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20 Mar 2008

Catherine Lim speaks on “That dreaded F-word in Singapore” at Li Ka Shing Library

The Li Ka Shing Library was privileged to have Catherine Lim launch the inaugural talk for FridayBuzz@theLibrary on 15 February 2008 from 1pm to 2:30pm. FridayBuzz@theLibrary is a series of talks jointly organized by the Li Ka Shing Library and the Office of Student Life with the support of individual faculty in the School […]

15 Feb 2008

Board Games Zone @ Lien Ying Chow Library, Ngee Ann Polytechnic

What’s this latest hot spot in the Library that seems to attract students like bees to honey? It’s the Board Games Zone in the Lien Ying Chow Lifestyle Library.

15 Feb 2008

Singapore Management University Selects Innovative for Complete Digital Library Solution

Millennium, Encore, and eProducts to Drive New Campus Initiative Singapore Management University (SMU) in the nation and city of Singapore has selected an entire suite of Millennium ILS and the Encore discovery services platform products from Innovative Interfaces to create an integrated Digital Library (DL) for the University’s Li Ka Shing Library.The DL will combine […]

10 Jan 2008

National Library Curates Exhibition on Nanyang Pioneer Artists

The art librarians of the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library put together an exhibition in November, called The Nanyang Pioneer Artists: Paintings and Heritage Materials in the National Library’s Collection. This was part of the National Library’s Literary Heritage Showcase. The goal was to encourage more people to come forth and donate their books and […]

09 Jan 2008

Singapore Library Week at NLB: Get Inspired And Achieve More!

‘Get inspired @ your library’ was revealed as the theme to this year’s inaugural Singapore Library Week (SLW) at the press conference on 24 October. Jointly organised by the National Library Board (NLB) and Library Association of Singapore (LAS), more than 40 academic, public and special libraries across the nation planned a series of activities […]

09 Jan 2008

A Visit to MINDS – A rewarding & enriching experience for Singapore Polytechnic Library staff

On 12 Sept 2007, 20 SP Library staff spent a meaningful afternoon at the MINDS Clementi Training & Development Centre (TDC). This community service visit was arranged as part of our annual staff welfare activities.

21 Sep 2007

ACRC Fellowship @NTU: Promoting scholarly communication in Asia

A paper by Ms Maitrayee Ghosh, Assistant Librarian of P.K. Kelkar Library, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

30 May 2007

UNSW Asia Library remains open until end of semester

As you will be aware, on 23 May 2007 the UNSW Vice Chancellor announced the closure of UNSW Asia after this semester. As students are still attending classes and will be sitting for examinations from mid-June until the end of the month, Library Services will continue as normal, including a period of late night study […]

26 May 2007

One-Stop Shopping Experience in NP Library

The Lien Ying Chow Library, Ngee Ann Polytechnic launched SuperSearch on 28 Apr 2006 to give its users a one-stop shopping experience for their information needs. Prior to the launch of SuperSearch, users looking for information could only search the Library’s subscribed electronic databases one at a time. At times, they may not be fully aware […]