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07 Nov 2012

Finding out what you want and what makes a librarian

This is a report from the LAS Membership committee on a survey held in Feb 2012 and the summation of points rasied during the discussion held in Apr 2012 (When Librarians Meet on Friday the 13th). Survey of SLS participants During Feb 2012 this year, a survey was sent out to active participants of the Special […]

28 Sep 2012

Librarians For Tomorrow 2012

Our annual conference for LAS – Librarians For Tomorrow 2012 was held on the 25th September at the Matrix of Biopolis. It was well attended by about 240 participants. This year we had introduced 2 panels of discussions – the first panel consisted of professionals from outside of our industry and the second panel consisted […]

02 Aug 2012

ALIA Biennial Conference, Sydney Australia, 10 to 13 July 2012

This is a trip report submitted by Foo Soo Chin: “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller, American writer , 1891-1980. Monday 9 July 2012 – Travel & Accomodations Journey to Sydney – The flight was early at 7am (Singapore time). I was filled with excitement […]

24 Jul 2012

CONSAL XV Report

CONSAL XV, 29-30 May 2012 at Bali, Indonesia Day 1: 29 May 2012 Oom Swastiastu! (Hello in Balinese language) A total of 27 participants represented Singapore in the 15th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians 2012 (CONSAL XV), which was attended by other 697 participants from 21 countries. The conference was held from 29 to 30 […]

21 Jun 2012

LFT2012 and a new SIG

Hi all, LFT 2012 – “Librarians For Tomorrow 2012 – Librarians make sense” is scheduled for 25 Sep 2012. The call for papers/presentation has just been sent out. Please support this event as this would be a great opportunity for you to catch up with your peers and share the things you have done as […]

13 Jun 2012

Professional Talk – Mr. Richard Ovenden, Bodleian Libraries

NLB organized a talk by Mr. Richard Ovenden, the Deputy Librarian of the Bodleian Libraries from the University of Oxford on the 13th June 2012 in the Possibility Room at the National Library Building. This talk was open for LAS members to attend. Mr. Ovenden gave a talk titled ‘The future of the past: How […]

25 Mar 2012

LAS-PPM Conference Melaka 16 to 17 March 2012

Thursday 15 March 2012 – Travel & Accomodations Journey to Malacca – 31 librarians from various organisations in Singapore had registered for the conference (Editor’s note: Mr. Choy FC who went on his own from KL was our 32nd participant from LAS). As the coach crossed the causeway, we were freed of the tentacles of […]

09 Jan 2012

LAS New Year Bash

On 7 January 2012 about 100 members gathered for the LAS New Year Bash held at Hotel Rendezvous. We also took the occassion to highlight our LAS Award winners – congratulations to all the winners! Here’s a picture of the winners with invited guests and our President & Vice-President. From left to right: Ean, Outstanding Newcomer Aaron, […]

14 Nov 2011

Special Libraries Section Annual Networking Event

On the 9th of November 2011, the Special Libraries Section (SLS) held its 2nd annual networking event at the Singapore Management University (SMU) Li Ka Shing Library. This event was sponsored by Lexis-Nexis and there was a panel discussion held to talk about the topic of Social Media used for Marketing. The panel consisted of […]

09 Nov 2011

iGroup-Infohost User Group Meeting

On 4 November 2011, iGroup hosted an event for its users by inviting 3 speakers to speak on contemporary issues relating to Library. Here’s a quick summary of what was shared by the speakers. Dr. Scott Nicholson, Associate Professor from Syracuse University shared wtih us his exdperiences and study of Gaming Programs for Academic Libraries. […]