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Subject librarian responsibilities :
- Develop library collection and subject resources to support learning needs and increase quality research output.
- Develop and conduct information literacy training and subject tutorials to help students become proficient information seekers and users.
- Provide consultation, reference and advisory services on information searching and resources.
Operational Responsibilities :
- Responsible for the management and development of Business Library operations and collections so that the information needs of academic staff and students are well supported with quality resources, user-centred services and facilities.
- Strategize, plan and coordinate outreach activities for the Business Library so that users are more aware of library services and resources.
Work Experience :
Akbar received his BAcc degree from NUS in 1986 and joined NTI (renamed NTU in 1991) as a trainee librarian in December of that year. He obtained his MA (Librarianship) from the University of Sheffield in 1988 with a scholarship from NTI.
Akbar has held various positions in NTU Libraries since then. He started in 1989 as Coordinator, Commerce Resource and became Head, Resource 2 in 1995, building up the accountancy and business collection as well as pioneering information literacy programmes and providing library research consultation to business students.
In 1999, he was appointed Instructional & Research Support Librarian and in 2005, headed the newly created Instructional Services Division. A year after setting up this division, he moved on in 2006 as Head, Business Cluster and subsequently as Head of the newly set up Business Library in 2009, a position he currently holds. Akbar is also Business Librarian for Hospitality Management.
Subject Rooms and Websites :
- Subject Room for Entrepreneurship (coming soon!) and Hospitality (coming soon!)
- Subject Library Blog for Business Library
Professional Interests:
- Academic research
- Business information
- Business intelligence
- Business library management
- Information literacy and learning outcomes
- Information technology as it affects the librarian, their clients and society in general
Publications :
- Akbar Hakim Haji Harun (1988, September). A study of the provision for and use by library managers of management information from computer-based library systems in academic libraries. A study submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Librarianship at the University of Sheffield. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10356/41558.
- 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.
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Ong, W., & Akbar, H. H. (2004). Identifying training needs: a survey of current practices and programs of member libraries. Paper presented at the 1st Meeting of the AUNILO Working Committee, Singapore.
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Akbar Hakim Haji Harun & Koh Ping Hoon, Jean (2006, April). Enhancing Students’ Learning and Research with NTU Library’s Innovative Information Literacy Programmes. Paper presented at Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice (A-LIEP), Singapore. Available at http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/bitstream/10150/106213/1/Akbar_Hakim.A-LIEP2006.pdf.
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Nurhazman Abdul Aziz, Akbar Hakim Harun, Catherine Tan & Alan Choy (2008, May). Innovative Library Web Marketing Practices in Singapore: A Landscape of Hype, Expectation and Reality. Paper presented at Library Association of Singapore Conference, Singapore. Available at http://www.las.org.sg/pa_az.pdf.
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