Staff Profile: Padmaja Muralidharan

Padmaja is a Librarian with NTU Library's Open Science and Research Services team. 

• Master of Science (Information Studies), Nanyang Technological University, 2005
• Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering), University of Kerala

Padmaja joined NTU Library in January 2006 after receiving her MSc (Information Studies) degree. She has worked in the Bibliographic Services Division, Acquisition and Collection Management Division and as an Engineering Librarian concurrently before moving to Advisory & Consultation Team in August 2017, and then to Digital Scholarship and Education team in July 2021. Prior to joining NTU, she worked many years in the Testing and Quality control and Technical Support Helpdesk of computer manufacturing firms.

Publications:

1. Sam, L. C. F., Muralidharan, P., Tan, H.Y., Goh, S. N. (2009). Digital repository at Nanyang Technological University: implementing a subject metadata scheme. Paper presented at the XIV General conference, Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL XIV), Hanoi, Vietnam. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6131

Presentations:

1. Sam, L. C. F., Muralidharan, P. (2011). Digital repository @NTU: user-centred services from re-usable subject metadata. Poster presented at LAS Seminar 2011: Libraries for Tomorrow. Singapore.
2. Sam, L. C. F., & Muralidharan, P. (2011). Digital repository @NTU: user-centred services from re-usable subject metadata. Poster presentation at Pacific Neighbourhood Consortium (PNC) 2011 Conference Poster Session: Librarian Poster Competition, Bangkok. Available at: http://www.pnclink.org/pnc2011/english/Posters/PNC%202011%20Lena%20Sam%20Poster.pdf
3. Sam, L. C. F., Muralidharan, P. (2012). Initiating Information Literacy Instruction: Collaboration with the NTU Engineering Community.  Poster presented at 33rd Annual IATUL Conference 2012: Library Strategies for New Generation Users, Singapore.
4. Muralidharan, P., Sam, L. C. F., &Tan, C.W. (2016). Cogenerating possibilities to promote learning beyond the classroom. Poster presented at LAS conference 2016: Smart Libraries for Tomorrow: Disrupt and Innovate, Singapore.
5. Law, L. S., Ng, K. P., Wong, P.H., Tan, C. W., Muralidharan, P. & Venkatachalam, K. (2016). Access to Virtual Reality (VR): A trial at NTU Libraries. Poster presented at LAS conference 2016: Smart Libraries for Tomorrow: Disrupt and Innovate, Singapore.