Activities

Competencies for Information Professionals

Janice Lachange, CEO of Special Libraries Association from the United States, gave a talk on what were the key competencies of an information professional needed to have in the 21st century. The talk held on 20 April 2009 at the Li Ka Shing Library, was well attended and jointly hosted by the Special Libraries Section […]

LAS AGM 2009

It was election time again for the Library Association of Singapore. The annual general meeting (AGM) was held at Rendezvous Hotel on 21 March morning. The new LAS Council comprises: President – Puspa Yeow Vice-President – Gene Tan Hwee Yong Hon Secretary – Wong Choy Ming Asst Hon Secretary (Chair, Membership) – Soh Lin Li Hon Treasurer […]

LAS@NTU Career Fair (4-5 Feb 2009)

The Special Libraries Section, LAS, NLB and CommonTown have Launched the Law Librarians Community

Launched on Thursday, 11 December 2008 at the Singapore Management University, 28 eager law librarians and supporters congregated to get the first glimpse of the Law Librarian Community developed by the Special Libraries Section, Library Association of Singapore; the National Library Board; and CommonTown.

A Profession to be Proud of

Like the books under their care, where covers do little to reflect the wonderful worlds of words spun between them, many a librarian would tell you that the joy in his or her job is not plainly visible to others. As promoters of knowledge, purveyors of imagination and preservers of the ever-enduring art of literature, […]

NTU Entrepreneur Seminar with panelists from LAS

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 […]

Challenges and opportunities in Australian university libraries

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 […]

AGM

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 […]

Speakers for 10th ILDS Conference

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 […]

Professional Development Scheme for Librarians

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! […]