Student Week Photography Competition

Student Week

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

student entries

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WINNER

WINNER

WINNER Amongst the crowd were all fun and laughter. Activity booths such as Stack&Balance, The Wiki Game, Henna, Push Pop Cake were set up for students to participate.There were also on-line databases booths such as ABIinform, Factiva, Passport GMID, EMIS, ScienceDirect and Wikipedia Game whereby students can challenge how fast is their searching skills.I learnt how to search the journal articles I would need for projects in the most effective and fastest way possible. I did a survey and was delighted to receive a free book from the lucky draw for self-actualization purposes, and also picked up a good read from “Read & Share� section - VANISHED(The Truth About The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann). I would like to especially commend on the friendly staff who patiently guided us through our enquiries and also for encouraging us to take part in various activities. My most memorable activity would be Push Pop Cake,whereby we were allowed to decorate our own cakes and that is definitely a stress-reliever from all the project deadlines! All in all, pleasant memories will be remembered from my 3 years stay in SIM. Looking forward to the next student week from SIM library!

Lee Pei Pei, Jesslyn Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Bachelor of Business (Marketing)

Second Prize

Second Prize When talking about libraries, people often think about a quiet place to find and read books, magazines and articles in order to be more knowledgeable.

While it is the case with most libraries nowadays, to me, the library at SIM HQ is a little bit different in a sense that it offers a lot more services than that.

And after having attended the Library open day in the SIM student week from 24-26 September, my thoughts have been affirmed.

With booths offering games and workshops conducted on how to use various services that the library offers, students like me can get a chance to have a fun yet engaging and useful session to learn how to utilize what is already made available. As for myself, I started the session by playing games and doing the survey so that I can input some thoughts and opinion of my own to improve the library experience. And better, after the survey, I was entered into a lucky draw and even got a book as the prize. What could possibly be better!!!

To capture all of those feelings in just a few words and photos would never be enough. All I can say is that it was a FANTASTIC and UNFORGETTABLE experience. My friends and I had great fun at the library open day and we will definitely be looking forward to future events organized by the library.

Phung Anh Quan University of London Bachelor of Science, Hons. (Acounting & Finance)

Third Prize

Third Prize I’m from UOB second year IB and I took part in the library open house as a library ambassador. I found it very fun because I could interact more with strangers. Besides that, I made new friends with the other library ambassadors.

Last but not least I could interact and get to know the librarians better since they could act more casual than when they are in the library. I also found many useful databases and resources that I have never heard of or used before such as Passport, EMIS, ProQuest and more. I think they will really help us when doing our assignments. So I really encourage other students to take part in the open house next year, be it as an ambassador or just a participating student.

There are chances to meet more people, make more friends; we can also play awesome games that library organized for us which I’m quite sure will only get better and better in time to come. And that’s what I really want to share among my fellow SIM students. Come, try, and have your own library experience!

Indra Julianto University of Birmingham Bachelor of Science, Hons. (International Business)

Consolation Prize

Consolation Prize I have attached my photos taken during the SIM Library Contest and would like to submit them. The photos are attached via this email and my thoughts are as follows: The photos were taken by a volunteer at the Interactive Lounge set up by SIM Library to increase the awareness of the available e-resources which SIM has subscribed for students’ use.

The Read and Share section particularly stood out for me, despite being located in an inconspicuous area, away from all the games and redemption booths. It was the value behind the bookshelf full of reading material that caught my eye. Being a lover of books myself, having the Read and Share section is a good platform and a great way for others to share their experiences with the books/magazines that they enjoy reading. The best part was that there was no charge or having to account for the book return based on a deadline, but on personal responsibility. There have been generous donors so far - as shown by the collection of Reader’s Digest and the many novels. I hope it would be an initiative that will keep others coming back to visit and contribute but not to abuse the system.

Yeo Hui Min, Jerlynn University of London Bachelor of Science, Hons. (Management)

Consolation Prize

Consolation Prize I had a wonderful and fun-filled time at SIM library opening day. It was interactive with many activities and had many warm and approachable staff members to guide us. The part that I enjoyed most was the Read And Share Booth, which I personally think is a brilliant idea. In my opinion, knowledge ought to be shared, and with this Read and Share initiative, students can now share their old books with other students and also be able to receive books donated from other students. In this way, knowledge can be passed on at no cost at all and perhaps, help to inspire more people to pick up the joy of reading. This act of giving and receiving is also very helpful for our school’s culture as it helps to cultivate selflessness within students and hopefully encourages more students to help one another and remember to not only be good students, but also good human beings with the right moral compass and humanity. As such this inspired me to take photos of myself spending time at the booth and this shows that I love this initiative so much that I’m even camping and eating at the booth whilst reading.

