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15 Dec 2010

Nationally Recognised Training for Library Support Staff

Since the closure of paraprofessional courses at Temasek Polytechnic some years ago there has been no formal avenue for skills development and recognition for support staff in Singapore libraries. More and more support staff undertake responsibilities which are crucial to library operations and yet have few opportunities in relation to external training. LAS has, over […]

15 Dec 2010

Singapore Librarians at ICOLIS 2010

Singapore sent the largest delegation from one country to the Third International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society (ICOLIS) 2010 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 9-10 Nov. A total of 13 delegates from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University, Monetary Authority of Singapore and Temasek Polytechnic participated in the conference. The trip, organized by […]

14 Dec 2010

Discovering Malaysian Libraries

Our neighbouring country, Malaysia extended her arms to invite us to the Third International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society 2010 in Kuala Lumpur. To maximise our learning experience, LAS also planned three library visits for the thirteen of us. The Malaysian librarians greeted us with big warm smiles which made us feel just at […]

04 Nov 2010

Preserve Memories and Collect Stories

The keynote speaker for When Nations Remember was John van Oudenaren, Director, World Digital Library. He talked about two projects of the Library of Congress which are American Memory and World Digital Library. The Library of Congress had gotten the mandate from their Librarian, James Billington, to “get the champagne out of the bottle” by […]

04 Nov 2010

Fort Canning

I went for a heritage walk at Fort Canning Park on 17 Sep 2010, Friday (3 pm – 5.30 pm). The event was organized by the LAS Social Committee and our guide was Ms Lee Wei Ling from National Parks Singapore. I enjoyed hearing many good tips on plants, some legends and interesting stories about Fort Canning. Ms Lee […]

04 Nov 2010

Singapore Memories

As part of the conference on When Nations Remember, the work that was being done in Singapore was highlighted. Gene Tan, National Library Board, talked about the Singapore Memory Project. Apart from the larger contributors to the SMP, NLB would like to create a “long tail” of small contributors. They are exploring different avenues to […]

29 Sep 2010

Remembering Our Singapore Story

Clarissa Oon wrote an article In Search of the Other S’pore Story dated 14 August in The Straits Times. The piece highlighted the growing number of scholarly works and memoirs published on the leftist movement in Singapore during the 1950s-60s, and the increased interest in alternative history. She thought that the introduction of National Education […]

29 Sep 2010

Evaluating Customer Satisfaction with Public Libraries

Dr Oh Dong Geun, Keimyung University, was passing through Singapore and gave a talk about his research on customer satisfaction with public libraries in South Korea on 16 June 2010. The talk was part of the NLB Professional Talk series which was open to LAS members. After studying the various tools used to measure customer […]

28 Aug 2010

Discover the memory initiatives from around the world

When Nations Remember will be held on 11 & 12 October 2010 in Singapore. Take part in the conference if you would like to gain new insights into the creation and preservation of memories for the future. The two-day conference is organised by the National Library Singapore, supported by the International Federation of Library Associations […]

20 Jul 2010

Myths, Stories and Possibilities

Prof Paul Gandel gave a talk on 9 July 2010 entitled “Myths, Stories and Possibilities: Blind Faith in a Cloudy Future”. The talk was organized by the LAS Social Committee and held at Level 5 in the National Library. Paul had been a film maker, librarian, chief information officer and faculty member. He also studied a […]