NTU Library invites you to attend the following talk:

Supporting Faculty Knowledge Production
Challenges and opportunities for information professionals in a digitally connected work
Mary Lee Kennedy, Executive Director,
Knowledge and Library Services, Harvard Business School

Wed 25 Nov 09 :: 10.30am :: LT5 :: NTU :: MAP

This talk looks at some of the primary shifts in digital scholarship and the related changes in the nature of the information profession. It highlights the challenges of being in a time of transition as well as the opportunities to create new services and products that bring significant value to our constituents. Mary Lee Kennedy will refer to the work at Harvard Business School, as well as related activities with colleagues in other institutions, including the new opportunity for a Global Knowledge Exchange via GKEN.

Mary Lee Kennedy is the Executive Director of Knowledge and Library Services at Harvard Business School. She is responsible for the School’s knowledge and information management strategy and its implementation. Prior to Harvard, Mary Lee held knowledge management positions with global responsibility for Microsoft Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Please register @ https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA09111015555229.

NTU Library held its annual e-Resource Fair on 12th and 13th Oct this year. Allan Phua Yi Hao from SPMS/CBC was one of the two lucky winners of the e-Resource Fair Grand Draw. He won a Sony eBook reader (sponsored by Elsevier) and was presented with his prize on 29th Oct during a lunch event specially organised for the prize winners.

Ms Janice Chia (left) from Elsevier presenting the eBook reader to Allan

Come attend the talks at the upcoming e-Resource Fair!

  To register for the above talks on 12th Oct, click here.

To register for the above talks on 13th Oct, click here.

Take part in the Knovel University Challenge Contest to win: Amazon Kindle, Nintendo Wiis, iPod Nanos, and iTunes Gift Cards. Search for the answers at Knovel and enter the contest. The closing date for the contest is 1 December 2009.

Topic
THE WORLD IN 2050

Speaker
Lord Martin Rees
Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics,
Master of Trinity College,
University of Cambridge

Date
27 August 2009, Thursday

Time
4.00 pm to 5.30 pm

Venue
NTU Lecture Theatre 2A, North Academic Complex

You can find out more details at http://www.lkydvp.sg/lecture_rees2.html.

Hi Freshmen! We have a number of activities lined up for you during the freshmen orientation week. The activities include The Amazing Hunt, Flying Smart, Info Survival Skills 101 & Party @ NTU Libraries.

You can take part in our quiz, fly a paper plane, learn more about library resources & services or join our librarians for food and drinks. Furthermore, you get a chance to win our attractive prizes. So come & join us!