14 Apr 2007
Investment Resource and Information Service @ National Library

Retail investors, researchers and library users will now find it much easier to research information on listed companies in Singapore, as well as gain access to financial information on Singapore stocks and derivatives. With the launch of the new Investment Resource and Information Service (IRIS)@National Library, 6 new computer terminals at the Business Collection, Level […]

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14 Apr 2007
Workshops for Students in the Singapore Polytechnic Library

A series of ‘How-To-Workshop’ kicked off in the library with the first session held on 1 November 2006. Subsequent sessions were held on 6, 8 and 13 December. For the first time, these workshops, which traditionally were held in the School classrooms, were now played out in the library. The library sees this as a […]

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14 Apr 2007
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 […]

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30 Mar 2007
Tea Party for Art Librarians

Most people usually spend Mondays slowly winding up for work after a weekend. However, at the National Library building, some librarians found themselves winding down early with a cup of tea on 22 January. On that windy Monday afternoon, 17 librarians, curators and professors, from art and design schools and museums, gathered informally for a […]

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Library Associations Singapore
30 Mar 2007
Web Archive Singapore

“There is nothing that solidifies and strengthens a nation like reading the nation’s history, whether that history is recorded in books or embodied in customs, institutions and monuments.” Joseph Anderson (1836-1916) American Congregational clergyman and author The National Library Board (NLB), Singapore officially launched Phase 1 of its Web Archive Singapore on October 18, 2006. […]

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30 Mar 2007
A First on Film Heritage Collaboration

A commonality of interest to promote, preserve and make accessible Singapore’s film heritage was the catalyst behind the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the National Library Board (NLB) and the Asian Film Archive (AFA) on 16 Jan 2007. A tripartite agreement between the NLB, AFA and the Singapore Film Commission (SFC) was also established to […]

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29 Mar 2007
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 […]

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27 Dec 2006
Launch of Celebrating Libraries Book

Knowledge, Imagination, Possibility Celebrating the theme of “Bringing Knowledge Alive, Sparking Imagination, and Creating Possibility”, the National Library Board (NLB) launched a commemorative book, Celebrating Libraries, on 25 October. The book is sold at The Library Shop, National Library Building, from 1 November, at $35. The book is the result of a four-month long campaign […]

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15 Dec 2006
The September Project at the Public Libraries

The public libraries in Singapore have collaborated annually in ‘The September Project’ (TSP) – www.theseptemberproject.org – in one way or other since 2004. TSP events have libraries as the focal point for dialogue and discussion. It is a project initiated by two academics from the University of Washington (USA) where “on or around September 11, […]

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13 Dec 2006
Newspaper Reading Corners at Polytechnic libraries

Getting your daily dose of news is even easier than before with the commencement of the Newspaper Reading Corners on 1 November! The Newspaper Reading Corner is an initiative by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Foundation to encourage Singapore youths to keep abreast of current and social affairs, heighten their awareness of local & world affairs, and […]

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