Easy as Pie: Library Portal Virtual Challenge
The Library Portal Virtual Challenge ended on Oct 19. A whopping 452 of you entered the challenge, with 78% scoring 8 out of 10 and above! Well done! Seems like the…
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E-Resource Discovery in a Whole New Way!
Our annual E-Resource Discovery Day took place on Oct 7th this year and many of the library vendors came to the forum, set up their booths and got ready to…
Continue readingFabulously Peranakan
From colorful kebayas to exciting jogets, NUS Libraries’ staff got a taste of being fabulously Peranakan for an afternoon. On 8 Jan, the library had our annual hi-tea at the Hotel InterContinental…
Continue readingThe Mysterious Man & Library Etiquette Month
For the months of October and November, library users are likely to notice a mysterious man in black at various spots in the library. Don’t worry, there’s nothing to fear…
Continue readingKnowledge without Boundaries, Charity with a Cause
On the morning of Sept 16th, many of the library vendors came to the forum, set up their booths and got ready to usher in E-Resource Discovery Day 2010 (ERDD).…
Continue readingERDD & Book Sale on 16 & 17 Sep
NUS Libraries’ E-Resource Discovery Day is here again! So, what can you expect? We have a number of activities lined up, so you can learn how to use the e-resources…
Continue readingLibrarians, Aliens & Things That Go Bump at Night
Last Friday was an exciting time for us at Central Library. We cracked a 30 year-old cold case, rescued a librarian lost in a fifth dimensional alien vortex and introduced ourselves…
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Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes PS3561 K44F 1975 Central Library Flowers for Algernon revolves around Charlie, a mentally disabled odd job assistant at a bakery who becomes a genius after…
Continue readingBook Review: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie PQ2664 D132B 2001 Central Library The Cultural Revolution has always simply been to me a significant and grandiose part of China’s history.…
Continue readingMaking Connections with the NUS Community
Oct 14 was our long awaited E-Resource Discovery Day and it was a day when almost 800 NUS students and staff learnt about our subscribed e-resources, received goodie bags, entered…
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