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18 Jan 2016

Open Access Week 2015

Open Access Week, an international event that is now entering its eighth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm […]

14 Jan 2016

Guangxi Bookshelves Project – Book Donation Ceremony at NTU

NTU Chinese Library hosted the Book Donation Ceremony of the Guangxi Bookshelves Project on 13 Nov 2015. The Guangxi Bookshelves Project, a 5-year book donation project with a value of RMB 400,000 (equal to S$85,000), was initiated and sponsored by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles of Guangxi with the Association of Guangxi Studies […]

30 Nov 2015

Launch of the Digital Bibliography on the history of Nanyang University

The Bibliography on the history of Nanyang University (in short, Nantah Bibliography) is an online open access bibliography related to the Nanyang University. The only overseas Chinese language university founded in Singapore from 1955 to 1980. Nantah had a profound impact on the Chinese community in Singapore and Malaysia, and held a critical position in […]

29 Oct 2015

Virtual Reality for Libraries – An Exploratory Workshop

The first activity organised by the LAS Programmes and Social Committee in the new Council Year 2015 was a fun and insightful one. 28 participants attended the exploratory workshop on Virtual Reality (VR) conducted by a team of librarians from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Libraries on 30 September 2015, in spite of a hazy day […]

02 Jun 2015

LAS visit to Library Supply Centre (LSC), National Library Board

39 participants visited the National Library Board’s (NLB) Library Supply Centre (LSC) on Friday, 24 April 2015. This was one of the visits organized by the Programmes and Social Committee which attracted overwhelming responses such that the registration closed 10 minutes right after the announcement. The Committee is really grateful for the strong support from LAS […]

16 Apr 2015

Apr 2015 Update

Hi all, As you will have been informed, this year will be LAS elections year – please participate actively or nominate deserving individuals as your LAS Council member to lead us for the next 2 years. We will also be having the LAS 60th Anniversary celebrations on 18 Apr 2015 – hope to see as […]

24 Mar 2015

March 2015 Update (2)

Hi all, By now most of you would have heard the sad news about the demise of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. As it has been declared that Singapore would be mourning Mr. Lee for one week, our LAS 60th Anniversary dinner originally scheduled for this Saturday (28th Mar 2015) has been postponed to April – […]

13 Mar 2015

March 2015 Update (1)

Hi all, Apologies for the delay, we are all busy indeed. Near the end of this month, we will be having our Diamond Jubilee (60th Anniversary) gala dinner for LAS members, for those of you who haven’t sign up here’s a link to the invite Up-coming in May 2015 – we will be having our […]

14 Jan 2015

The International Librarians Network: new round begins March 2015

Are you interested in building your professional network and learning about librarianship around the world? Do you love the idea of professional travel but just don’t have the budget? The International Librarians Network (ILN) may be for you. The ILN peer mentoring program is a facilitated program aimed at helping librarians develop international networks. Having […]

07 Jan 2015

Highlights of the IFLA 2014 Conference Experience in Limerick and Lyon

In mid-August 2014, I attended the IFLA 2014 Satellite Meeting on Information Literacy in Limerick, Ireland, and the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2014 in Lyon, France. This trip was made possible due to the award of the LAS-WLIC Grant 2014. I am indeed thankful to LAS and honoured to be given the opportunity […]