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22 Jun 2010

Tun Sir Henry H. S. Lee’s private papers at ISEAS Library

The late Tun Sir Henry H. S. Lee’s private papers has a home at the ISEAS Library, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. Tun H. S. Lee was one of the founders of the Malaysia Chinese Association (MCA) and the Alliance Party. He was one of the Malayan political leaders who played a pivotal role […]

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 […]

01 Feb 2010

Making a Difference with Community Service

Thursday 3rd Dec 2009 was a day with a difference for Library Staff from Singapore Polytechnic. It was our first joint community service project with colleagues from the Dept of Corporate Communications (DCC) to reach out to the needs of the community. The idea came from our DCC colleagues and we readily agreed to it […]

28 Jan 2010

Singapore Polytechnic’s New Hilltop Library

A cool, hip and happening place to chill and hangout A new chapter was written in Singapore Polytechnic Library’s history with the opening of the brand new Hilltop Library on 28th December 2009. The new library replaces the former Business and IT (BizIT) Library, which had been serving SP staff and students in the western […]

18 Jan 2010

ASK! Chat Trial

Background Instant messaging (IM) is increasingly becoming a popular mode of online communication among Singaporeans. According to comScore, a market research company, Internet users in Singapore aged 15 and above averaged 21 hours online per visitor during February 2009, with IM topping the list of how Internet users were most likely to spend their time. […]

14 Jan 2010

Bringing the Library out with a Funfair

NTU Library held its 4th E-Resource Fair from 12 – 13 October 2009 with 9 database vendors. With its tagline “Learn & Win”, the Library offered a series of activities and games aimed at getting its community to take a closer look at its electronic resources. 7 database vendors set up shop offering quizzes, prizes […]