Activities - Library Professionals Organization | Library Association of Singapore

02 Aug 2012

ALIA Biennial Conference, Sydney Australia, 10 to 13 July 2012

This is a trip report submitted by Foo Soo Chin: “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller, American writer , 1891-1980. Monday 9 July 2012 – Travel & Accomodations Journey to Sydney – The flight was early at 7am (Singapore time). I was filled with excitement […]

01 Aug 2012

August 2012 Update

Happy Nurses Day to all our Singapore nurses! Wait, some of you will say isn’t Nurses Day supposed to be on May 12 (birthday of Florence Nightingale)? Yes, that’s the international Nurses Day, for Singapore we have set it for August 1 due to our own bit of history – we can trace the origins of nurses in Singapore all […]

24 Jul 2012

CONSAL XV Report

CONSAL XV, 29-30 May 2012 at Bali, Indonesia Day 1: 29 May 2012 Oom Swastiastu! (Hello in Balinese language) A total of 27 participants represented Singapore in the 15th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians 2012 (CONSAL XV), which was attended by other 697 participants from 21 countries. The conference was held from 29 to 30 […]

18 Jul 2012

Member Presentation at ALA

Member News – one of our fellow LAS member, Dr Lim Peng Han, presented a paper at the American Library Association’s (ALA) Library History Round Table (LHRT) on 24 June 2012. The paper was titled “The Japanese Occupation of Singapore and the Forgotten Libraries at the Civilian Goals at Changi and Sime Road Camps, 1942-1945.” […]

09 Jul 2012

Librarians For Tomorrow 2012

Librarians for Tomorrow LAS Conference 2012 25 Sept Matrix Auditorium, Biopolis, OneNorth Will librarians still make sense in the future? Will it make sense to still have librarians and will librarians still be making sense of content in tomorrow’s world? This year’s conference looks to explore the challenges experienced by Information Professionals and Libraries …