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4-5.. InfoBuzz • Canyoucopyrightfood? • Help!Ineedphotos! •Businesslibrariansshare5waysto
increaseblogvisits
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ISSN1793-222XVol. 4 Issue 2 • Jan 2010 Library Xpress
Editorial CommitteeCatherineTan TanLayPengMeiPhoebeLim WendyOngWongOiMayEsther FrankSeah
Onlineversionandarchivesat www.ntu.edu.sg/library/pages/xpress.aspx Email:[email protected]
1-2.. A Word From The University Librarian • NewLearningCommonsAt
LeeWeeNamLibrary
6-7.. Resources • Howtolookforarticlesthathavecited
abook? • Yourspringboardintoawholenew
worldofwords • NewYorkReviewofBooksatthelibrary
2-3.. Do You Know? • Checkingoutlibrarybooksisnow
faster! • bXrecommender:citation
recommendationsbasedonusagedata • Library’sNewDatabasePages
7-8.. Snapshots • 52Projects,1AmazingCollection
ofWKWSCIClass2009Final YearProjects
• NewStaff
RegularvisitorstotheLeeWeeNamLibrarywouldhavenoticedthatwehavebeenmakingincrementalchangestoimprovethe
ambienceandfacilitiesinthispopularlocationoncampusinthelastfewyears.Thisyear,weopenedupthefrontentrancetoimprovetraffic,rearrangedthe layout inLevel2andcreateda largequietsanctuaryonthe5thLevel.
Wewillbeintroducinganothersignificantchange,thistimeatLevel2inFebruaryof2010.TheareaprecedingthebankofcomputerswillberedesignedasasmallexperimentalLearningCommons.TheCommonsisanareadesignedtofacilitateandenhancestudents’grouplearningactivities.Studentswillenjoyworkingtogetherusingvariousconfigurationsofcomputersandequipment.Forexample,yourgroupcangotooneofthepodsandusethesmartboardtodiscussandworkonyourprojectorassignment.Theinteractivesmart board can be used like an enlarged touch screen where
you can capture your discussion or use it for mockpresentations before the real thing in
yourclasses.Theseats
willbeflexiblewithinthepodtosuityourpurpose.Therewill be 3 podswith smartboardsandanother3withsmallertouchscreens.
AsmallRecordingRoomattheendoftheCommonswill provide youwith an enclosed spacetoengageinsmallscaleaudioorvideorecordingquicklyand conveniently.The Recording Room will be equipped withfairly goodAV recording equipment, a green screen and chromakeysoftwareforprofessionallookingresults.Oryoucouldusetheroomtomakeasimplehighqualitypodcast.
ThemainpartoftheCommonswillfeature2-screenand3-screenPCstationsoncustom-designedworkbenches.Themultimonitorswillprovideyouwithbiggerscreenreal-estateandenableyoutoopenupmoreapplicationsallatonego.Itisfunandproductiveatthesametime.
Wewillalsobeintroducingdigitalnewspapers.UserscanflipthepagesandreadthedigitaleditionofTheStraitsTimesandotherdigitalnewspapersonlargetouchscreenLCDpanels.Thesecan
New learning commons at Lee Wee Nam Library
ChoyFattCheong::[email protected]
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.. Do You Know?
ErBeeEng::[email protected],AccessServicesDivision
Checking out library books is now faster!Follow4easystepstoenjoytheconveniencethatRFID(RadioFrequencyIdentification)technologybrings:
RFIDstandsfor“Radio Frequency Identification Device”.AuniqueRFIDtagisattachedinsideeachbookjustlikeabarcode.However,unlikeabarcodewhichrequiresscanningwithabarcodescanner,theinformationinthetagcanbereadjustbeplacingitnearaRFIDdetector.
TheLibraryintroducedRFIDtechnologytoprovidegreaterefficiencyinhandlinglibrarymaterials.
SinceApril2009,morethan600,000librarymaterialsweretaggedandthesystemwaslaunchedinSeptember2009.
Besidesenablingfastercheck-outs,booksreturnedthroughBookReturnslocatedatlibrariesareclearedfromusers’accountsimmediately.Thesystemalsoreducessorting,shelf-readingandstock-takingwork.
You no longer need to open a book when using self-check machines.
