ADM Library Extended Hours 

20 Oct 2009 – 7 Dec 2009
Mon — Fri   8.30am to 9.30pm
Sat             8.30am to 5pm
Closed on Sundays, Public, & University holidays

ADM Library reverts back to 5pm closing on 8 Dec 2009.

All NTU Libraries will be closed on
Mon 21st September 2009
(Hari Raya Puasa Holiday in lieu).

Join us for this informal sharing session as three of the volunteers involved in Project UnLibrary share their insights and perspectives about the design thinking behind the installation designs.

This sharing session is held in conjunction with the ongoing exhibition of the UnLibrary installations at the Art, Design & Media Library and is jointly organised by NTU Library and the National Library Board.

About the speakers:

Ms Cheong Yian Ling graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Industrial Design from NUS in 2008 and was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal for being the top graduate. During the course of her studies, Yian Ling has received recognition in various competitions, including the Lite-On Award 2009, Core77 Greener Gadgets Design Competition 2008, OSIM-NUS ‘Imagine Healthy Living 2010-2015’ and DELL-NUS ‘Integrating IT into Future Retail Spaces’. Upon graduation, she joined DIC as a design researcher, actively looking for new tools to facilitate all creative processes and design workshops in the centre.

Mr Qiu Wenhao graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Sydney in 2006 and worked with DP Architects upon graduation.  Wenhao is currently with the National Parks Board promoting Skyrise Greenery in Singapore. His loyalty remains with architecture and believes that the creative processes of practicing architecture can be applied to a wide range of disciplines.

Mr Alvin Liau graduated with a Master of Architecture from NUS in 2007 and worked with Teh Joo Heng Architects for 2 years. Currently he is an architect associate with Surbana International Consultants.

For more information about Project UnLibrary, please click here.

Project UnLibrary is a social experiment to “ prototype a participatory ‘library within a library’ ”.   The idea behind this project sees a group of outsiders who are non-librarians, ‘take(ing) over’ a space within a library (‘library-hacking’), and redesigning it towards an end-goal in mind.   The design process is meant to be participatory and evolutionary in nature, and was initially envisioned by a team of design volunteers led by Alvin Tan (founder and Artistic Director of The Necessary Stage).   The installations throughout ADM Library are conceptual in nature and they are by and large inspired by the theatre.

Come to ADM Library and experience this participatory exhibition on design and theatre!   Leave a favorite quote on one of the “quote trees” or express how you feel in a “Big Book” or simply take a breather and sit on one of the “white cubes” place all around the library overlooking the ADM water fountains.

There will be a talk by the team of design volunteers on the 14th of September. More details coming your way.

The exhibition ends on the 18th of September 2009.

Opening Hours of Art, Design & Media Library
Mondays – Fridays
8:30am — 7:00pm

Saturdays
8:30am — 5:00pm

Sundays and Public Holidays
Closed

Come and work with us in ADM Library as student assistants! Please note that these positions are open for NTU students only.

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RSVP now in Facebook for ADM Library’s Tea Party on 17th August 2009!

The Database Access area  in Art, Design & Media Library will be closed between 13th July & 23rd July 2009 due to expansion works.

The purpose of this expansion is to  accommodate more PCs for your use & to serve as an instructional space. The 10 PCs currently in the Database Access area will be removed from that area during this period and will be placed back once the expansion works have been completed.

The works to be done are:

1. The metal table where the PCs are currently at will be replaced with a longer table
2. 6 more PCs will be added on to the current 10 PCs, making a total of 16 PCs at the Database Access area
3. Network printers will be shifted to the niche, located in front of the ADML Research Assistance Desk.
4. A motorized screen will be installed at the current network printers’ location (beside the Copy Room).

Above: Database Access area in ADM Library	Above: The niche, where the network printers will be shifted to

During the period of the expansion works, users may wish to use the library’s viewing carrels’ PCs or the express terminals. The printing services will be affected on Monday (13th July) morning due to the shifting.

The renovation works may cause some high noise levels. Please kindly bear with us as we continue to finish the works. We sincerely apologise for the inconveniences caused.

You may wish to contact us at 65137624 or at admlibrary@ntu.edu.sg, if you have any queries related to this expansion project and we would be happy to assist.

Currently on display near the ADM Library’s entrance, are students’ works from the VIS355: Publication Design, studio course.

This course provides students with design skills for physical publications such as books, magazines , brochures, catalogues, magazines, newspapers and annual reports among others while engaging in diverse phases of conceptualization, layout and printing of a unique or a series of formats.

It also addresses editorial design as a strategy that deals with multiple levels of information within and across a single or several editions.

The exhibits featuring brochures, newspapers and magazines, will be on display till the end of next week.

–Text from exhibition write-up

There will be a fire alarm & PA systems testing in the Art, Design & Media School on Saturday, 21st March 2009.

The fire alarms and speakers in the building will be activated ed between 9.30am and 12pm.

We wish to advise users not to be alarmed when both the systems are activated on that day.