Coverage/summaries of LAS events or news. Events include workshops, social programmes, sharing sessions and training sessions.
Ms Leslie Burger is the current ALA President and she spoke to a group of librarians on how she transformed her library, the Princeton Public Library. The talk was held at the National Library in September 2006. Tips on Transforming Libraries Be passionate as it will drive you to talk about how wonderful libraries are and […]
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Meet the “Who’s Who” in the arena of Interlending and Document Supply services provided by the libraries around the world at IFLA’s 10th Interlending and Document Supply Conference to be held in National Library building from 29 to 31 October 2007. To open the conference, delegates will get to hear from Mike McGrath, who will
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A talk on how to manage our personal finances was held at NLB on 26 October, 7:30pm. During the 2-hour talk, the audience was treated to a very animated but down-to-earth presentation by Mr Dennis Ng who is a certified financial planner. Putting aside all jargon, Dennis talked about matters close to our hearts; namely, our
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Ms Catherine Quinlan, University Librarian of The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at University of British Columbia (UBC) gave a talk on 24 May 2006. The talk was held at NUS Central Library and well attended by over 40 people. She suggested that we re-think how library space is used and not just as a
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Dr Olof Sundin, Associate Professor with the Swedish School of Library and Information Science presented his research on information literacy at the Toa Payoh Community Library on 26 July 2006. The talk was organized by the National Library Board and open to LAS members. The stage was set by his introduction where he stated that
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