Singapore Libraries Bulletin | Library Associations Singapore

05 Apr 2011

LAS Election Nominations and Notice of Annual General Meeting

LAS Election Nominations and Notice of Annual General Meeting Date & Time: 14 May, Saturday, 9:30am-2pm Venue: Furama City Centre Notice of Annual General Meeting 2011 Location Map LAS Council Election Nomination Form LAS Special Libraries Section Committee Nomination Form

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

Institutional Knowledge at SMU

The Li Ka Shing Library at the Singapore Management University launched its institutional repository, InK: Institutional Knowledge at SMU on a new platform on 18 January 2011. The platform, Digital Commons from Berkeley Electronic Press, is software-as-a-service (SAAS) and SMU is the first institution in Asia to use it. InK represents the research and scholarly […]

03 Mar 2011

LAS Awards and High Tea

Every professional association should find occasions on which to acknowledge the contributions made to the profession by outstanding practitioners and to encourage the development of talented young individuals who are the future leaders. On Saturday 22 January, LAS did just that in very pleasant surroundings at the Hotel Rendezvous. The LAS High Tea was opened by Guest […]

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 […]

31 Jan 2011

Obituary for Paul Tye

Paul Tye Sek Kuan, 55 passed away on 19 August 2010 after a long battle with cancer. Paul began his library career as a trainee librarian at National University of Singapore Libraries in 1981. He was attached to Cataloguing Department and subsequently Medical Library before he left to pursue his diploma course in Library Studies […]