Staff Directory

Subject Responsibilities for Strategy, Management & Organization :

• Develop library collection
• Select library materials for procurement or subscription
• Coordinate subject resources
• Provide instruction on literature searching and information skills training in subject areas
• Provide consultation, reference and advisory services on information searching and resources
• Act as library liaison person to the Nanyang Business School (NBS) and also to the Division of Accounting in NBS

• Plan and strategise the development of the Business Library
• Plan and oversee the development of the Business Library collection
• Act as consultant to the Instructional Services Division
• Provide support in coordinating and conducting end-user classes
• Provide consultation in the development of quality instructional materials and programmes

• Issues in internetworking
• Information literacy, standards, competencies, assessments and learning outcomes
• Business information and intelligence
• Library training
• Library cooperation
• Information technology as it affects the librarian, their clients and society in general

My name, Akbar Hakim, translated into English literally means "Great Judge"! I am happily married to my wife, June, and we have two sons of our own - Nazrin and Nazri. They are not twins! The elder, Nazrin, is thirteen going on to fourteen while the younger, Nazri, will turn four this year.

I was awarded a scholarship by NTU [thanks, NTU!] to do my graduate studies at the University of Sheffield in England. I was conferred the M.A.(Librarianship) at the end of my studies there. I have since worked in NTU Library and have been involved mostly with building the accounting and business collection as well as pioneering, developing, coordinating and conducting information literacy and library instructional programmes for staff and students of NTU.

I always have this strong urge to travel, to see the world for what it's worth...it's in my blood. I guess I inherited it from my father, who was a well-known Malay/Muslim novelist, travel writer and noted literary figure in this region. Over the years, June and I have travelled far and wide, and together with our two sons, we aim to travel to many other as yet unchartered destinations around the world.

I love sports and yes...I especially love playing, coaching and watching football a.k.a. soccer.

Akbar Hakim (1989). Networking: Implications for Libraries. Singapore Libraries, 19, 15-24.

Wong-Yip, Chin Choo Jacqueline, & Akbar Hakim Harun (2003, October). Assessing learning outcomes of an undergraduate information literacy programme. Paper presented at 12th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians, Brunei Darussalam.

Subject Guides :

Subscribed Business Databases
Subscribed Law and Legal Databases
Accounting & Auditing Resources
Business and Economics Resources
Library & Information Science Guide