Quek Ming Kang, Marcus Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Bachelor of Business, Hons. (Economics & Finance)

Other Student Entries Ang Kai Xiang, Bryce University of London Bachelor of Business, Hons. (Business)

First off, I would have to say, 2 pictures just doesn't do the open house justice. First of all, the things happening and buzzing around the booths are phenomenal full of fun. The idea of having coupons to participate in events are exciting too. After listening to the various info booths around I learnt that even if you aren't in the library you can still be learning. I have to be honest, I haven't really been to the library for its facilities other than studies, so this open my eyes to a whole new perspective.

Did I have fun? Of course I did! Sadly I had to give the henna a miss. Due to certain reasons however I did get to make the push pop cake, that was a brilliant idea.

(although after doing the survey i failed to get the %10 popular voucher.) =( The whole concept of having a open house for the library is a really fun and exciting way to market our SIM library. I dare say that up until now most of the students in SIM wouldn't really know about SIM libraries' online portal.

What I took away from this whole experience was how the library actually works, be it offline or online! I learnt so much more about the SIM library in one day than what I did in a year(I've been here a year). It's so heartwarming to see the staff so involved helping us look at the different booths and such in the library open house. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Out of the pictures I took I think these 2 are the best so far. I chose these 2 particular photos because for the first one, The ProQuest staff was rather helpful and was very clear in explaining what it actually does. Further more, I think it's fun that SIM Library is actually running on ProQuest, that makes life so much simpler. The second one is the marble photo. Okay, funny story, so me and my friend were there looking at the marbles and I decided, since guessing the correct number was too much of a stretch I decided to put what I thought was correct for me - which was half a fish bowl full of marbles. So it was quite memorable for me then. But to sum it up with only 2 pictures hardly seems fair. There were way too many things there that were entertaining. Even if a picture is worth a thousand words, two thousand words would not be enough to cover the entirety of the open house. With this, I bid you adieu as I end off this short description with "I've had fun" .

Chen Chee Ming Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Bachelor of Business (Management)

As I was walking past SIM Student Services Centre, my friend called out to me to do a survey, so I went over and was approached by a polite and friendly lady. She asked me to do a survey. After the survey, I was allowed to draw lots and got a book. I picked a book on ‘Unsolved Mysteries in the World’. As all these books were new, I was curious if the staff had bought the books. I was told the books were donated by SIM Library. I am glad that there is such a small event in the school. We get to pick a book after the survey and the book is free and it is not just a simple storybook. There were books which were expensive. There were also books which teaches us about money and life. All these are enriching books which is good for students like us, preparing to go and work in the future. We also get to take creative photos around the corners to participate in a grand lucky draw. Over all I think the organising team did a great job in asking students to do a survey on SIM Library.

Tay Chew Beng University of London Diploma in Economics Library Open Day @ SIM with fellow peers indulging in reading delight.

We have chosen our favourite books and magazines for each genre from left to right: News, Economics, Finance, Business, Humanities and Management.

The books were mapped onto the genre titles listed on the library poster.

The library resources would certainly fulfil your reading needs.

We have no qualms about that.

Liang JiaJie, Chucky Singapore Institute of Management Diploma in Management Studies

"Gorky once said: 'The book is the ladder of the progress of mankind.' Personally I think books are more than a ladder to mankind. Each book represents thoughts of its author and reading a book is an adventure of your thoughts and the author's colliding together that sparks new inspirations. I promise you will experience all kinds of thought collisions when you are reading in the Interactive lounge of SIM, where there are books that not only motivate you, but also bring you to a whole new world.

These are photos of me sitting on the floor and reading in a circle made out of many books. I was reading NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, one of my favorite photographic magazines, in which you can easily see beautiful scenery all over the world by browsing excellent photographs.

Don't hesitate to come over whether you are a book lover or not, it is also a good choice to ease yourself a little bit in the Interactive lounge after a long-day of study.

It is always more than just a book corner and I enjoy myself there."

Dao Phuc Phuong Dung University of London Bachelor of Science, Hons. (Accouting & Finance)

SIM has always been a vibrant environment with modern infrastructure as well as a friendly place for students to learn, to do research, to make friends from variety of background and bring their best. During three years of studying in SIM, the library has always been my favorite place in the whole campus.

There are a wide range of books in many fields, from academic field like Accounting, Economics or Finance to fascinating matters such as Travelling. All are arranged in a logical way that makes it easy to look for the ones we need, from reference books to past year papers. Besides that, Tay Eng Soon library is well-designed with a nice view and spacious area. Being a quiet place, students find it easy to stay focused on studying. Additionally, there are areas specifically designed for group discussion.

