Editorial | Library Associations Singapore

02 Feb 2013

February 2013 Update

Hi all, I hope the first month of the new year finds you well and you probably have started some new initiatives or are planning for some since budget planning should be turning up soon for some of you. Just a quick catch up – ISEAS library had appointed Mr. Pitt Kuan Wah to be […]

02 Jan 2013

January 2013 Update

A very happy new year to one and all! 2013 promises to be a fruitful and busy year for all of us at LAS – so be sure to stay tune and participate in the up-coming activities. This is of course the year we bring IFLA WLIC to Singapore – that will be coming up […]

03 Dec 2012

December 2012 Update

Hi all, the end of the year beckons and a lot of folks would be busy with Christmas and end of year celebrations – so a happy festive season to all and of course for those of us who qualify – looking forward to your year-end bonuses! This is also the traditional time to look […]

01 Nov 2012

November 2012 Update

Hi all, It’s NBA season and yeah, for those of you who do celebrate it a happy belated Halloween! So what’s up this november? Well today, our Special Libraries Section (SLS) is having its annual networking event at the NLB Pod this evening at around 6pm. I have been told that gatecrashers are welcomed – […]

15 Oct 2012

Updates in October

Hi all, LAS awards 2012 The call for application for the LAS 2012 awards is open. For forms and details please go to http://www.las.org.sg/wp/awards/application-for-las-awards/ NLB-SLV MOU NLB and the State Library of Victoria (SLV) re-affirmed their working relationship on 10 October 2012 in a simple ceremony held at the Multi-purpose Room of Central Public Library […]

03 Oct 2012

October 2012 Update

October is the month of PSLE (Primary School Leaving Examinations) with our primary 6 pupils taking the exams whilst some concerned parents are debating the issues over stress of the PSLE in the forums and our newspapers. More importantly, there is the Library 2.012 Worldwide Virtual Conference (3 to 5 October) – yes it starts […]

03 Sep 2012

September 2012 Update

Hi all, it’s the month of September and for LAS, the most important event would be our Librarians For Tomorrow conference (LFT2012) that will be happening on 25 September 2012. If you haven’t registered yourself, please hurry and get yourself into the program! Our guest of honour would be Senior Minister of State for Education […]

22 Aug 2012

Call for Contribution of Content for WLIC2013 publication project

Hi all, With the successful completion of the WLIC 2012 event in Helsinki this year, a new WLIC2013 is being put into action – this time round it will be in Singapore! To celebrate this occassion, LAS is planning a publication that feature our Libraries and Librarians in Singapore. This is a golden opportunity for […]

01 Aug 2012

August 2012 Update

Happy Nurses Day to all our Singapore nurses! Wait, some of you will say isn’t Nurses Day supposed to be on May 12 (birthday of Florence Nightingale)? Yes, that’s the international Nurses Day, for Singapore we have set it for August 1 due to our own bit of history – we can trace the origins of nurses in Singapore all […]

01 Jun 2012

June 2012 Update

Hi all, Yes, June we have hit mid-way of the year – so what’s coming up? If we were to look at things from an astronomic scale – the Venus Transit, that’s what. On June 6 – for Singaporeans, we will get the rare opportunity (Venus transits occur in pairs of 8 years every century […]

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