Activities Listing

LAS Visit to Library Supply Centre, National Library Board

Date of visit: 12 January 2016 21 participants visited the National Library Board’s (NLB) Library Supply Centre (LSC). The first part of the visit involved sharing of topic areas by LSC, including RDM processes in managing the content value chain, tools and systems developed to improve the content value chain, improvements in global sourcing of […]

Free Book Chapters on Information Literacy, Research Support and Information Behaviour

In conjunction with the Librarian’s Information Literacy Conference (LILAC) 2016, Facet Publishing has released 6 free chapters from Facet books on information literacy, research support and the information behaviour. 1. Developing a Metaliteracy Framework to Promote Metacognitive Learning Taken from Thomas P Mackey and Trudi E Jacobson’s 2014 book Metaliteracy. In the book, the authors […]

IEEE – LAS Forum 2016

Sharing: “Trends from Afar” and “The Institutional Research Rankings’ Landscape through the Eyes of a Library Professional”

25 participants gathered at Singapore Polytechnic Library on Tuesday, 24 Nov 2015, for a sharing session by 2 speakers, Rajen Munoo (Head, Learning Services & Research Librarian, Business, Singapore Management University Libraries) and Ruth A. Pagell (Adjunct Faculty, Library and Information Science Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa) Rajen shared key learning points and takeaways […]

Book Binding And Repair Services by SPD

In a corner of Tiong Bahru unbeknownst to many, is a bookbinding workshop. Founded long before the estate saw a retro revival in recent years, the Sheltered Workshop is made up of a team of craftsmen with disabilities.   For the past 30 years, the craftsmen have been repairing books for libraries such as the […]

Preschool & Primary Teachers Congress