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01 Apr 2014

April 2014 Update

Hi all, Welcome to the new Financial Year (for most of you) – and yeah, it’s April Fools’ day, there would be some pranks played throughout the day but we will survive them. Some news from our libraries, Temasek Polytechnic Library is now headed by Ms. Puspa Yeow, this was with effect from July 2013 […]

10 Mar 2014

LAS visit to library@chinatown cum walking tour at Chinatown area

Date: 16 January 2014, Thursday Time: 3.00pm to 6.00pm Coordinator for Library Tour at library@chinatown: Mr.Steven Chow Coordinator for Walking Tour at Chinatown areas: Ms.Chia Wei Fun There were 19 participants to the first event organized by the Programmes and Social Committee for the year of 2014. We would like to thanky Mr.Chong Thong Yang, Librarian from NLB for taking us […]

01 Mar 2014

March 2014 Update

Hi all, It’s that time of year again for a lot of our institutions to handle financial closing as well as reviewing and tidying up our final year review of performances and start planning for the next FY. So, I expect a lot of us to be kept rather busy. 2 quick things to update. […]

14 Feb 2014

February 2014 Update

Hi all, Happy Valentine’s Day, this year’s special occassion also coincided with the 15th day of the new Lunar Year for the Chinese – which traditionally, was an occassion for unmarried men and women to scout each other out before marriage proposals are brought up between families. (At certain periods in China, ladies seldom/rarely have […]

03 Feb 2014

Challenges and Opportunities for Research Data Management

Daniel Tsang gave a presentation on the role that librarians can play in research data management held at the Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University on 7 January 2014. Daniel served as data librarian at the University of California (UCI), Irvine as a data librarian since 1986. He recently chaired a working group for […]

03 Jan 2014

January 2014 Update

Hi all, Firstly, LAS would like to wish all of you a very happy new year or as the Chinese say for the coming Chinese new year coming up at the end of the month – 马到成功 (success with the arrival of the Horse – the coming Chinese new year will be the Year of […]

16 Dec 2013

LAS Visit to John Wiley & Sons Singapore, 28 Nov 2013

On 28 Nov 2013, 24 LAS members visited John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd. The previous visit that LAS members made to the Wiley office in Singapore was about a year ago. Enthusiastic participants arrived at the Fusionopolis Solaris South Tower well ahead of the reporting time at 2.45 pm. Our host, Ms Ira […]

04 Dec 2013

December 2013 Update

Hi all, It’s December, and seasons’ greetings for our members who celebrates the occassion. The other main reminder (which most of you would be getting in your emails) will be the renewal of your membership subscription with LAS. Yes, your membership is calculated on a calendar year basis – Jan to Dec. So your membership […]

18 Nov 2013

A Sale with Heart – Lien Ying Chow Library Books & Magazines Charity Sale

There was excitement aplenty on 30 & 31 Oct in Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) – Lien Ying Chow Library was having our first ever Books & Magazines Charity Sale! Our objectives for mounting this event were threefold. We wanted firstly, to support the Green Movement by re-distributing used library materials back to the community and […]

11 Nov 2013

MSc student visit to Lee Kong Chian Reference Library (LKCRL)

40 students undertaking the MSc in Information Studies at the School of Wee Kim Wee, Nanyang Technological University was brought on a visit to LKCRL by Professor Shaheen on 29 Oct 2013. Mr Patrick Pu, Chair of Membership Committee, Library Association of Singapore (LAS) also joined the session. The students arrived promptly at 6.30pm at […]