13 Dec 2006
SLS Event: Financial Talk for Librarians

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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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. […]

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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 […]

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Library Associations Singapore
13 Dec 2006
Will Special Librarians Owe our Long-term Career to Academic Librarians?

Many special librarians and information professionals will agree that technology has always posed a great challenge to our functional role and responsibilities in the corporate environment. In fact, some companies have disbanded their special libraries and information centres and replaced them with mere technological tools to help satisfy their information needs. To some extent, it […]

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13 Dec 2006
Remembering Lim Kek Hwa: Mentor and Friend

“I remember Kek Hwa as a very caring and helpful mentor at the National Library’s then Reference Services Division. As Head of the Division, her desk used to face the entrance to the Division. She always had 5 to 8 reference titles sitting on her desk as she used them to help staff with the […]

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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. […]

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