Professional Development | Library Associations Singapore

09 Feb 2016

IGI Global Library Technology Innovation Survey Results

IGI Global conducted a survey with 200 librarians over 19 different countries seeking to understand the current and the future role of academic libraries in supporting technological innovation. The findings reveal that supporting technology-related projects is a very high priority for librarians, however they find it difficult due to lack of staff and resources to […]

14 Jan 2015

The International Librarians Network: new round begins March 2015

Are you interested in building your professional network and learning about librarianship around the world? Do you love the idea of professional travel but just don’t have the budget? The International Librarians Network (ILN) may be for you. The ILN peer mentoring program is a facilitated program aimed at helping librarians develop international networks. Having […]

07 Nov 2012

Finding out what you want and what makes a librarian

This is a report from the LAS Membership committee on a survey held in Feb 2012 and the summation of points rasied during the discussion held in Apr 2012 (When Librarians Meet on Friday the 13th). Survey of SLS participants During Feb 2012 this year, a survey was sent out to active participants of the Special […]

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 […]

03 Mar 2011

Living in the new normal for information professionals

Ann Caputo, Director of Learning & Infopro Programs, Dow Jones and SLA President 2010, gave a talk about “Living in the new normal” where she addressed global trends that knowledge professionals should understand. The talk was held at Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University on 17 February 2011. Ann told the story of how […]

15 Dec 2010

Nationally Recognised Training for Library Support Staff

Since the closure of paraprofessional courses at Temasek Polytechnic some years ago there has been no formal avenue for skills development and recognition for support staff in Singapore libraries. More and more support staff undertake responsibilities which are crucial to library operations and yet have few opportunities in relation to external training. LAS has, over […]

18 Sep 2006

Learning from CONSAL at the Crossroads

We attended the 13th Congress of Southeast Asian Libraries (CONSAL) held in Manila, March 25-30, 2006. The theme of the conference was CONSAL at the Crossroads: Challenges for Greater Regional Cooperation. This common platform brought together librarians from around the region to exchange ideas, to share experiences, to enhance existing inter-library cooperation and to formulate […]