Events coverage

Coverage/summaries of LAS events or news. Events include workshops, social programmes, sharing sessions and training sessions.

A Visit to LinkedIn’s Singapore Office (23 Jan 2024)

In January 2024, my colleagues and I had the opportunity to visit the Singapore office of LinkedIn as part of the activities organised by LAS. The programme consisted of a fireside chat on the impact of artificial intelligence (“AI”) on work, an introduction to LinkedIn Learning’s content on the topic of AI and its new […]

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SAUL-RSTF Webinar: Rethinking Scholarly Communication in the Age of AI – A Recap

Illuminating, thought-provoking, and fun – that’s the gist of the webinar, supplied by participants, not ChatGPT. Organised by the Singapore Alliance of University Libraries – Research Services Task Force (SAUL-RSTF), the webinar took place on 1 Nov 2023. The objective of the webinar is to provide a platform for knowledge sharing on the promises and

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“Be S.U.R.E., Stay Connected” with National Library Board

What does it take to counter the multitude of challenges in this digital age – from information overload to online safety? Nadia Ramli shares with us on the National Library Board Singapore (NLB)’s month-long programme to nurture Informed Citizenry, in conjunction with the UNESCO Global Media & Information Week 2022 in October, and its Libraries

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Reflections from the 2021 LAS-PPM Conference (PM Session)

The afternoon session of the 2021 LAS-PPM Conference consisted of six presentations by librarians from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The topics ranged from rebuilding library to digitalisation of learning. The session closed with a Q&A segment facilitated by PPM President Dr Rashidah Binti Bolhassan. The respective abstracts accompanying the presentation can be found on the

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