Library Associations Singapore
15 Dec 2010
Nationally Recognised Training for Library Support Staff

Since the closure of paraprofessional courses at Temasek Polytechnic some years ago there has been no formal avenue for skills development and recognition for support staff in Singapore libraries. More and more support staff undertake responsibilities which are crucial to library operations and yet have few opportunities in relation to external training. LAS has, over […]

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Library Associations Singapore
15 Dec 2010
Singapore Librarians at ICOLIS 2010

Singapore sent the largest delegation from one country to the Third International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society (ICOLIS) 2010 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 9-10 Nov. A total of 13 delegates from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University, Monetary Authority of Singapore and Temasek Polytechnic participated in the conference. The trip, organized by […]

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Library Associations Singapore
14 Dec 2010
Discovering Malaysian Libraries

Our neighbouring country, Malaysia extended her arms to invite us to the Third International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society 2010 in Kuala Lumpur. To maximise our learning experience, LAS also planned three library visits for the thirteen of us. The Malaysian librarians greeted us with big warm smiles which made us feel just at […]

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Library Associations Singapore
04 Nov 2010
Preserve Memories and Collect Stories

The keynote speaker for When Nations Remember was John van Oudenaren, Director, World Digital Library. He talked about two projects of the Library of Congress which are American Memory and World Digital Library. The Library of Congress had gotten the mandate from their Librarian, James Billington, to “get the champagne out of the bottle” by […]

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Library Associations Singapore
04 Nov 2010
Fort Canning

I went for a heritage walk at Fort Canning Park on 17 Sep 2010, Friday (3 pm – 5.30 pm). The event was organized by the LAS Social Committee and our guide was Ms Lee Wei Ling from National Parks Singapore. I enjoyed hearing many good tips on plants, some legends and interesting stories about Fort Canning.  Ms Lee […]

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Library Associations Singapore
04 Nov 2010
Singapore Memories

As part of the conference on When Nations Remember, the work that was being done in Singapore was highlighted. Gene Tan, National Library Board, talked about the Singapore Memory Project. Apart from the larger contributors to the SMP, NLB would like to create a “long tail” of small contributors. They are exploring different avenues to […]

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