Activities Listing

Asian Festival of Children’s Content 2016

From the Stacks: Highlights of the National Library

30 January 2016 – 29 August 2016 National Library Gallery, Level 10 National Library Building Documents, publications and photographs from Singapore’s early days reveal fascinating insights into our history and culture. For instance, an 1819 document on the establishment of Malay College reveals how Raffles envisioned Singapore not just as a commercial hub but also […]

NEW TRENDS IN ADULT LEARNING: THEIR IMPACT ON LIBRARIES

Date : 18 February 2016 (Thursday) Time : 9:00am – 12:30pm Venue : Possibility & Imagination Room (Level 5) National Library Building 100 Victoria Street Singapore 188064 This seminar is organised in conjunction with the IFLA Section of Regional Standing Committee (Asia & Oceania) mid-term meeting. It will focus on new learning trends for adults […]

IGI Global Library Technology Innovation Survey Results

IGI Global conducted a survey with 200 librarians over 19 different countries seeking to understand the current and the future role of academic libraries in supporting technological innovation. The findings reveal that supporting technology-related projects is a very high priority for librarians, however they find it difficult due to lack of staff and resources to […]

LAS visit to National Archives of Singapore

Date of visit: 8 October 2015 (Thursday) from 3:00 – 5:00pm Established in 1968, the National Archives of Singapore (NAS) is the official custodian of Singapore’s archives of national or historical significance; covering both government and private records.  The NAS acquires, preserves and presents archival records in all formats including documents, photographs, maps, oral history interviews […]

Introducing Brain Pickings

This post was originally a note written by Mr Choy Fatt Cheong, University Librarian at NTU Libraries to library staff.  Today, I want to introduce you to Maria Popova, or rather her blog, “brainpickings” <https://www.brainpickings.org/>. She is not a librarian, but what she does is very librarianish. She is the perfect candidate if we are […]