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"FUTURE LIBRARIES: INHNEIE POSSIBIITTIES"

IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2013 in Singafiore

Singapore p layed host to over 3,000 de lega tes f rom 120 count r ies for the Internat ional Federa t ion of L ibrary Assoc ia t ions ( IFLA) Wor ld L ibrary and In format ion Cong ress (WLIC) 2013 . The event o p e n e d off icial ly on 18 Augus t 2013 at the Sun tec S ingapore Internat ional Conven t i on & Exhib i t ion Cent re .

The IFLA Cong ress of fered an oppor tun i ty for l ibrar ians to learn abou t the latest deve lopmen ts in l ibrary research and pract ices. Speake rs , both local and f rom count r ies as far as Bhu tan , congrega ted to talk on top ics c lose to their hear ts . Topics covered inc lude knov\/ledge m a n a g e m e n t , p reservat ion and dig i t izat ion, data analy t ics , and more .

By Serene Cai, Koh Hwee Keng, Dawn Lee and Loh Hui Hong

tLEBRATINGLIBRARIANS:

LAS AWARDS & BOOK LAUNCH On the even ing of 18 Augus t , the L ibrary Assoc ia t ion of S ingapore (LAS) invi ted the Pres ident of S ingapore , Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, to present the LAS A w a r d s to honor l ibrar ians w h o have m a d e a great d i f ference to the pro fess ion and to launch a book ent i t led, In 99 words: Stories Librarians Tell. It is a compi la t ion of s tor ies, each spann ing 99 w o r d s or fewer, by l ibrar ians.

R e m e m b e r to pick up a copy and read about the stor ies f rom your very o w n T P Librar ians!

W O R D S ^ S TORIES LIBRARIANS TELL

TP Library staff performed Bollywood dance at the LAS Dinner, held in Conrad Centennial Singapore. They were soon joined by both local and foreign delegates.

Who says working in a library is a boring job?

44 I t w a s an i n c r e d i b l y i n v i g o r a t i n g e xpe r i ence to be s u r r o u n d e d b y

p eop l e f r o m a l l o v e r the w o r l d w h o are pass ionate abou t l i b ra r i e s and the

l i m i t l e s s p o t e n t i a l i t y o f l i b r a r i e s t o p r o m o t e - a n d d e f end - g l o b a l i n f o r m a t i o n

l i t e racy . O n e o f the m o s t i n s p i r i n g sessions 1 a t t ended w a s " L i b r a r i e s a n d

D e v e l o p m e n t i n A s i a - B e y o n d A c c e s s " i n w h i c h representa t i ves f r o m

R E A D ( R u r a l E d u c a t i o n A n d D e v e l o p m e n t ) B h u t a n and R E A D N e p a l t a l k e d

a b o u t the w o r k they d o i n t h e i r r e spec t i v e c o u n t r i e s , s e t t i ng u p c o m m u n i t y

l i b r a r i e s a n d resource cente rs tha t e m p o w e r r u r a l c o m m u n i t i e s - p a r t i c u l a r l y

w o m e n a n d g i r l s - w i t h e d u c a t i o n a l t o o l s a n d resources , a n d create access

t o o p p o r t u n i t i e s and success. T h i s sess ion, c o u p l e d w i t h the w o r k s h o p on

g l o b a l c o n n e c t i o n s f o r l i b r a r i a n s , s p u r r e d m e o n t o inves t i ga t e the w a y s i n

w h i c h 1 m a y c o n t r i b u t e t o these e f f o r t s and h o p e f u l l y m a k e a d i t f e r enc e .

Serene Cai. Asst Librarian/Reference

Recommended Reads f o r a n y o n e w h o has a so f t spot f o r l i b r a r i e s and l i b r a r i a n s

This book is overdue!: how Quiet please: dispatches L ibrary : the drama w i th in librarians and cybrarians can f rom a publ ic l ibrarian (Z665 Gr i )

saveusa l l ( Z7 l6 .4Joh ) (Z720 Dou.Do )

04 S P O T L I G H T

By Mustafa Bin IVIahadi, Librarian/Reference

v e t s t r e a m ^ definitive veterinary intelligence

^ Canis ^ Felis ^ Lapis Equis

if you are in terested in look ing up in format ion on veter inary care and sc ience, do go to Vets t ream as it is tf ie wor ld 's largest on l ine source of peer - rev iewed point -of -care veter inary content .

Featur ing over 18,500 art ic les, inc lud ing images and v ideos , Vets t ream's cl inical in format ion is peer - rev iewed and regular ly upda ted to f ie lp you keep abreas t of the latest veter inary methodo log ies and techn iques.

Ve ts t ream's cl incial re ference serv ices cover canis (dog) , fel is (cat), lapis (rabbit) and equis (horse) veter inary pract ices.

