Coverage/summaries of LAS events or news. Events include workshops, social programmes, sharing sessions and training sessions.
Andrew Wells, University Librarian of the University of New South Wales gave a talk on Australian university libraries: challenges and opportunities on 9 April 2007 at the UNSW Asia Library on Kay Siang Road. The talk was an event jointly organised by LAS and UNSW Asia Library. Professor Greg Whittred, UNSW Asia President, welcomed all 63 […]
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The NTU Entrepreneur Seminar 07 was held on 3 March 2007 at the Traders Hotel. NTU Division of Information Studies hosted the Seminar and the LAS Special Libraries Section was invited to coordinate some participation from LAS for the discussion and sharing session on entrepreneurship opportunities in the information and knowledge sector. The afternoon Seminar
NTU Entrepreneur Seminar with panelists from LAS Read More »
The members of LAS gathered at Grand Plaza Park Hotel on 17 March 2007 for our Annual General Meeting. We enjoyed a sumptuous lunch. Swets Information Services gave a presentation on their new product, SwetsWise Subscriptions. The AGM started off with Sylvia Yap, outgoing President, addressing the meeting. She highlighted the main achievements of the
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
Speakers for 10th ILDS Conference Read More »
Mr Choy Fatt Cheong chaired a forum on Professional Development for Librarians in Singapore on 13 December 2006 at NUS Central Library. He spoke as the Chairperson of the National Committee of Library and Knowledge Professionals in Singapore. The presentation he made is available at http://www.las.org.sg/pds-presentation.pdf. There was a lively discussion after his presentation. More details coming!
Professional Development Scheme for Librarians Read More »
