1996

Developments

The NUS introduced a new programme called the "Talent Development Programme" in July to fully develop the potential of top students and groom them for leadership roles. The objective of this programme was to produce well-rounded graduates with broad intellectual outlook.

The establishment of the NUS Cybercast Station, an on-line station on the Internet, made it possible for significant events in Singapore to be transmitted live to Singaporeans living abroad.

The launch of ChiLINC (Chinese Library's online public access catalogue) on 6 May placed the NUS Library at the forefront of providing computerised Chinese language bibliographic data in Singapore.

NUS Library and Informit (the commercial arm of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) launched the "SMC Ondisc", the first bibliographic CD-ROM produced by the library of a Singapore tertiary institution