N e w e - R e s o u r c e s

Welcome to

U Login BTo 9ubscr»« • Print Copy • Current NoticM

Singapore eGaze t te p rov ides access to the S ingapore G o v e r n m e n t Gazet tes , Bill Supp lements , Ac t Supp lemen ts , Subs id ia ry Legis lat ion Supp lemen ts , Industr ia l Rela t ions Supp lemen ts and Treat ises Supp lemen ts .

Users have the opt ions of b rows ing eGaze t te by da te or by type of not ice. The eGazet te is publ ished daily and is open access for f ive days . Access to the arch ives sec t ion , dat ing back to 1999, is avai lab le within the TP Library, Leve ls 4 and 5. Print and d o w n l o a d op t ions are prov ided .

• P h a r m a c y Current Practices. Patient-focused Care.

Students f rom the Dip loma in Pharmaceut ica l Sc ience wil l f ind our third da tabase a bonus. A c c e s s P h a r m a c y f rom McGraw-Hi l l Educat ion is an onl ine curr icular resource for pharmacy educat ion . It a l lows s tudents to select a core cur r icu lum topic, b rowse by organ sys tem, review tex tbooks , and search across leading pharmacy onl ine re ferences.

T h e da tabase prov ides case s tud ies , ca re p lans and se l f -assessment to help s tudents and teachers deve lop and t rack key ski l ls. Other at t ract ive fea tu res inc lude:

• Over 500 curr icu lar top ics in Cl in ical Sc ience , Soc ia l , Behav iora l & Admin is t ra t ive Pharmacy Sc iences , Pharmaceu t i ca l Sc iences , and Basic B iomed ica l Sc iences

• V ideo arch ive of F D A Pat ient Safety N e w s • Vir tual cases that lead users th rough samp le d iagnoses and t rea tment • Over 150 d rug the rapy cases w i th care p lans

T E C H K N O W 05

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Pick up your phone and call 6780 -6933 , and you cou ld be ta lk ing to o n e of your sen iors in the Schoo l of In format ics & IT (I IT). These fe l low s tudents are under tak ing the IT Serv ice M a n a g e m e n t ( ITSM) opt ion f rom the D ip loma in Mob i le & Ne twork Serv ices .

T h e y are t ra ined to prov ide IT serv ice and are equ ipped wi th s tate-of - the-ar t too ls at the T P - I B M ITSM Cent re , located oppos i te the F lavours food cour t . It is the f irst ' l ive' cent re in an As ian inst i tut ion to offer real- l i fe ITSM pract ice for s tudents .

T h e ITSM cent re s tar ted ou t at the Schoo l o f IIT, of fer ing IT suppor t at its o w n faci l i t ies. Wi th g row ing con f idence and capabi l i t ies , the cent re now prov ides IT suppor t serv ices to the Schoo l of App l ied Sc ience and the Schoo l of Human i t i es & Socia l Sc iences .

W h e n the Schoo l of IIT ex tended its serv ice to Library, w e j u m p e d at the oppor tun i ty !

S o m e of the issues that the ITSM cent re can help wi th inc lude: - IT issues wi th L ibrary Internet PCs and Library

Ca ta logue PCs - Wi re less setup issues for mob i le dev ices such as

laptops, tablets , and smar tphones - If the issue canno t be reso lved over the phone , the

Cent re wil l send an eng ineer to the Library wi th in 10 minu tes

ITSM opera t ing hours are M o n - F r i ( 8 a m - 6 p m ) .

By Quek Kla Yong, Technical Support Officer/Technology Services

Having Technical Issues with the P C ?

Call 6933 for Helpdesk (ITSM Centre)

r Mobi le phone bat tery runn ing out? Use the ana log phone prov ided

Note : Issues re lated to pr int ing serv ices are m a n a g e d by Ultra Supp l ies . Its serv ice staff a re s ta t ioned in the Library at Level 1 .

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C O N N E C T ) By Serene Cai Asst Librarian/Reference

As the hoary say ing goes , "There 's more than o n e w a y to sk in a cat." We l l , g r u e s o m e menta l image and d is turb ing impl ica t ions as ide, this say ing appl ies prec ise ly to the re lat ionship w e at T P Library hope to deve lop wi th you\

G o n e a re the days w h e r e the on ly w a y to use l ibrary resources is to actual ly s tep into a library. T h e s e days , it's not improbab le that s o m e l ibrary users are ab le to get every th ing they need f rom a l ibrary w i thout actual ly set t ing foot into one ! At T P Library, w e have g o n e on l ine and mob i le for your conven ience . Down load the T P Library Mobi le A p p (avai lab le f r om both Goog le Play a n d ITunes) and get access to e lect ron ic resources such as books , j ou rna ls , and n e w s p a p e r s to past examina t ion papers and a w ide range of da tabases .

Need he lp or have s o m e quer ies? Cal l or ema i l us -or you can just as easi ly leave us a m e s s a g e on our blog ( tp l ib log .b logspot .com) or a c o m m e n t on our Facebook page ( facebook .com/ tp l ib ) ! Wan t a tour of the l ibrary at your conven ience? C h e c k out our Library Or ienta t ion v ideo on YouTube ( you tube .com/ user /TPL ib rary ln fo ) or learn abou t the var ious l ibrary serv ices ava i lab le to y o u .

