax and have a bit of fun. We put up a wall of book covers (with the book titles erased) and asked our students to pen their own titles. The result is hilarious. Here are a few of our favourites. […]
Introducing libmaps.nus.edu.sg
NUS Libraries is pleased to present Historical Maps of Singapore, a website providing the viewing of 31 sets of maps scanned and georeferenced by the Department of Geography, with publication years ranging from 1846 to 2010. The Singapore Land Authority and Ministry of Defence have kindly provided permission for these maps to be viewed online. […]