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20 Nov 2017

A Talk on “Latest Trends in Preservation and Conservation”

Every librarian knows how precious books are, so to see them deteriorate in front of our eyes can be very painful. To that end, on Friday, 26th May 2017, the Goethe-Institute Singapore and the NUS Libraries, in collaboration with the Library Association of Singapore, organised a talk by Mr Reinhard Feldmann on the latest trends […]

18 Oct 2017

A Quintessentially British Afternoon at Taylor and Francis

There is little wonder why novices do not see the importance of libraries, when search engines provide a deluge of information. This begs the question: What value can libraries provide to stakeholders? What will entice library patrons, especially the millennials and centennials, to libraries, and what would enhance their experience? In 2016, Taylor & Francis conducted research on how […]

09 Jan 2017

LAS Newcomer Event 2016

The LAS Membership Committee organized a small networking session for new members who joined LAS in 2016. The event took place on 15 December 2016 at the Esplanade Library. The evening started off with a tour of the Esplanade Library led by Ms Kong Leng Foong, the manager of the library. It is a niche […]

09 Nov 2016

Visit to Pasir Ris Public Library

On the afternoon of 28 July 2016, Pasir Ris Public Library hosted 25 of our LAS members from various institutions to a tour of its new revamped library, the first mall library in Singapore to have a space managed by teens for teens. The library is centrally located at the 4th level of White Sands […]

04 Sep 2016

LAS Visit to Raffles Institution’s Raffles Archives & Museum, Hullett Memorial Library and Shaw Foundation Library

The old and the new – this was the theme of our visit on 22 June 2016 to Raffles Archives & Museum (RAM), Hullett Memorial Library (HML) and Shaw Foundation Library (SFL) at Raffles Institution (RI). It was a rainy afternoon – but it certainly did not dampen the spirits of the 30 participants and […]

08 Aug 2016

LAS Visit to Temasek Polytechnic Library

LAS Visit to Temasek Polytechnic Library Date of visit: 19th May 2016 (Thursday) There were 36 of us on that sweltering mid-afternoon who made our way to the Temasek Polytechnic (TP) Library located at the centre of the campus. We assembled at the Library’s level two main entrance at 2.45pm. The recently renovated library was […]

29 May 2016

LAS Visit to Singapore University of Technology and Design Library

32 participants visited Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Library on Friday, 8 April 2016. The visit started off at the “Living Room”, with a screening of a video clip of SUTD Library at the school’s former Dover Campus. Participants were then divided into 2 groups and taken on a tour of the 3-storey […]

24 Apr 2016

LAS Community Service at Cerebral Palsy Centre

On the 25 Feb 16, about 10 LAS members made our way to the eastern part of Singapore to visit the Singapore Celebral Palsy Alliance Singapore (CPAS). This organisation was established in 1957 to provide persons with cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities with early intervention, special education, rehabilitation services, day activity centre programmes, vocational training […]

17 Apr 2016

American Library Association Annual Conference 2015: Reflections

This reflective piece is written by Feng Yikang from NUS Libraries about his trip to the ALA Annual Conference 2015 in San Francisco. I was fortunate to receive support from LAS and NUS Libraries to travel to San Francisco for the American Library Association Annual Conference 2015 (ALAAC 2015) from 26 June to 30 June 2015. In […]

10 Apr 2016

LAS Visit to Information Resource Centre, Singapore Press Holdings

Date of visit: 2 March 2016 20 participants visited Singapore Press Holdings’ (SPH) Information Resource Centre (IRC) on Wednesday, 2 Mar 2016. After a warm introduction by Head Librarian and Vice President of the IRC, participants were brought to a tour to several offices or studios within the SPH’s media business, including AsiaOne, STOMP, Razor, […]

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