2.. A Word From The University Librarian
also be used for e-books and other newmedia.All the otherlibraries on campuswill also be equippedwith one interactivetouchscreenpanel.
Lastly, a video wall between the 2 banks of pods provides acommon area to explore many digital resources and facilitiesprovidedbytheLibrary.Sounddomesfromtheceilingwillprojectthe sound from the video wall to theseatsinfrontandminimizenoiseinthearea.You can use the wall to exploreand learn about the use of variousdatabases and e-resources providedby the Library. Short presentationswillalsobescheduledtointroduceuserstointerestingtopicalissues.
The mini Learning Commons will helptheLibraryunderstandbettertheneedsand preference of students in grouplearning. Observation and feedbackgathered from its usewill help us planuseful and attractive learning space inourfuturelibrarybuildings.
TheimplementationofthisLearningCommonsissupportedbythe Cool Campus Initiative coordinated by CITS. Planning andimplementationof theCommonswasundertakenbya teamofLibrarystaff.
Other projects that will see fruition in the early part of 2010includethenewLibraryInstructionalHubwhichwillprovidemore
places for library classes. There willalsobesomereconfigurationofspacesin the Business Library, including thecreationofaninformationlounge.TheHumanities&SocialSciencesLibrarywillbe setting up a small outdoor readingarea in the“courtyard”, completewithumbrellas, fans, lights, powerpoints fornotebook PC users and support forwirelessprinting.
We hope that all these new andexcitingspaceswillenrichyourlearningexperience and make the Library amemorableandconduciveplacetovisitandstay.Aerial view of the Learning Commons
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bX recommender: citation recommendations based on usage data
Do You Know? ..3
MichaelTan::[email protected](LibraryTechnology&Systems)
Library’s new database pages
Oneof the frequently askedquestions theLibrary receiveshas todowith thechoiceofdatabasestouseforaparticularsearch.
TheLibrarysubscribestoover196electronicdatabasescoveringarangeofsubjectsinBusiness,ChineseStudies,ComputerScience,Engineering,Sciences,HumanitiesandSocialSciences.Evenlibrarianssometimesfinditdifficulttorememberwhateachofthesedatabaseshasandthefeaturesavailable.
Thisiswhereaninformationpagehelps.Itisapagecontainingkeyinformationaboutadatabase.WecallthemiPages forshort.Theycanbeaccessedbyclickingontheicon next to the database titles on the databasewebpage (http://www.ntu.edu.sg/databases).
They provide a description of the database resource, the publisher, the subjectcoverage,frequencyofupdatesandanyrelatedinformation.
We have just added some enhanced features: social bookmarks, embeddedinstructionalvideosandRSSfeeds.
You are welcome to email your feedback to [email protected].
1. Social Book-marks Shareusefuldatabaseinformationwithfriendsonpopularsocialnetworkingsitese.g.Facebook
2. Instructional Videos Viewinterestingpre-sentationsonsubjectareas,userguidesandtutorials.
3. RSS Feeds Keeptrackofnewsandupdates.
ChewWengLeong::[email protected](LibraryTechnology&Systems)
We are familiar withAmazon BookSearch’s recommendation services.
Theytelluswhatotheritemshavebeenfrequently bought together with thesearched item. They also tell us whatothercustomershavebought.
These recommendations come fromdata mining the purchasing patterns ofAmazon’s customers. This form of datamining is now available for scholarlycommunication.
bX Recommender ServiceThe bX Recommender taps into thepower of the networked scholarly
communitytogeneraterecommendationsbased on article usage. WhereAmazonrecommendsbooksandotheritemssoldon the site, bX Recommender Servicerecommends other scholarly journalarticles.
Articles are recommended based onconsolidated usage data gathered fromresearch communities around theworld. The system analyzes numeroustransactions performed by users fromresearchinstitutionsworldwideaswellaslinkresolverusagelogs.
bX Recommender Service is availablein ezSearch, theLibrary’s federatedsearch service thatallowsyoutosearchacross multipledatabases.
AccessLogin to ezSearch at http://ezsearch.ntu.edu.sg
1. DoaQuick Searchbyenteringyoursearchterms.
2. ClickontheSFXiconbesideanarticlethat you are interested in the list ofsearchresultsreturned.
3. Iftherearerecommendationsforthatarticle, you would be able to viewthem.
Key Benefits• Recommended articles in the same
subjectareaarehighlighted.
