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15 Feb 2008

Singapore Management University Selects Innovative for Complete Digital Library Solution

Millennium, Encore, and eProducts to Drive New Campus Initiative Singapore Management University (SMU) in the nation and city of Singapore has selected an entire suite of Millennium ILS and the Encore discovery services platform products from Innovative Interfaces to create an integrated Digital Library (DL) for the University’s Li Ka Shing Library.The DL will combine […]

30 Mar 2007

Tea Party for Art Librarians

Most people usually spend Mondays slowly winding up for work after a weekend. However, at the National Library building, some librarians found themselves winding down early with a cup of tea on 22 January. On that windy Monday afternoon, 17 librarians, curators and professors, from art and design schools and museums, gathered informally for a […]

30 Mar 2007

Web Archive Singapore

“There is nothing that solidifies and strengthens a nation like reading the nation’s history, whether that history is recorded in books or embodied in customs, institutions and monuments.” Joseph Anderson (1836-1916) American Congregational clergyman and author The National Library Board (NLB), Singapore officially launched Phase 1 of its Web Archive Singapore on October 18, 2006. […]

29 Mar 2007

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 […]

27 Dec 2006

Launch of Celebrating Libraries Book

Knowledge, Imagination, Possibility Celebrating the theme of “Bringing Knowledge Alive, Sparking Imagination, and Creating Possibility”, the National Library Board (NLB) launched a commemorative book, Celebrating Libraries, on 25 October. The book is sold at The Library Shop, National Library Building, from 1 November, at $35. The book is the result of a four-month long campaign […]

15 Dec 2006

The September Project at the Public Libraries

The public libraries in Singapore have collaborated annually in ‘The September Project’ (TSP) – www.theseptemberproject.org – in one way or other since 2004. TSP events have libraries as the focal point for dialogue and discussion. It is a project initiated by two academics from the University of Washington (USA) where “on or around September 11, […]

13 Dec 2006

Newspaper Reading Corners at Polytechnic libraries

Getting your daily dose of news is even easier than before with the commencement of the Newspaper Reading Corners on 1 November! The Newspaper Reading Corner is an initiative by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Foundation to encourage Singapore youths to keep abreast of current and social affairs, heighten their awareness of local & world affairs, and […]

13 Dec 2006

Philosophy of RP Library: Architecture & Design

Republic Polytechnic’s 20-hectare Woodlands campus has facilities to allow it to cater to students as well as residents of the community. Designed jointly by award-winning Japanese architect, Fumihiko Maki and DP Architects, the Republic Polytechnic is conceived as a campus with a central nucleus of main educational programmes serviced by 5 satellites of ancillary programmes. […]

13 Dec 2006

Swanky New Library for Republic Polytechnic

The Republic Polytechnic Library moved into the new Woodlands Campus in the first week of April 2006. This was achieved after much construction delays, walking around like Phua Chu Kang in safety boots and helmet and a month or more of housing the entire library staff temporarily in one single meeting room. So how does an […]

08 Dec 2006

Arts community at NLB for woodcut prints show

An important slice of Singapore’s art history was celebrated last month, when the National Library on Victoria Street held a two-week exhibit of woodcut prints from the 1960s. “Imprints of the Past: Remembering the 1966 Woodcut Show” commemorates Singapore’s first woodcut print exhibition, held at the old National Library on Stamford Road 40 years ago. […]