Five Things About First Year Essentials Programme This Semester
This article concludes the orientations done…… and the beginning of Sem 1…… Keep your eyes peeled for more to come! The season of orientation has come to an end! This…
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Jumpstart Minis — A Starter to Immersive Technologies
Why are they called Jumpstart Minis? When it was introduced in 2019, we wanted to ‘jumpstart’ the NUS community’s interest in immersive tech and design, giving them that little push…
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Testing the Lightboard for Recording Video
The Lightboard is a writable glass surface pumped full of light. It can be used as a creative alternative to classroom whiteboard/chalkboard for recording instructional videos. Invented by Professor Michael…
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Interdisciplinary Faculty-Librarian Collaboration in NUS: An Insider’s View
Ever wondered how information literacy can be embedded into a research module in NUS? Our librarians and faculty members from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSoM) share their…
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5 Challenges Encountered When Creating a MOOC During COVID-19
Our librarians, Sukanya, Kim Kee and Siu Chen share 5 top tips for creating open MOOCs on the edX platform. Please take a look at the infographic below. Full blog…
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International Open Access Week: October 25-31, 2021
Entering its 14th year, International Open Access Week is a global event to engage communities about the potential benefits of open access. This year’s Open Access Week will be held…
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Virtual Livechat — Communicating Your Research/Digital Scholarship Projects
The Scholarly Communications Team held two live chat sessions on 18 May, 10-11.30am and 27 May, 2-3.30pm where we answered questions from the NUS community on Zoom. Participants signed up…
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Fostering Student Engagement with Slido & Padlet
Our Librarian, Siu Chen, recently wrote about her experience in using free online tools to engage students during library orientation sessions. The post contains examples on how to utilise the…
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Three Common Pitfalls To Avoid When Using Citation Metrics
Previously, we held a talk on predatory publishing where we shared the techniques such as using the Think. Check. Submit. checklist to avoid falling prey to predatory publishers. Besides predatory…
Continue readingInto 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…
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