Events coverage

Progress Report of Special Libraries Section (May-Jul 09)

  1.  Inaugural Business Librarians Tea Session @ Imagination Room, National Library Over 30 business librarians held an informal meeting on 23 Jun 09, hosted by NLB.  The group comprises business librarians from NLB, NUS, NTU, SMU, SIM, EDB, IE Singapore, IRAS, MAS, MTI, Bain & Co., etc.  SLS was represented by Susan Song-Lim, Manimekalai Thirumalai, […]

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 […]

LAS@NTU Career Fair (4-5 Feb 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.

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, […]

Speakers for 10th ILDS Conference

Libraries the world over are facing financial challenges in collection build-up; one obvious way to address this is to establish some form of resource sharing between libraries. While resource sharing sounds good as an idea, the actual pathways leading to successful implementation are subject to various inter-dependencies and obstacles such as rights and distribution. The […]

Professional Development Scheme for Librarians

Mr Choy Fatt Cheong chaired a forum on Professional Development for Librarians in Singapore on 13 December 2006 at NUS Central Library. He spoke as the Chairperson of the National Committee of Library and Knowledge Professionals in Singapore. The presentation he made is available at http://www.las.org.sg/pds-presentation.pdf. There was a lively discussion after his presentation. More details coming! […]

Library on Steroids

Ms Leslie Burger is the current ALA President and she spoke to a group of librarians on how she transformed her library, the Princeton Public Library. The talk was held at the National Library in September 2006. Tips on Transforming Libraries Be passionate as it will drive you to talk about how wonderful libraries are and […]