• Recommendedarticlesmaybedown-loaded seamlessly to a bibliographicmanagementsoftware.
• Easeofaccesstorelatedarticlesonafamiliaruserinterface.
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NurhazmanAbdulAziz::[email protected](LibraryTechnology&Systems)
Business librarians share 5 ways to increase blog visits
Further Readings:
Blog Marketing: The Revolutionary New Way to Increase Sales, Build Your Brand, and Get Exceptional Results Jeremy Wright McGraw-HillCall No.: HF5415.W951
The New Rules of Marketing and PR David Meerman ScottJohn Wiley & SonsCall No.: HF5415.1265.S425 2009
Can you copyright food?HanLeeYen::[email protected](Law)
Sometimeago,MalaysianTourismMinisterDatukSeriNgYenYenclaimedthatdishesliketheHainanesechickenrice,chilli
crab,nasilemak,laksaandbakkuttehareMalaysiancreationsthathavebeen‘hijacked’byothercountriesanddeclaredherintentionsto“lay claim”on thesedishes (TheNewPaper, 22 Sept 2009).HeractiondrewtheirkofmanynetizensfrombothsidesoftheCauseway.WhileDatukSeriNghassinceclarifiedthat“Malaysiadoesnot intendtopatent localdishes,butwantsMalaysians toknow their origins” (Today, 24 Sept 2009), her declaration hasbroughtupaninterestingpoint–Canyoucopyrightfood?
Formostofus,ourknowledgeof theCopyrightAct isprobablylimitedtothefairuseportionwhichallowsphotocopyingofworksamounting to one chapter or not more than 10% of the totalnumberofpagesofapublishedworkforresearchorprivatestudy.
What exactly is copyright and what does it protect?Copyrightisthetermusedtodescribethebundleofrightsthatisgrantedtotheauthorofthecopyrightwork,givinghimtheexclusiverightstopublish,perform,reproduce,communicateandadapthiswork(Ng-Loy&Tan,2009;IPOS,2007).TheCopyrightAct(Cap63),passedin1987,protectsthefollowing:“original literary,dramatic,artistic and musical works, sound recordings, films, broadcastsand cable programmes, and the formatof published editionsofliterary,dramatic,musicalorartisticworks” (Woon,1995;p147).Whilecopyrightprotectstheexpressionorformofideas,theideasthemselvesarenotprotected(IPOS,2007).
So,comingbacktoouroriginalquestion,canyoucopyrightfood?From thedefinition above, itwould be impossible to copyrightchickenriceortherecipeforthedish.Whataboutpatentingtherecipe? It is likelytoberejectedbythepatentoffice,according
tolawyerBryanTanofKeystoneLawCorporation,asthename“chickenrice”istoogenericandpopular(TheStraitsTimes,19Sept 2009). Can Malaysia“lay claim” to these hawker centrestaple?ItwillbelikeItalytryingtolayclaimonpizzaandGermanyonhotdog,bothsynonymoustoandubiquitousinAmerica.
So,fornow,weneednotworryaboutorderingabowlofspicycoconutsoupnoodleorthatplateofricecookedwithchickenbroth;theyarestilllaksaandchickenrice.
Tofindoutmoreaboutcopyrightandintellectualproperty,visittheBusinessLibrarywhichhasagoodcollectiononthesetopics.LawrelatedtitlesarelocatedatLevelB3 withcallnumbersstartingwithK.Mostcopyright and intellectualproperty titleshavecallnumbersstartingwithK1401andK1420.
Youmayalsoaccessthefollowingdatabases(http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/databases):• Factiva–fornewsreportsonthetopic• LawNet – for legal information, legislation (including theCopyrightAct)relatedtoSingapore
• CLJ Legal Network – for Malaysian legislation and legalinformation
References:
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). (2007). About Copyright. Available at http://www.ipos.gov.sg/leftNav/cop/About+Copyright.htm
Ng-Low, W.L. and Tan, T.J. (2009). Laws of Singapore. Available at http://www.singaporelaw.sg/content/Home2.html
Woon, W. (1995). Basic business law in Singapore. NY : Prentice Hall. (Call No.: KPP7.3.B87W873)
info 4.. InfoBuzz
Plug Your Business! Marketing on MySpace, YouTube, blogs and podcasts and other Web 2.0 social networksSteve WeberWeber BooksCall No.: HF5415.1265.W376
Secrets of Online Persuasion John-Paul Micek, Deborah MicekMorgan James PubCall No.: HF5415.1265.M619
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CatherineTan::[email protected](Strategy,Management&Organization)
Help! I need photos!
