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06 Jan 2021

Webinar Round-up: Preparing For Post-COVID Professional Development With Skilltype

On 29 October 2020, Tony Zanders (founder and CEO) introduced how Skilltype can assist libraries and information professionals with job skill analysis and development to “future-proof” our profession. Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tony stayed up late to present this webinar to LAS. We also wish to thank Yale-NUS College for sponsoring the Zoom platform. […]

15 Nov 2020

Joseph Kennedy’s ‘Creating Your Desired Retirement’ Talk (10 Sep)

“The entire talk as a whole gave me some additional insights especially since I am in talks at the moment about future planning” “Sharing session of the planning strategies” “Joe was very clear and easy to follow. Good slides too” “Overview of financial planning” “Financial plan, review annual” These were some of the comments that […]

24 Jun 2020

Reflections from LILAC 2019

Jenny Wong is the recipient of the LAS Overseas Professional Development Sponsorship in 2019. The Sponsorship is offered to encourage professional growth and to increase the knowledge of our library community. These professional development events include conferences and other learning opportunities held overseas. Self Introduction Jenny Wong is a Learning Services Librarian at the Singapore […]

20 May 2020

Notes from the 15th AUNILO Meeting

AUNILO, Libraries of ASEAN University Network (AUN), meets annually in a continuous effort to enhance information networking among member universities. Each country takes turns to host the annual meeting which usually includes presentations of country reports, a business meeting and a networking visit to experience the culture. More details on activities of AUNILO can be […]

20 Feb 2020

Reflections from IFLA WLIC 2018

Lim Siu Chen is the recipient of the LAS Overseas Professional Development Sponsorship in 2018, and attended the 2018 International Federation of Library Associations World Library and Information Congress (IFLA WLIC) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Self Introduction My name is Siu Chen and I am a Librarian at the National University of Singapore (NUS). […]

28 Jan 2020

Annual Conference of International Group of ExLibris Users (IGeLU) 2019

The Annual International Group of ExLibris Users (IGeLU) conference was held in Singapore from the 26th – 29th of August, 2019, hosted by Singapore Management University (SMU) Libraries. This is the first time the annual event is being held outside of Europe and in Asia, since its inception 23 years ago. Elected to the IGeLU […]

27 Nov 2019

LAS Visit to NUS Libraries Digital Scholarship Lab and TEL Imaginarium

28 LAS members visited NUS Libraries on 7 June 2019 for a special tour of the Digital Scholarship Lab and TEL Imaginarium. The two facilities are found in the NUS Central Library. The Digital Scholarship Lab is a dedicated space for members of the NUS community to work on digital humanities research projects. It is […]

28 Oct 2019

For The Love of Professional Development, From Zagreb

This report is for: my fellow library professionals in Singapore those I’ve met during the satellite meeting all who has a keen interest in continuing professional development in our profession I leaned on many parties for my attendance at this satellite meeting to happen. First, I had generous sponsorship from my employer to be able […]

14 Oct 2019

Digital Scholarship Day at NUS Libraries

With the increasing interest in Digital Humanities and Digital Scholarship (DS), more and more scholars are now trying to use new digital tools and methods for their research. Some researchers may be interested to embark on their first digital project or data visualisation but may be unsure where to begin. To that end, NUS Libraries […]

04 Oct 2018

Visit to 3M Singapore (27 July)

22 LAS members visited 3M Singapore’s brand new headquarters at Ang Mo Kio, Techpoint on 27 July 2018. This was right after its inaugural opening in June the same year. The new headquarters also houses its 3M Customer Technical Center (CTC) facility. Our two hosts, Hafizah and Eric, started the session with a short presentation […]