As most of you may have heard, IFLA had announced at the recently concluded WLIC 2011 that the venue for WLIC 2013 would be Singapore!  Yes, after quite a number of tries, LAS has finally managed to convince IFLA to bring the event to Singapore.  But what does this means to the libraries and librarians in Singapore?

Opportunity – imagine librarians from all around the world would be paying us a visit.  So it’s time to plan some budget to spruce up our libraries as we would need to put up a good showcase of ourselves.  Singapore will be put into the limelight and we only have 2 years to prepare ourselves.  It is also a good opportunity for us to take stock of what are our achievements and LAS will be planning to publish a book about Libraries and Librarians in Singapore.  This also mean there is opportunity for you to participate in this project – those of you interested please drop a line to me @ publications@las.org.sg

We are still on the lookout for institutional journalists whom can contribute to news about what’s happening at your libraries and to librarians around you – please help in this endeavor as it would certainly help keep all of us up to date and in touch with each other!

Oh, yes, before I forget – Happy Teachers Day! – yes we have members who have taken on the mantle of teachers and trainers in our industry – they are responsible for training our future librarians.

Yit (Chair Publishing, LAS 2011-2013)