Bloody Tears, Oldest Book in our Library & Confessions of a Librarian in Library Xpress Vol. 9 Issue 1!

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A surprising confession from our librarian, the oldest book in our library and many more in this issue of Library Xpress!

  • ‘Join Forces’ with Your Library! by V Somasundram, Librarian (Library Promotion)
  • Watch Education Videos Anytime by Ng Mee Ling, Senior Librarian (Library Technology Group)
  • Confessions of a Librarian (and a recommendation or two) by Dianne Cmor, Deputy University Librarian
  • “Doctor, please cure my bloody tears…” – Practising Evidence-Based Medicine by Caroline Pang, Head, Medical Library & Maggie Yin, Medical Librarian
  • See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil: Unveiling the Mystic MDA Ratings of Films by Ng Chay Tuan, Head, Acquisitions & Collection Management
  • Crediting Sources for Your Images  by Goh Su Nee, Senior Assistant Director (Scholarly Communication Group)
  • Corrosion: The Natural Enemy of Materials by Men Yali, Engineering Librarian (Materials Science & Engineering)
  • Your ‘Passport’ to Consumer Trends by Alan Choy, Business Librarian (Marketing & International Business)
  • Start Your Research with Encyclopedias by Jenny Wong, Social Sciences Librarian (Sociology)
  • Discover the 5 W’s Of Eurocodes by Lim Kong Meng, Head, Engineering Library

  • Singapore Literature in English: An Annotated Bibliography by Emma Wilcox, Humanities Librarian (English Literature)
  • Oldest Book in our Library – the Kangxi Dictionary!  by Ruan Yang, Head, Chinese Library & Wang Gungwu Library
  • Your Library : Gateway to Your Learning Journey  by Choy Fatt Cheong, University Librarian

    • Early Textbook Digital Project Launched!

    Early Textbooks 早期课本, Useful Tools 检索工具, WGWL News 本馆资讯

    ergdIf you have heard or visited our early textbook special collection at Wang Gungwu library, you might be very impressed by these precious resources. Now we present this online bibliography for your easy access to this collection at any time anywhere as you like!

    It records a total of more than 1200 titles of textbooks and related study and teaching materials that were used in Mainland China and Chinese schools in Southeast Asian countries during the twentieth century.

    You can search by title, author, or subject. Alternatively, you can browse the whole collection by author, year, content level, subject heading, keyword, and place of publication.

    You can access to this bibliography via : NTU library homepage-Teaching and learning-Digital projects. Or use this link: https://eps.ntu.edu.sg/client/earlytextbook.

    If you have any feedback, please contact us at bmluo@ntu.edu.sg or ruanyang@ntu.edu.sg. 

     Wang Gungwu Library                                                                                                

    华裔馆馆长周敏教授举行公开讲座Public Lecture by CHC Director Professor Zhou Min

    WGWL News 本馆资讯

    华裔馆馆长周敏教授举行公开讲座

    Public Lecture by CHC Director Professor Zhou Min

    时间/time：7月5日星期六下午2点；2pm on Sat. 5th July, 2014

    地点Place：新加坡颜氏公会（三楼礼堂）Gan Clan Association Auditorium (Level 3)

    18 Bukit Pasoh Rd. Singapore 089832

    电话/Phone: +65 6223 0739/ 9178 2041

    《美国華人的教育成就的背后》Behind the Extraordinary Educational Achievement of Chinese Americans

    简介：周敏教授通過多年的社會學研究，從學者、家長和子女不同的角度，整體透視美国華人教育的成功經驗與教訓。

    Synopsis: In this public lecture, Prof Zhou unfolds the educational experiences of contemporary Chinese immigrants in the Unites States and their US-born or US-raised children. Through years of sociological research and from diverse perspectives of the scholar, parent, and child, she analyzes the reasons for success while highlighting the hidden lessons of success.

     

    海外华人百年冒险风云录——唐人街

    Book Recommendation 好书推荐, Chinese Overseas 海外华人, Library Resoures 馆藏资源

    SKMBT_C22014062614560作者：王评

    出版社：四川人民出版社

    年份：1996

    索书号：E184.C5T164

    介绍：唐人街，是海外华人一部血泪斑斑的历史，海外华人的屈辱和悲伤，挣扎和奋斗，鲜血和汗水，全都深深地烙印在唐人街无形的史碑上，烙印在世世代代的中国人心里。本书抑恶扬善，为几个世纪以来遭受不平等待遇的海外华人呐喊和抗争，缅怀那些为建设世界做出巨大贡献的海外华人。