The library also provides advantageous services. Many PCs with Internet and printers are easily accessible; laptops are also available to book. The librarians are always friendly and are willing to solve any library – related problems.

Moreover, there are several events organized by the library which attract many participants such as Amazing Race and Library Open Day. There have been many interesting activities with attractive prizes that create chances for us to know more about our library and make full use of it. Through those events, we have a chance to “Read and Share� our experience in the library and how we love this place. Tay Eng Soon Library has always been a nice and peaceful place for me to study as well as join other useful activities.

Neo Yi Xin, Eileen University of London Bachelor of Science, Hons. (Business)

School is more than just gaining knowledge; it gives students the opportunities to experience the joy of making their own cookies/pastries. More than just gaining knowledge, I have found the joy of of gaining more experiences and also friends through this student week event. Similarly, using the plastic gloves, I tried doing this too. I played the Wiki Game and realized I am quite a slow reactor, and more than that, I managed to sign up for a CCA which I believe I will be tremendously blessed with in the months to come! :) All this would not be possible if not for Student Week 2013. :)

In this century, most students would just want to go back home after school and everything they want to find, they will just Google it. However, I was thankful that on Tuesday I decided to walk around and drop by the SIM student week booths/library booth. Was greeted by a very friendly SIM library staff, who asked me if I needed any help as I looked quite lost. Delightfully I asked what all these booths were for. I’m glad I asked this question because it really allowed me to understand my school library better. I got to know various helpful links, e.g. Passport, and other applications that SIM library page has that will help students in their project research. After trying out ‘Passport’ for myself, I dare say it is really better and much more helpful as compared to Wiki. The information given are indeed more relevant and updated.

Thank you to all the very friendly and kind staff for standing there, introducing and recommending all these applications to us, especially when all of them are employed to ensure the systems are working - not as a salesperson, to promote the products and get students to buy. :) Thanks for Student Week! It certainly helps a Year One student like me to find out more about the school and also find out the joy of staying back in school and not rushing back!

Huang Ko-Hsiang University of London Bachelor of Science, Hons. (Banking and Finance)

Greetings. My name is Huang Ko Hsiang from UoL Banking and Finance. On student week I went to Library’s Open Day at Block B and it’s really fun! I even climbed onto the book shelf to take an awesome photo although I’m slightly afraid of heights. It was great to see the library staff and I love to interact with them. Also at the end of the day, I won a new book from the lucky draw!

Thank you SIM Library!

Low Ying Xin, Isabel University of London Bachelor of Science, Hons. (Business) I’m a student of SIM-UOL program. I have joined the SIM Library Open Day. I’m so happy and really enjoyed the event. Compared to last year, you guys really did a great job! There were so many interesting things, such as the e-resources, henna and push pop cake. :) I love the idea of giving away books and magazines.

It is recycling and saving our Earth.

Besides that, I also found out that the e-resources are really useful for my studies. We can get the data from the internet and it’s so convenient. The most important point is that it’s free!

Thank you SIM Library for such an awesome event! :)

Lee Zhuo Xiu, Alvin Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Bachelor of Business (Accountancy)

My library open day experience was fun and exciting! I even came the next day! The games were fun, well-prepared and organized. I was there with my friends; we tried a couple of games. The one where you have to balance the stack of boxes generated lots of laughter among my friends. The one with layers of jam/cream at booth 1 I think - it was fun too. There were some informative booths; it was fruitful. Did a little survey, hope it helps. Thank you for all the entertainment and experience!

Kwan Wei Wen Royal Melbourne Insitute of Technology Bachelor of Business (Management)

Hoping our school library will improve through the services they provide, It was a great and interesting experience by doing the survey and feedback for our library. The reason being is that there is a gift for us after we had done our survey. I got a book that I chose titled “Nature’s Extremes”. It was an enriching book about natural disasters with breathtaking photographs. Not only did I learn more about the Earth, but also the science behind the natural disasters. The two photos are of my friends and I reading a new book that we got. The title is the “Greatest Unsolved Mysteries Of All Time”. From our photos, we are enjoying our time reading the book and discussing like a detective to try to solve the case. I hope to share this wonderful library experience with the rest, to encourage more students to the library as it is a gateway to information and knowledge where you can find volumes on almost every imaginable topic.

Lee Da Sol Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Bachelor of Business (Marketing)

Hi, my name is Da Sol Lee, RMIT student in Marketing. I was walking into Student Service getting through all the activities such as CCA performances. We found a corner called ‘Library Experience’. My eyes were captivated by the books on shelves and on tables.

My first picture depicts the overall atmosphere. The smiling people in the picture were the ones who kindly explained about the activities that we could participate in with a SMILE!!

