Singapore Libraries Bulletin | Library Associations Singapore

26 May 2007

Lien Ying Chow Library at Ngee Ann Polytechnic

With effect from 31 Jan 2007, Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) Library has been renamed Lien Ying Chow Library. A Gallery was also set up in honour of Dr Lien Ying Chow, one of NP’s founding fathers. Dr Lien played a pivotal role in the establishment of Ngee Ann College, the predecessor of Ngee Ann Polytechnic, […]

21 Apr 2007

New council for LAS & more

The Library Association of Singapore held it Annual General Meeting on 17 March 2007. Check out the report on our AGM and the new council for 2007-2009. LAS announced its Overseas Library Conference Sponsorship for 2007. So if you are hankering for such an opportunity, do send in your applications soon as the deadline is 4 […]

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 […]

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 […]

14 Apr 2007

NTU Entrepreneur Seminar with panelists from LAS

The NTU Entrepreneur Seminar 07 was held on 3 March 2007 at the Traders Hotel. NTU Division of Information Studies hosted the Seminar and the LAS Special Libraries Section was invited to coordinate some participation from LAS for the discussion and sharing session on entrepreneurship opportunities in the information and knowledge sector. The afternoon Seminar […]

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 […]