Activities - Library Professionals Organization | Library Association of Singapore

02 May 2010

Data Services & Emotional Toxicity in Libraries

Terrence Bennett was visiting the Li Ka Shing Library at Singapore Management University for 2 months to study the need for data services at SMU. He gave a talk about data services to SMU library staff and LAS members on 25 March 2010. About 52 people attended the session held at the Reading Room in the […]

02 May 2010

Rethinking Libraries for the 21st Century

Joan Lippincott from the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) gave a talk at the National Library on 29 March 2010. The talk was opened up for LAS members to attend. She talked about today’s users, who they are and want do they want. She highlighted the ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, the […]

01 Mar 2010

Gaming Learning Community

The social aspects of learning are often neglected by libraries, which tend to focus their services on delivery of information to users. Effective learning, where users can act upon information to meet their goals, requires active social interaction with other members in the community. In recognition of this need to provide social learning spaces for […]

01 Mar 2010

Exhibition: S. Rajaratnam, from Ideas to Reality

Ongoing to 4 May 2010 : 10 am – 9 pm : Promenade, Level 10, National Library Building One of Singapore’s most foremost visionaries, S. Rajaratnam (1915-2006), the ‘Ideas Man’, was best known for bringing visions to reality. A founding member of the People’s Action Party, Singapore’s first Minister for Culture and the first […]

01 Feb 2010

National Library Board Launches NewspaperSG, an Online Archive of Singapore’s Newspapers for Public Access

NewspaperSG was officially launched on 28 January 2010 by Guest of Honour, Mr Sam Tan, Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts. With the launch, library patrons can search, browse and retrieve full-text news content from as many as 17 newspapers titles through the multimedia stations […]