Staff Directory

Responsibilities :

• Oversee operations and development of libraries in the university

Areas of Interest :

• Library management
• Information and society
• Collection development
• Information literacy

About Myself :

I was a library consultant for 4 years before I joined NTU in April 2004. I worked on a number of projects, including library set up, records management, legal deposit, digital preservation and conducted a number of workshops for teachers in management of school libraries. Before forming my own company, I was Principal Lecturer and Head of the Division of Information Studies at Temasek Polytechnic, where I set up the new diploma courses in information studies and library studies. Prior to that, I was the Chief Librarian of the Singapore Command and Staff College and the SAFTI Military Institute. I started my career as a librarian at the National University of Singapore Library and was involved in a variety of work, including library automation, engineering and architecture reference services, online searching, circulation, etc. Librarianship is my second career. I started my working life as a mechanical engineer and had worked briefly in a steel mill and a factory. I served as the President of the Library Association of Singapore from 1997 to 2005 and also as Board member of the National Library Board for 6 years until 2003. Currently I am the Chairman of the National Committee of Library and Knowledge Professionals in Singapore (NCLIPKS) and a member of the Executive Board of the Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians.

Select Publications :

1. Choy F.C. (2008). Librarianship: What is it about now? Keynote paper presented at the Library Association of Singapore Conference 2008, “Innovate to Serve”, 8-9 May 2008, Singapore.
   
2. K.Anandasivam, Choy F.C (2008). Designing a creative learning environment: NTU's new Art, Design and Media Library. The Electronic Library, 26(5), p650-661
   
3. Choy F.C. (2007). Libraries and librarians - what next? Library Management 28, p112-124.
   
4. Choy F.C. (2007). Certification of continuous professional development for librarians in Singapore. Paper presented at the Library Association of Singapore Conference 2007, “Librarians: Learning, strengthening, moving forward”, Singapore.
   
5. 蔡发翔, 阮阳. (2007). 如何应对断裂性的快速变革：从南洋理工大学图书馆的做法谈起. 图书情报知识, 2007(3)
   
6. Choy F.C. (2005, April/June). Librarians and their profession – 50 years since the Malayan Library Group. Singapore Libraries Bulletin 15(2) :10-13
7. Choy, F.C. (2005, June). Use of technology in Singapore libraries. Paper presented in Going digital: Experience from East Asia and the Pacific. Session held at the 2005 American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Ill.
   
8. Choy, F.C. (2005, March). Preparing for the future – academic libraries in the beginning of the 21st Century. Paper presented at the International Conference on Libraries 2005 , Penang, Malaysia
   
9. Choy, F. C. (2002, September). Collection development in Singapore Libraries. Asia Library News, 5(3), 5-17.
   
10. Choy, F. C. (2001, March). The library profession in Singapore: towards the dark ages or a renaissance? Singapore Libraries Bulletin, 11(1), 12-15.
    
11. Choy, F. C. (2000, June). The way forward (closing address at the CONSAL Conference, 26-28 April 2000). Singapore Libraries Bulletin, 10(2), 3-6.
    
12. Choy, F. C. & Koh, B. C. (Eds.) (2000). Directory of libraries in Singapore 2000 (7th ed.). Singapore: Library Association of Singapore.
    
13. Choy, F. C. (1998, June). Smart schools: enhancing education in Singapore. Paper presented at 1998 PPM/LAS Conference, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
    
14. Choy, F. C. (1996). Educating the new para-professionals for library and information services. Singapore Libraries, 25(1), 24-37.