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11 Aug 2011

Introduction & About Yolanda

Ms Yolanda Celine Beh died suddenly on 17 December 2010 at home, a few months after her 70th birthday. Her death shocked her family and friends because she was seldom ill. She was always active, travelling a few times a year, especially after her retirement on 6 September 2002. Yolanda had a wide circle of […]

02 Aug 2011

August 2011 Update

New Chair – New Tagline Hi all readers, having recently taken over the chair for publishing, I would like firstly, to take this opportunity to thank Ms. Yeo Pin Pin for having done an excellent job for LAS through the years. We will not be missing her as I have obtained the Council’s support to […]

22 Jul 2011

Guest Speaker Series July 2011

John Hickok, a Librarian/Instructor at California State University Fullerton and Chair of the American Library Association’s International Relations Roundtable Orientation Committee was invited by National Library Board to speak to librarians from Singapore on 19 July 2011 at the National Library Building – amongst which LAS members were also invited to attend. For those of you who had […]

18 Jul 2011

Meeting with Persatuan Perpustakaan Malaysia (PPM)

Last Friday, on the 15th of July 2011, our Librarian friends from Malaysia dropped by for a visit and a catchup meeting was held at the Library@Esplanade for a short discussion between our associations. LAS had paid a visit to PPM last year and this meeting was an opportunity to catch up on discussion since we last met up. PPM came […]

11 Jul 2011

Happenings and Events

NLBA Resource Centre Opening – On 8 July 2011, NLB Academy’s Resource Centre was officially opened. LAS was represented by the Chairs of Website, Training and Publishing. NLBA was previously faced with a challenge of presence as they were relatively hidden on the third floor of Toa Payoh Public Library – with the opening of […]

31 May 2011

LAS AGM 2011

It was election time at the AGM was held on 14 May at Furama Hotel. Over 110 members attended the event. After a fruitful two years, it was time for the 2009-2011 Council to step down and for a new council to take over. Puspa, the current President, reported on the achievements of the current […]

31 May 2011

NTU Library and NACO

NACO or Name Authority Cooperative program component of the Library of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloguing (PCC) allows participants to contribute and maintain name authority records (NARs) in the Library of Congress Name Authority File (LC/NAF). The LC/NAF is used by cataloguers worldwide to verify the standard forms of name headings that should be used […]

31 May 2011

Tour to Micrographics Data

The Programmes and Social Committee, LAS organised a field trip to Micrographics Data Pte Ltd on 25 Feb 2011. Micrographics Data Pte Ltd is Asia’s leading micrographics & preservation solution provider since 1989. Areas of service includes but are not limited to ISO standard microfilming, professional large format and book colour scanning, archival/library/museum supplies, preservation & […]

15 Apr 2011

OPAC Observations

If I were to ask you what you do for fun while you are at work, I am sure you wouldn’t tell me that you analyse your library’s OPAC transaction logs. Especially not those transaction logs where you peruse all those patron searches that don’t actually find anything! Well, I have been doing exactly that, […]

15 Apr 2011

iPhone App for Library OPAC

As part of the National Institute of Education (NIE) Library’s LIBRIS strategic plan to meet the challenges of the 21st century, we launched BookMyne, an iPhone app that allows you to access our OPAC system, on 9 March 2011. With the pervasive adoption of the iPhone within the NIE community and the world, BookMyne is […]