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11 Nov 2013

MSc student visit to Lee Kong Chian Reference Library (LKCRL)

40 students undertaking the MSc in Information Studies at the School of Wee Kim Wee, Nanyang Technological University was brought on a visit to LKCRL by Professor Shaheen on 29 Oct 2013. Mr Patrick Pu, Chair of Membership Committee, Library Association of Singapore (LAS) also joined the session. The students arrived promptly at 6.30pm at […]

06 Nov 2013

Community as Collection

Following video is a presentation done by R. David Lankes at the InfoHost 2013 User Group Meeting held on 1st November at Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore. The theme for the meeting this year was “Libraries & Publishing – Evolve in New Directions”. R. David Lankes is an associate professor at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies. [vimeo […]

04 Nov 2013

Contents in the Cloud – Contextual Collections, Coloassal Collaboration, Curious Connections

This morning, I had the opportunity to hear Lucie Burgess (from the British Library) at the National Library Board (NLB) – she shared with the audience her topic “Contents in the Cloud – Contextual Collections, Coloassal Collaboration, Curious Connections.” We also had some visitors from the National Library of Indonesia joining us for the occasion […]

21 Oct 2013

Demystifying Wikipedia at SMU

“I don’t use Wikipedia for research,” said no student ever. Recognizing the role of Wikipedia as the first stop for many students conducting research, the Singapore Management University’s Li Ka Shing Library hosted “Demystifying Wikipedia: Tips for Information Literacy” on 22nd August 2013. About 50 librarians, educators and researchers from local and overseas institutions participated […]

14 Oct 2013

Visit to Singapore Polytechnic (SP) Library

40 participants visited the SP Library on Thu, 26 Sep 2013. Most participants arrived promptly at 2.30pm, thanks to the Dover MRT station which is located right inside the campus. It was a lively gathering of librarians as it was the first activity organised by the LAS Programmes and Social Committee in the new Council […]

07 Oct 2013

Global Sharing of Open Access at SMU

The Li Ka Shing Library at Singapore Management University (SMU) organised “Global Sharing of Open Access Content”, a half-day event together with bepress (Berkeley Electronic Press) on 23 August 2013. The event was attended by over 50 people from Singapore and other countries as we leveraged on the participants attending IFLA. Professor Richard Clement, Dean […]

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