Business librarians share 5 ways to increase blog visits
Speeches by Martin Luther King,WintonChurchillandJohnFKennedy
were not accompanied by PowerPointslideswithwonderfulvisuals.Fastforwarda few decades, presenting to aYouTube-Twitteraudiencewithtext-onlyslideswillprovide an excuse for them to tuneout.Having arresting visuals help to maintaintheattentionof youraudienceandmakeyourpresentationmemorable.
Apopularsitetoobtainfreephotographsfornon-commercialuseisFreeFoto(www.freefoto.com).
Itisausefulsitewhereyouarepermittedtouseanyofitsphotographsforfreeaslongasitisnotforcommercialuse.Acreditto©IanBritton-FreeFoto.comisrequired.Foronlineuse, youhave to acknowledgeandplacealinkbacktothewebsite.
One of the 29 images on business meeting from FreeFoto
One of 78 images on busi-ness meeting from OnAsia
2 databases showcasing works of art from renowned museums and collections are available via NTU Library’s subscription: www.ntu.edu.sg/library/databases
CAMIOCatalogofArtMuseumImagesOnline(CAMIO)containsimagesofartworksrangingfrom3000BCtothepresent.Difficult-to-findcontemporaryartisoneofitsstrengths.Allcontentisrights-clearedforeducationaluseintheclassroomortoillustratepapers,Webprojectsandotherassignments.
Grove Art OnlineAnonlinescholarlyartencyclopediawhichincludesarticlesbyarthistorians,scholarsandspecialists.Ithasvisualsoffrequentlystudiedworksofart,mapsandlinedrawings.AllimagesinGroveArtOnlineareavailableforeducationaluse(research,homework,papers,etc.)withinfairuse/fairdealing/educationalexemptionspermittedunderthecopyrightlawinthecountrywheretheuser/institutionisbased.
InfoBuzz ..5 info
BlogshavebecomecommonplaceontheInternetasawayforpeople to share and interact with each other. NTU Library
recognises that blogs can be utilized to share subject specificinformationandinteractwithourusercommunities.From2007-2008,theLibrarycreated7subjectlibraryblogs.
Just because a blog is created does not mean visitors willcome. Since October 2008, the business librarians have beenexperimentingwithways to attract and increase readership totheirBusinessBlog.Hereare5waystheyhaveemployed:
1. Related or Random Posts Encouragereaderstoreadmorepostsontheblogbyhighlightingrelatedpostsattheendofeacharticle.
2. Hyperlinks within Posts Includehyperlinksofpreviousrelevantpostsascontextual linkswithinthecurrentarticle.Thisencouragesreaderstopursuethe
IfyourequireavisualwhichhasanAsiansetting, OnAsia (www.onasia.com/nlb)is a site you should visit. Singaporeans,permanent residents, foreigners withFIN and National Library Board (NLB)membersmay access these photographsbysigningupforanNLBDigitalAccount.Thephotographsareavailable foruse inpresentations by educators or students.For usage other than presentations, youneedtoseekOnAsia’spermission.
Youmayseealotofsitesofferingroyaltyfreeimages.Asawordofcaution,royaltyfreeisnotthesameasfree.Theseimagesneed to be purchased. For a one-timeflatfee,youareabletousetheseimagesfor an unlimited number of times. Sitessuch as Corbis (www.corbis.com) andGettyimages (www.gettyimages.com)provideroyaltyfreeimages.
topicbyreadingwider.
3. Excerpts on Front PagesInstead of letting a long article dominate the homepage, onlyexcerptsofpostsaredisplayed.Thisallowsagreaternumberofposts tobe seen andkeep thehomepageuncluttered.Readersalsohaveawiderchoiceofarticlestochoosetoreadfrom.
4. Search Function Adding a search feature to the blog enables users looking forspecificinformationtoquicklysearchandlocaterelevantposts.
