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28 Oct 2011

Asia Library Road Show

On 27 Oct 2011, Springer organized its inaugural Asia Library Road Show at the Pan Pacific Singapore Hotel – it was well attended by Librarians from various institutions in Singapore that were interested to find out what has been happening to Springer’s development of product and services. LAS Council members present were: Mrs Lee Cheng […]

22 Jul 2011

Guest Speaker Series July 2011

John Hickok, a Librarian/Instructor at California State University Fullerton and Chair of the American Library Association’s International Relations Roundtable Orientation Committee was invited by National Library Board to speak to librarians from Singapore on 19 July 2011 at the National Library Building – amongst which LAS members were also invited to attend. For those of you who had […]

18 Jul 2011

Meeting with Persatuan Perpustakaan Malaysia (PPM)

Last Friday, on the 15th of July 2011, our Librarian friends from Malaysia dropped by for a visit and a catchup meeting was held at the Library@Esplanade for a short discussion between our associations. LAS had paid a visit to PPM last year and this meeting was an opportunity to catch up on discussion since we last met up. PPM came […]

11 Jul 2011

Happenings and Events

NLBA Resource Centre Opening – On 8 July 2011, NLB Academy’s Resource Centre was officially opened. LAS was represented by the Chairs of Website, Training and Publishing. NLBA was previously faced with a challenge of presence as they were relatively hidden on the third floor of Toa Payoh Public Library – with the opening of […]

31 May 2011

LAS AGM 2011

It was election time at the AGM was held on 14 May at Furama Hotel. Over 110 members attended the event. After a fruitful two years, it was time for the 2009-2011 Council to step down and for a new council to take over. Puspa, the current President, reported on the achievements of the current […]

31 May 2011

Tour to Micrographics Data

The Programmes and Social Committee, LAS organised a field trip to Micrographics Data Pte Ltd on 25 Feb 2011. Micrographics Data Pte Ltd is Asia’s leading micrographics & preservation solution provider since 1989. Areas of service includes but are not limited to ISO standard microfilming, professional large format and book colour scanning, archival/library/museum supplies, preservation & […]

03 Mar 2011

LAS Awards and High Tea

Every professional association should find occasions on which to acknowledge the contributions made to the profession by outstanding practitioners and to encourage the development of talented young individuals who are the future leaders. On Saturday 22 January, LAS did just that in very pleasant surroundings at the Hotel Rendezvous. The LAS High Tea was opened by Guest […]

03 Mar 2011

Living in the new normal for information professionals

Ann Caputo, Director of Learning & Infopro Programs, Dow Jones and SLA President 2010, gave a talk about “Living in the new normal” where she addressed global trends that knowledge professionals should understand. The talk was held at Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University on 17 February 2011. Ann told the story of how […]

31 Jan 2011

Trends in e-books at SLS event

Joe Lam, Managing Director of Elsevier Health Sciences South East Asia, gave a talk on the e-book trends at the Special Libraries Section inaugural networking event on 11 November 2010 at the Maxwell Chambers. The event was sponsored by LexisNexis. Electronic books started in 1970. There are many formats for e-books with the major ones […]

31 Jan 2011

SLS Passion Award goes to Debby

One of the main purposes of Special Libraries Section (SLS) event on 11 November 2010 was to present the LAS Special Librarian Passion Award, generously sponsored by LexisNexis. This award recognizes an individual or group each year for outstanding contributions to the LAS Special Libraries Section or its interest groups. To qualify for the award, […]