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12 Aug 2011

“Please call me Miss Beh”

Susan: “Hello, Yolanda?” Yolanda: “Do I know you?” Susan: “No, I’m calling for the first time.” Yolanda: “Please call me Miss Beh then.” This was my first encounter with Miss Yolanda Beh. She respected every single person she dealt with and demanded the same in return. She was prim and proper professionally, but a very […]

12 Aug 2011

Should Auld Acquaintance …

When I learnt of the passing away of Yolanda Celine Beh from her obituary which appeared in The Sunday Times on 19 December 2010, I felt a deep shock. The sudden news had been made more poignant as I had met Yolanda earlier in last year at a weekend afternoon concert at The Esplanade. On […]

15 Apr 2011

OPAC Observations

If I were to ask you what you do for fun while you are at work, I am sure you wouldn’t tell me that you analyse your library’s OPAC transaction logs. Especially not those transaction logs where you peruse all those patron searches that don’t actually find anything! Well, I have been doing exactly that, […]

08 Mar 2011

Open Access and Open Data

A report on the Open Access Open Data Expert conference, including some library visits on 13 to 16 Dec 2010, held in Germany and Sweden. Open Access While the Open Access movement in academia can be traced back to the 1960s, it has gained new relevance today with the spread of web-based technologies. The Open […]

31 Jan 2011

SLS Passion Award goes to Debby

One of the main purposes of Special Libraries Section (SLS) event on 11 November 2010 was to present the LAS Special Librarian Passion Award, generously sponsored by LexisNexis. This award recognizes an individual or group each year for outstanding contributions to the LAS Special Libraries Section or its interest groups. To qualify for the award, […]

22 Dec 2009

10 Things to do at a Library that Don’t Involve Renting Books

I recently received an email from someone in the US who is a staff writer from OnlineDegree.net. She had written a blog article on libraries. I thought it would be nice to share with all especially with the school holidays and long weekends when visiting the local public library could be one of your agenda […]

25 Nov 2009

Sylvia Yap gets LAS Professional Service Award 2009

The LAS Professional Service Award was presented to Ms Sylvia Yap on 16 October 2009. Here is her thank you speech: “Professor Tommy Koh, our Patron, Mrs Yeap, Ms Puspa Yeow, LAS President, Ms Ngian Lek Choh, Immediate Past President, fellow LAS members, colleagues, and friends. Good morning and good evening. Thank you for giving […]

28 Jul 2009

CONSAL XIV Hanoi Reflections Part II: The Social Life of Documents

The 14th CONSAL conference in Hanoi was a large gathering of librarians from Southeast Asia, trainers, educators and other information professionals who are involved in the ongoing library science education. It is a tremendous achievement on the part of the organisers and our host, the National Library of Vietnam, to have made this conference so […]

07 Jun 2009

Impressions of Southeast Asian Libraries from papers presented at CONSAL XIV, April 20-23, 2009.

1. Vietnam – the Host Country The Vietnamese Library Association (VLA) is very young, having only been established in 2006. Interesting to note is that association was founded at a conference that was also held in Hanoi (Pham, 2007). The VLA members are working hard but finding that one of the problems they face is […]

23 Mar 2009

PIONEER BATCH OF PRACTISING PROFESSIONALS

45 members have been granted the award of Practising Professional (PP) by LAS. The PP award certifies that the member has completed a minimum number of acceptable continuous professional development activities that indicate that he/she has attempted to keep up-to-date in professional practice.

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