5. Social Networking Sites TheBusiness Library Blog publicises its blog content on a fewsocialnetworkingsitessuchasFacebooktoattractmoreuserstotheblog.
Othersubjectlibrariesblogs:http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/collections/Pages/blogs.aspx
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PhoebeLim::[email protected](Advertising,PR,Broadcast&Film)
How to look for articles that have cited a book?
Looking for a list of journal articles that cited a particularjournalarticleisakeysearchstrategywhendoingaliterature
search.Ithelpstracethedevelopmentofanargumentoratheoryoraresearchtrend.
Citationdatabasesallowustodothateasily.EnterthedetailsofthejournalarticleandretrievealistofCitedByarticles.
What ifwewant to look fora listof journal articles thathavecitedaparticularbook?
Mostelectronicdatabasesindexjournalarticlesnotbooks.Ifwesearchforabookinadatabase,wewillprobablygetnoresults.
However, some databases havemade the references of journalarticlesthattheyindexsearchable.Ifthereferencescontainbooks,theseareretrievablebyaCitedReferenceSearch.
Let us see how theWeb of Science citation database performwhenwetrytofindalistofarticlesthathascitedthisbook:
Putnam, R. D. (2000). Bowling alone : the collapse and revival of American community. London, Simon & Schuster
Step1. ClickontheCited Reference Searchtabtobegin
Step2. Entertheauthor’slastnameandinitialslikethis Cited Author:PutnamRD Or Cited Author:Putnam*(Ifyouarenotfamiliarwith
author’sinitials)
Step3. EntertheCited Work(i.e.thetitleofthebook) Cited Work:Bowl*
6.. Resources
Thisresult listcanbeconfusingtotheuninitiated.Bearinmindthatwearesearchingreference lists thathavebeencreatedbymanydifferentauthors.Thereareboundtobesomeerrorsandvariations.Somevariationsinclude:
1. Authornameiseitherinfullorabbreviated
2. Yearofpublication–mayvaryduetodifferenteditions
3. Pagenumbers–mayormaynotappear
Gothroughthelistandselectthoseitemsthatreferstothebook.ThenclickFinishSearch.
Thisnextsetofresultsretrieved ismore interesting.Thesearethecitingarticleswearelookingfor.Atthispointwearealsoabletorefineoursearchbysubjectarea,documenttypes,sourcetitles,publicationyearsandmore(seeleft-handbar).
OtherelectronicdatabasesthatprovideCitedReferenceSearchincludeAcademic Search Premier and Communication & MassMediaComplete.
Step1
Step2
Step3
ThiswillreturnalistofreferencesthathavePutnamasauthorsandBowlinthetitlefield.
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Tired of being tied to the campusworkstation while hunting down
the perfect word to analyse in CollinsWordbanks for your termpaper? You’dbegladtoknowthatWordbanks isnowaccessible online from the Library’sdatabase page at http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/databases. Wordsmiths canpore through corpora for their corpuslinguisticsclassfromthecomfortofhomeorhostel.
Using theCollins corpora, you can viewsamples of language as it is used in thereal world and connections betweentheir usage and the wider socioculturalcontext. Lexicographersusecorporatocreate new words in dictionary entries.If you’re a budding lexicographer in themaking,thisisagoodstartingoffpointtodoyourlinguisticanalysis.
CollinsWordbanksOnline allows you toaccessrealexamplesofvocabulary,word
WongOiMay::[email protected](LanguageandCommunicationSkills)
Your springboard into a whole new world of words
RashmiMLad::[email protected](EnglishLiterature)
New York Review of Books at the Library
For further details, please refer to http://wordbanks.harpercollins.co.uk/Docs/Help/guide.html Further Readings:
Corpus linguistics : an international handbook Anke Lüdeling
New York : Walter de Gruyter, c2009Call No.: P126.C68C822 V1Call No.: P126.C68C822 V2
A quick check with students and staff at NTUmakesitobviousthattheInternetisthemainsource of information for reviews on books, oldandnew.Thesereviewsareconvenienttofindbutauthorauthenticity,biasedideasandqualityofthecontentaresomeoftheconcernsusersface.
The NewYork Review of Books (NYRB) to therescue.