Free gifts were an attractive incentive to participate in the activities but the most important thing that attracted me was their “ATTITUDE”. In the following 3 pictures, I tried capturing their smiles.

I can gain knowledge through books but I learned how to have a positive attitude from the library. Their positive energy makes students smile and gets their message across in an easier and more positive manner! Even though the pictures may not seem all that fun and fantastic, but they (staff) were all willing to ask about our personal studies (difficulties) and tried to LISTEN and HELP us with what we need in the library, always with a smile! I’m not saying that library (staff) gave us lots of funny advice but, they are continuously updating and improving their services by trying to listen through many ways. (Surveys, librarians, Facebook).

Lim Kai Vearn Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Bachelor of Business (Management)

I am happy to learn that the SIM library is taking the initiative to listen to the students’ feedback and suggestions in order to improve its quality of library services rendered to students. Through the survey, SIM library will be able to better reorganise their resources and strategies to deliver quality services to help students do better in projects and assignments. At the end of the survey, I am also thrilled to learn that SIM library will be giving out $10 Popular bookstore voucher for completing the survey.

The $10 voucher will definitely be of good use as i plan to buy the latest book written

by Lee Kuan Yew. Thank you and keep up the good work!

Louise Han Shining Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance)

I’m Louise Han from SIMGE RMIT BDEFT. Thank you so much for your email.

Attached pictures are the photographs I have taken during the student week, accompanied with the write-up below: I caught a glimpse of the glass paintwork and decided to take a look at the e-resources booths. As an RMIT student, I have a rough idea of navigating around the e-resource sites for my assignments but the representatives showed me a few more features that I have missed. Not only that, I managed to know more about the companies such as EMIS regarding their work culture and dynamics. I bade farewell to the representative and a student’s brightly striped cake caught my eyes.

The idea of designing my own rainbow cake without the baking mess simply blew me away! With Lady Luck on my side, I got my hands on the last one left! I worked intensely on my very first push pop cake and the librarians were really friendly and patient; standing alongside giving advice to an amateur like me. The experience was so incredulous that I have to add this activity in my upcoming birthday party.

I’m sure my guests will love it as much as I did!

All in all, it was a fabulous roadshow with a fusion of fun and information!! Kudos!!!

Nelson Law Lee Peng University of London Bachelor of Science, Hons. (Accounting and Finance) The first picture is where I participated in the box balancing game which was quite fun. I won this game n got to do the lucky dip xD. This game was right beside the student services in SIM Block B Level 1. I was really excited but tried to maintain my nervousness so that the box does not fall.

This is the reason for my serious face.

The second picture is where I participated in the Wiki Game. This is a really hard game and I played that game for around 4 to 8 times and never got to win. It was too challenging for me. This game is right in front of the Student Services in SIM Block B Level 1. I was really happy I got to face such a big challenge even though i failed to get through it.

Doan Phuong Anh University of London Bachelor of Science, Hons. (Banking and Finance)

This is my first time attending the Library Week. I tried to participate in all the games.

It was really fun. I had learnt many things from this event.

I played a game in which I had to balance 4 big boxes on each hand and carry them for a distance. It was really hard and I thought that it is impossible to do. However, I tried it for 3 times and finally I did it. This is just a small game but it taught me a big lesson: Nothing is impossible; the word itself says “I’m possible”!

Besides all the games, there are many books there. I took a book with titled “Dance with Chance” and I will spend time to read it. I hope that the library will organize more events like this, so that more students can join this useful event.

Ho Jun Wei, Shawn Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Bachelor of Business (Accountancy)

Library experience during open house.

The experiences that I get during the student week at the library booth was extremely memorable because one of my friend is the representative of the booth. So in order to attract more people to participate in the E-survey that they were going to conduct, I brought in 2 of my friends to do it. The process was very enjoyable as each of us was given a lucky dip after completing the survey and surprisingly the gift that I got was a NEW book. My friend got a Thumbdrive. The SIM library staff were friendly and approachable. They explained to us the details of the photo competition. Through this process, we enjoyed ourself by posing and taking pictures with the shelves shown in the pictures. As we posed, it brought us back to our childhood times. Personally I do not visit the library so often. Now all the information is avaliable online thus I seldom go down to library to do research.

But I changed my mind after visiting the library booth at the student week as it gave me a sense of belonging to the library! A big applause for the library staff for changing my mind!

Tan Song Hui, Stephen Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance

Sim Library Open Day creates awareness and allows students to suggest and improve the library experience. The library has always been my second home when it comes to mugging for exams. It’s a place where u can sit down and articulate your thoughts and absorb information. This event provide students with free stationary. Personally I am loving it.

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