Library Associations Singapore
14 Dec 2010
Discovering Malaysian Libraries

Our neighbouring country, Malaysia extended her arms to invite us to the Third International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society 2010 in Kuala Lumpur. To maximise our learning experience, LAS also planned three library visits for the thirteen of us. The Malaysian librarians greeted us with big warm smiles which made us feel just at […]

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Library Associations Singapore
04 Nov 2010
Preserve Memories and Collect Stories

The keynote speaker for When Nations Remember was John van Oudenaren, Director, World Digital Library. He talked about two projects of the Library of Congress which are American Memory and World Digital Library. The Library of Congress had gotten the mandate from their Librarian, James Billington, to “get the champagne out of the bottle” by […]

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Library Associations Singapore
04 Nov 2010
Fort Canning

I went for a heritage walk at Fort Canning Park on 17 Sep 2010, Friday (3 pm – 5.30 pm). The event was organized by the LAS Social Committee and our guide was Ms Lee Wei Ling from National Parks Singapore. I enjoyed hearing many good tips on plants, some legends and interesting stories about Fort Canning.  Ms Lee […]

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Library Associations Singapore
04 Nov 2010
Singapore Memories

As part of the conference on When Nations Remember, the work that was being done in Singapore was highlighted. Gene Tan, National Library Board, talked about the Singapore Memory Project. Apart from the larger contributors to the SMP, NLB would like to create a “long tail” of small contributors. They are exploring different avenues to […]

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Library Associations Singapore
29 Sep 2010
Remembering Our Singapore Story

Clarissa Oon wrote an article In Search of the Other S’pore Story dated 14 August in The Straits Times. The piece highlighted the growing number of scholarly works and memoirs published on the leftist movement in Singapore during the 1950s-60s, and the increased interest in alternative history. She thought that the introduction of National Education […]

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Library Associations Singapore
29 Sep 2010
Evaluating Customer Satisfaction with Public Libraries

Dr Oh Dong Geun, Keimyung University, was passing through Singapore and gave a talk about his research on customer satisfaction with public libraries in South Korea on 16 June 2010. The talk was part of the NLB Professional Talk series which was open to LAS members. After studying the various tools used to measure customer […]

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Library Associations Singapore
28 Aug 2010
Discover the memory initiatives from around the world

When Nations Remember will be held on 11 & 12 October 2010 in Singapore. Take part in the conference if you would like to gain new insights into the creation and preservation of memories for the future. The two-day conference is organised by the National Library Singapore, supported by the International Federation of Library Associations […]

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Library Associations Singapore
20 Jul 2010
Myths, Stories and Possibilities

Prof Paul Gandel gave a talk on 9 July 2010 entitled “Myths, Stories and Possibilities: Blind Faith in a Cloudy Future”. The talk was organized by the LAS Social Committee and held at Level 5 in the National Library. Paul had been a film maker, librarian, chief information officer and faculty member. He also studied a […]

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Library Associations Singapore
23 Jun 2010
First AGM held in May

On 15 May 2010, 140 LAS members gathered for our Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Concorde Hotel on Orchard Road. This was the first time LAS AGM was held in May. In the past AGMs were held in March. The constitution was changed at the 2009 AGM that the AGM be held not later than the […]

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Library Associations Singapore
02 May 2010
Data Services & Emotional Toxity in Libraries

Terrence Bennett was visiting the Li Ka Shing Library at Singapore Management University for 2 months to study the need for data services at SMU. He gave a talk about data services to SMU library staff and LAS members on 25 March 2010. About 52 people attended the session held at the Reading Room in the […]

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