Thisjournalemerged50yearsagoasaplatformforthemostinterestingandqualifiedmindsofthattimetodiscusscurrentbooksandissuesindepth.Abriefoverviewofthejournalconvincesthatthetraditionstillcontinues.TheNewYorkTimescommentsonwhy NYRB has been so successful - “stubbornrefusaltotreatbooks,orthetheatreandmovies,
forthatmatter,ascategoriesofentertainmenttobeindulgedinwhentheworkingdayisdone.”
NYRBcoversawiderangeoftopicsinhumanitiesand social sciences like literature, economics,cultural and social studies and politics throughNYRB Classics, NYRB Collections, and the NewYorkReviewChildren’sCollection.
How to access1. GotoLibraryHomepage2. SelectE-JournalsunderFinding
Information3. ClickonTitles A to Z4. SearchforTitles“NewYorkReviewofBooks”
5. Clickonthebluelink
6. LoginwithyourNTUnetworkaccountandpasswordifprompted
Resources ..7
usage and grammar as they are used incontextandcarryout in-depth linguisticanalyses for your research.Youmay alsocheckthecorpusforidioms,compounds,grammar problems, synonyms, spelling,British and American variants, andfrequency statistics.Mostof the sourcesin the corpus date from between 2001and2005andthecorporaareconstantlybeingupdated.
Contemporary corpus linguistics Edited by Paul Baker. London ; New York : Continuum, c2009. Call No.: P128.C68C761
Language in the context of use : discourse and cognitive approaches to language Andrea Tyler
Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008.Call No.: P302.L287C
Cognitive sociolinguistics : language variation, cultural models, social systems Gitte Kristiansen
Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008.Call No.: P40.C676
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These are but a fewof the 52 interesting final yearprojects byWKWSCI students who graduated thisyear.Thefullcollectionoftheseworks,completewithreportsandcreativeworks,arenowavailableonlineinDR-NTU,theUniversity’sDigitalRepository.
NTUstaffandstudentsmayaccessthemeasily:1.Gotohttp://repository.ntu.edu.sg
2.Searchbyprojecttitle.
3.Whenprompted,enteryourstudent/staffnetworkaccountusernameandpassword.
New staffNgMeeLing::[email protected](Design)Librarian(LibraryTechnology&Systems)
Asachild,MeeLinghadwantedtobeateacheroralibrarian.After a stint as a relief teacher, she realised that teaching
was not her cup of tea. And she had forgotten about being alibrarian.
.. Snapshots
MeeLinggraduatedfromNUSwithaMathematicsdegreewithastrong liking forcomputerprogramming.Sheembarkedonacareer in information technology with the Port of SingaporeAuthority.After several years she left to become a full-timehomemaker.
MeeLinglovesbooksandenjoysvisitinglibraries.Shewasaparentvolunteeratherson’sschoollibrary.ShelikedtheworkandwentontopursueherMasterdegreeinInformationStudiesattheWeeKimWeeSchoolofCommunicationandInformation.
ShejoinedtheLibraryTechnology&SystemsDivisioninSeptember2009 as the Library’s webmaster. She is also theArt Librarian(Design)attheArt,Design&MediaLibrary.
52 projects, 1 amazing collection of WKWSCI class 2009 final year projects
8.. Resources
WendyOng::[email protected],AsianCommunicationResourceCentre(ACRC)
InThe Funeral, a typical Singaporean family finds itself torn byconflictingfaithsofitsfamilymembersatthepassingofalovedone.ThisdramaticshortfilmisthewinneroftheWeeKimWeeSchoolofCommunication&Information(WKWSCI)FYPAward2009.
Inthephotojournalismproject,OutofSight,OutofMind,thelivesof mental patients housed in rehabilitation homes are captured
throughcameralenses.Takealookatthistouchingphotojournalavailable intheLibrary(ACRC–CallNo.:RA790.7.S56L732).Anexhibition of this photo documentary was also held at CentralPublicLibrary,NationalLibraryBoardfrom4–16July2009.ThisexhibitionwillbecomingtoNTULibraryin2010.
IllustratedfeaturesTheIndianSurrogateandOnewererepackagedand published asThe StraitsTimes’ Saturday Special Reports on
WombsforRent(13June2009)andOne-RoomFlats(21June2009).
repository.ntu.edu.sg
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