NLB Academy
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Seminars
Seminars are of half day to three days session where you’ll learn from established and reputed speakers and practitioners.
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Fundamentals of Cataloguing Electronic Resources
This Seminar provides an introduction to cataloging electronic resources following the 2002 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed., 2005 updates, and integrates this using the MARC 21 coding. Participants will be exposed to format-specific cataloguing practices for a range of electronic resources.
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Introduction to Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standards (METS)
The purpose of the course is to provide participants with a good level of understanding of the structure of a METS document.
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Children’s Literature Today
In this seminar for primary school teachers, you'll learn to select, use and evaluate children's literature for use in the classroom.
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Working with Metadata : Concepts, Issues and Applications (Intermediate level)
The focus of this seminar is on the application and management of metadata in the workplace. Participants will be able to plan the use of metadata for operational needs such as its use in resource discovery and other purposes. Current international standards, emerging practices and a discussion on semantic web will be included.
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Introduction to Metadata and Dublin Core (basic level)
This seminar aims to provide a working understanding of metadata and its use. Dublin Core element set for metadata classification will be included.
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Writing for Social Media
Writing for social media is very different from writing for print media. In this seminar, you'll learn the knowledge and skill to make your writing shine in social media formats.
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Art of Drafting Project Proposal
In this one and a half day seminar you'll learn how to draft project proposals that will keep the vision coherent, the process visible and scope and budget in line.
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Name Authority Control
In this seminar meant for cataloguers, you will learn how to assign name headings using Name Authority Records and identify variants according to the rules.
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Singapore History: Research & Resources
This two-day course is intended as an introduction to handling Singapore reference enquiries or researchers new to Singapore history. The first day will be dedicated to an introduction to Singapore history and includes a visit to the National Museum Singapore’s History Gallery. With the background from day one, participants will be taken on a brief tour through the various sources of published information available on the second day with a focus on what types of information can be found in these sources and how to use them in your search for the forgotten.
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Internet as Resource Tool for Mathematics and Science Teachers Coming Soon
In this seminar for primary school teachers, you'll learn how to locate interactive online resources that you can use in teaching Mathematics and Science concepts and problems.