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17 Apr 2016

American Library Association Annual Conference 2015: Reflections

This reflective piece is written by Feng Yikang from NUS Libraries about his trip to the ALA Annual Conference 2015 in San Francisco. I was fortunate to receive support from LAS and NUS Libraries to travel to San Francisco for the American Library Association Annual Conference 2015 (ALAAC 2015) from 26 June to 30 June 2015. In […]

11 Apr 2016

Joint Conference and Meeting [JCM 2016] – Vendor “Open House” Invitation

SMU Libraries cordially invite you to an ‘Open House’ to meet, network and get the latest product updates by sponsors who generously supported the JCM 2016 to be held at the Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University on 18th May 2016. Date: Wed, 18th May 2016 Time: 2pm – 5pm Venue: Learning Labs, Level […]

10 Apr 2016

LAS Visit to Information Resource Centre, Singapore Press Holdings

Date of visit: 2 March 2016 20 participants visited Singapore Press Holdings’ (SPH) Information Resource Centre (IRC) on Wednesday, 2 Mar 2016. After a warm introduction by Head Librarian and Vice President of the IRC, participants were brought to a tour to several offices or studios within the SPH’s media business, including AsiaOne, STOMP, Razor, […]

10 Apr 2016

Picture This: Data Visualization as a New Direction for Librarians

This post was contributed by Mr Edward Lim, a business librarian at NTU Libraries. The role of the librarian has developed over the last few decades. Research has shifted from finding single articles on a bookshelf, to filtering through millions of records and data points. This same transition toward data-driven research is occurring in the […]

03 Apr 2016

LAS Visit to World Scientific Publishing

Date of visit: 26 February 2016 Illuminating – if one word can sum up our visit to the World Scientific Publishing. Situated at Toh Tuck Link, the publishing company has established itself as one of the leading scientific publishers in the world, and the largest international scientific publisher in the Asia-Pacific region. Warmly greeted by […]

31 Mar 2016

Members of the Publications Committee (2015-2017)

Name: Phoebe Lim Designation: Head of Art, Design & Media Library, NTU Q: Describe yourself in three words A: Intense, Idea-Generator, Loud Q: What are you reading (or listening to on your mobile device)? A: Numero Zero by Umberto Eco Q: Describe LAS in three words A: Old friends Party Q: What do you value about LAS? A: […]

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