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A n d , jus t in t ime to w e l c o m e all s tuden ts back to TP, w e have a brand n e w themat ic book d isp lay up on Level 3 of the library. T h e book list is up on our read it! @ T^Y/Z? Pinterest board (p interest .com/tp l ibrary/ read- i t - tp l ib) .

However , desp i te all t hese di f ferent w a y s you can connec t wi th TP Library, w e still hope to meet you face-to- face ... at least o/7ce\o c o m e on d o w n to the l ibrary w h e n you are on c a m p u s , but remember that staying connected with us is jus t a s imple tap or cl ick away!

SKIP TIMER

By Norlisa Binte Othman Librarian/Circulation

T P l ibrary t e a m e d up wi th Nur Iffah Bte Idi, Year 3 s tudent f rom the Dip loma in Media and Commun ica t i on Technology to deve lop a new interact ive app cal led Picture This wh ich is based on the popular "4 pics 1 wo rd " app. One thing that sets us apart is that our app will have a l ibrary t heme . The user interface is des igned by Lindsey Ng, Year 3 s tudent f rom the Dip loma in Visual Commun ica t i ons . The g a m e is slated to be ready by Oct 2013 . Check out our l ibrary apps at the Interact ive Corner !

D I S P A T C H E S F R O M T H E F IELD

By Norlisa Binte Othman, L ib ra r i an/C i r cu l a t i on

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On 15-16 July, s tudents under tak ing the e lect ive, Event Managemen t , held a ser ies of even ts in the L ib ra ry There was a g a m e show cal led S h h h : S i l e n c e Is t h e G a m e , a re y o u r e a d y t o p l a y - par t ic ipants had to remain si lent as they under took var ious cha l lenges , and wou ld lose if they broke their s i lence.

Ano the r act iv i ty ent i t led H e l l o S t r a n g e r , F r i e n d crea ted oppor tun i t ies for s tuden ts f rom di f ferent TP schoo ls to get to know one another.

Ready for the Workforce The Library pod ium w a s a hive of activit ies on 16 July w h e n s tudents f rom the Dip loma in Leisure & Resort M a n a g e m e n t showcased their projects dur ing the LRM Event Exhibi t ion for the Sentosa Leisure Group.

Students f rom LRM all ready to present their work to Sentosa Leisure Group.

Contestants for "Shhh" had fun playing the game

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The. Art of ReslHence On 22 J u l y L ibrary launched a rov ing art exhib i t ion ent i t led, T h e A r t o f R e s i l i e n c e , to raise awareness and channe l you th op t im is im th rough art j a m m i n g . These ar tworks , c reated by s tudents and t roubled youths, are express ions of their resi l ient spir i ts a n d m e s s a g e s of s t reng th .

Go to facebook.com/tp l ib for more inspiring artworks

A S K - A - L I B R A R I A N

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Past Years' Exam Papers Q: Queries range f rom the locat ions of

semestral e x a m papers, te rm test papers, t o requests for thie answers to post years' papers!

A: eExam papers are accessible 24x7 f rom LIBsearch ("tittp://libsearcti.tp.eciu.sg"); only semestral e x a m papers a n d not te rm test papers are ava i lab le ; e x a m papers of subjects t t ia t are 100% coursework d o no t exist, Finally, answ/ers to thie e x a m questions are not ava i lab le !

Project and Study Rooms Q: h\o\fj to book a room? Wt ia t are thie

book ing privileges? A: Book a room via t t ie Library Ca ta logue a t

t i t tpV/ l ibcat . tp .edu.sg. You may book a room for immed ia te use or up to one week in a d v a n c e . Eacti member is ent i t led to a max imum of t t i ree tiours' usage per week. Your book ing tiistory will be erased every M o n d a y morning, which allows you to moke new bookings.

Membership Q: Many TP alumni write in long after they have g r a d u a t e d to request for

the use of TP Library facilities.

A: Due to space constraints, TP Library is o p e n e d to members only. TP graduates will have to sign up for Library Alumni Membersh ip in order to enjoy the use of library facilities a n d loan privileges. App l ica t ion terms are ava i lab le f rom the Library Web p a g e Chttp://l ibrarv.tp.edu.sg').

Have a burning quest ion for the Library? Send your query to : asklib@tp.edu.sg. We look fo rward to hear ing f rom you!

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Editorial Team

EDITOR: Ho Mui Huay ADVISOR: Esther Ong EDITORIAL TEAM: Serene Cai, Fauziah Bte Ma'arof, Koh Hwee Keng, Dawn Lee, Loh Hui Hong, Ng Pui San CONTRIBUTORS: Quek Kia Yong, Mustafa Bin Mahadi, Norlisa Binte Othman -

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