Singapore Libraries Bulletin | Library Associations Singapore

21 Jun 2012

LFT2012 and a new SIG

Hi all, LFT 2012 – “Librarians For Tomorrow 2012 – Librarians make sense” is scheduled for 25 Sep 2012. The call for papers/presentation has just been sent out. Please support this event as this would be a great opportunity for you to catch up with your peers and share the things you have done as […]

15 Jun 2012

Fill Our Shelves, Suggest A Book

The Public Libraries Singapore (PLS) of the National Library Board is trying out its hand at crowdsourcing. It is asking its users to recommend book titles and putting these crowd recommended titles to vote by its crowd as well. Prizes are being offered for the Top 3 recommendations as well as most popular title within […]

13 Jun 2012

Professional Talk – Mr. Richard Ovenden, Bodleian Libraries

NLB organized a talk by Mr. Richard Ovenden, the Deputy Librarian of the Bodleian Libraries from the University of Oxford on the 13th June 2012 in the Possibility Room at the National Library Building. This talk was open for LAS members to attend. Mr. Ovenden gave a talk titled ‘The future of the past: How […]

06 Jun 2012

WSQ/LAS Level 2 training for Support Collection Maintenance Works

LAS is pleased to organize the another run of the WSQ/LAS Level 2 training for Support Collection Maintenance Works on 2 – 3 July 2012. This 2 day course will be held at Agatha Room, Level 3, Toa Payoh Public Library (map). REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. Register at: https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA12053010430217 This is one of the 5 competency based programmes at entry level […]

01 Jun 2012

June 2012 Update

Hi all, Yes, June we have hit mid-way of the year – so what’s coming up? If we were to look at things from an astronomic scale – the Venus Transit, that’s what. On June 6 – for Singaporeans, we will get the rare opportunity (Venus transits occur in pairs of 8 years every century […]

25 May 2012

Citation, Journal Impact Factor and H-Index as Indicators of Research Performance

This workshop is intended for librarians, information managers, researchers and anyone interested in understanding “Citation and its derivatives” which have been used as quality indicators in scholarly activities across various fields of knowledge.