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Singapore Polytechnic’s Colours Extension

A Bustling New Colours Extension for Students At the Singapore Polytechnic Library’s 50th Anniversary Celebration on 8 August 2008, SP Principal Mr Tan Hang Cheong unveiled 2 bold expansion plans to guests, staff and students of the poly attending the event. One was the construction of a single-storey pavilion at the quadrangle space located in […]

Impressions of Southeast Asian Libraries from papers presented at CONSAL XIV, April 20-23, 2009.

1. Vietnam – the Host Country The Vietnamese Library Association (VLA) is very young, having only been established in 2006. Interesting to note is that association was founded at a conference that was also held in Hanoi (Pham, 2007). The VLA members are working hard but finding that one of the problems they face is […]

Competencies for Information Professionals

Janice Lachange, CEO of Special Libraries Association from the United States, gave a talk on what were the key competencies of an information professional needed to have in the 21st century. The talk held on 20 April 2009 at the Li Ka Shing Library, was well attended and jointly hosted by the Special Libraries Section […]

LAS AGM 2009

It was election time again for the Library Association of Singapore. The annual general meeting (AGM) was held at Rendezvous Hotel on 21 March morning. The new LAS Council comprises: President – Puspa Yeow Vice-President – Gene Tan Hwee Yong Hon Secretary – Wong Choy Ming Asst Hon Secretary (Chair, Membership) – Soh Lin Li Hon Treasurer […]

PIONEER BATCH OF PRACTISING PROFESSIONALS

45 members have been granted the award of Practising Professional (PP) by LAS. The PP award certifies that the member has completed a minimum number of acceptable continuous professional development activities that indicate that he/she has attempted to keep up-to-date in professional practice.

LAS@NTU Career Fair (4-5 Feb 2009)

Two Individuals Receive LAS Sponsorships to attend the CONSAL Conference in Hanoi

LAS Council is pleased to announce that Ms Debby Wegener from Temasek Polytechnic Library and Ms Winnifred Wong from National University of Singapore Central Library have received full sponsorships to attend the Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL) XIV Conference to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam on 21-24 April 2009.

The Special Libraries Section, LAS, NLB and CommonTown have Launched the Law Librarians Community

Launched on Thursday, 11 December 2008 at the Singapore Management University, 28 eager law librarians and supporters congregated to get the first glimpse of the Law Librarian Community developed by the Special Libraries Section, Library Association of Singapore; the National Library Board; and CommonTown.

Street Names of Singapore – An exhibition by National Library of Singapore

Have you ever wondered why a street was given a particular name? In early Singapore, the Municipal Councillors or Commissioners were in charge of naming the streets. Streets were commonly named after prominent people, usually as a mark of appreciation for their contributions or service to the community, society or state. Behind the street names […]

A Profession to be Proud of

Like the books under their care, where covers do little to reflect the wonderful worlds of words spun between them, many a librarian would tell you that the joy in his or her job is not plainly visible to others. As promoters of knowledge, purveyors of imagination and preservers of the ever-enduring art of literature, […]