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19 Oct 2020

Congratulations to 2019 LAS Library School Scholarship Recipient – Priscilla Lee Kai Ning

If you wish to receive a scholarship just like Priscilla, look out for our call in November 2020! Priscilla Lee Kai Ning joined Nanyang Polytechnic Library in February 2017 as a Librarian and plays a key role in the development of information literacy training curriculum, and the promotion and teaching of information literacy to students. […]

12 Oct 2020

Congratulations to 2019 LAS Library School Scholarship Recipient – Mardhiah Binte Mahamood

If you wish to receive a scholarship just like Mardhiah, look out for our call in November 2020! Mardhiah Binte Mahamood joined National Library Board (NLB) in 2011 as an Associate Librarian in the Children Services section. After several internal restructures, Mardhiah returned to the Early Literacy section in 2018 as an Associate Librarian. The […]

08 Oct 2020

Preparing For Post-COVID Professional Development With Skilltype: A Digital Marketplace For Information Professionals

LAS is excited to announce our collaboration with Skilltype! Join founder Tony Zanders for a live demonstration, roadmap preview, and Q&A session as we unveil this new platform: Date: 29 October 2020 (Thursday)Time: 10–11 amPlatform: Via Zoom (Details will be sent to you after registration) Skilltype is a platform that assists libraries and information professionals […]

07 Oct 2020

Global Media and Information Literacy Day – The Singapore Way

The Council of Chief Librarians Information Literacy Interest Group (CCL IL-IG) together with the Library Association of Singapore (LAS) brings you this Global Media and Information Literacy Day – The Singapore Way. Join us as we hear colleagues share their case studies on digital, media and information literacy during the time of the pandemic. Date: Friday […]

06 Oct 2020

Call for Presentations: LAS-NLB Virtual Professional Sharing 2020

We’re glad to announce our 2nd Virtual Professional Sharing session for 2020: Reimagining the Libraries in the New Normal Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020Time: 2–5 pmVenue: Online (via Zoom) We are calling for presentations on Reimagining the Libraries in the New Normal. You are cordially invited to share projects or initiatives to reform or transform the […]

20 Jul 2020

Heartiest Congratulations to the 2019 LAS Award Winners

It was a tough decision to make for the new LAS Award Panel, but we did it. We are pleased to announce the winners for the 2019 awards. Our special thanks to the APBSLG (SG) group for generously sponsoring two of the awards for 2019, namely the LAS-APBSLG (SG) Professional Service Award and the LAS-APBSLG (SG) Passion Award. […]

03 Jul 2020

Professional Development: Work from Home Edition

PD SUPPORT TOWARDS READING LOG Identifying and dealing with microaggressions & workplace stress IFLA/ALA is organizing a webinar on navigating workplace stress and microaggressions—verbal and non-verbal messages that are invalidating or demeaning This is pertinent to all our members since our profession is service-oriented. We want to identify and name stressors and microaggressions, as well […]

03 Jul 2020

CALL FOR PDS SUBMISSION FOR JAN AND JUL 2020

Applications for the Practicing Professional (PP) Award under the Professional Development Scheme is now open. There will be concurrent submissions accepted for activities conducted over 2 periods, and successful applicants will qualify as a Practising Professional (PP) for either of these periods: 1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2021 1 July 2020 – 30 Jun […]

30 Jun 2020

Virtual Coffee event: Reflections on Circuit Breaker

Join us on July 24, Friday, at 10 am! The LAS Training & Development Committee is hosting a virtual coffee session. Get a sense of what is happening in our libraries, and hear from colleagues on the challenges we face. This month’s topic: Reflections on Circuit Breaker As libraries begin restoring services and continue to […]

29 Jun 2020

LAS-NLB Virtual Professional Sharing on Recreating Libraries

We’re glad to announce that the postponed professional sharing session is now back ONLINE. We invite you to present and participate in this webinar on Recreating Libraries Date: Friday, 17 July 2020 Time: 2–5 pm Venue: Virtual meeting (link to […]