One of the more interesting issues around the rise of web scale discovery service systems like Summon, Primo, Ebsco Discovery Service and Worldcat Local is the place of abstracting and indexing (A&I) databases like Scopus, Web of Science or more disciplinary specific databases like Psycinfo.

I am always trying out new tools to organize and improve my work and my current workflow involves the use of Google Keep , Dropbox and Google Now reminders (having moved away from Google tasks). But I haven't had much experience with project management tools, but recently I began playing again with the light weight tool Trello. Formally it is a electronic kanban tool.

As librarians we are often called upon to teach not just library databases but also Google and Google Scholar. Unlike teaching other search tools, teaching Google is often tricky because unlike library databases where we can have insider access through our friendly product support representative as librarians we have no more or no less insight into Google which  is legendary for being secretive.

As my institution recently switched to Primo, nowadays I lurk in the Primo mailing list. I am amused to note that in many ways the conversation on it is very similar to what I experienced when lurking in the Summon mailing list.

I recently signed up to a "research methods" class whose aim was to help practitioners like me produce high quality LIS papers.

I had the privilege to attend ALA annual conference 2015 in San Francisco this summer. This was my 2nd visit to this conference (see my post in 2011) and as usual I had lots of fun. Presenting at  "Library Guides in an Era of Discovery Layers" Session My ex-colleague and I were kindly invited to present on our work on a bento-style search we implemented for our LibGuides search.

I have had experience implementing Summon in my previous institution and currently have some experience with EDS and Primo (Primo Central). The main thing that struck me is that while they have differences (eg. Default Primo interface is extremely customizable though requires lots of work to get it into shape, while Summon is pretty much excellent UI wise out of the box but less customizable,  EDS is basically Summon but with tons of

I am right now involved in helping my current institution shift towards a new Library Service Platform and discovery service (Alma and Primo) and this has given me an opportunity once again to rethink traditional library tools like citation linkers, A-Z journal and databases lists. It's pretty obvious such tools need a refresh as they were created before Google/Google Scholar and web scale discovery.

I've recently been involved in analysing  LibQual+ Survey at my new institution and one of the things recommended nowadays when doing LIBQUAL analysis is to do a plot of performance of various items versus how important those items are to users. Above we see sample data from Library Assessment and LibQUAL+®: Data Analysis.

After over 7 years of working at NUS, I am finally moving on. I am very grateful for the opportunities given to me here and I have changed and grown far beyond I expected. This period has been by far the most eventful period in my life, I've changed so much I wager the newbie librarian who first stepped into NUS in 2007 could hardly recognise the person I am in 2015.

LibGuides V2 Search Display Like many libraries right now, my institution is working towards upgrading to SpringShare LibGuides V2. Update 15/1/2014 just went live! Like many libraries, we took the opportunity to revamp many aspects of Libguides v2. One of the areas, we spent the most effort on was the front page.