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ACTIVITIES OF THE YEAR7 Mar 2008NLB Academy extended the invitation to LAS members to attend the a sharingsession by Ms Leneve Jamieson, Manager, Access and Information Division, StateLibrary of Victoria on the State Library of Victoria.20 Mar 2008NLB Academy extended the invitation to LAS members to attend a sharing sessionby Ms Wang Yang & Ms Li Wenjie, National Library of China on “The Tradition andInnovation of the National Library of China”.29 Mar 2008The LAS Annual General Meeting was held at Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore,attended by 98 LAS members.5 May 2008NLB Academy extended the invitation to LAS members to attend the GuestSpeaker Series, by Mdm Nguyen Thi Bac, Director of the General Sciences Libraryof Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Project Director, Regional Library Development on“Vietnamese Public Libraries: Expanding the Services for the Visually Impaired”.6 May 2008NLB Academy extended the invitation to LAS members to attend the GuestSpeaker Series, by Mrs. Sara Joergensen, Head of Development and IT, HerningPublic Libraries, Denmark on “Public Library Innovation Specialists fromDenmark”, covering topic on the Library System in Denmark: Structure and CurrentDevelopment - what we do and how we do it and topic on Local Citizens’ Service.8 - 9 May 2008The LAS Conference 2008 was held at Singapore Polytechnic. The theme wasInnovate to Serve. There was a good attendance of about 225 participants. Elevenposter sessions were presented by librarians from various libraries.9 May 2008LAS and NLB co-organized the Istana Reception that was held on 9 May 2008. Itwas an exclusive event for Librarians and Information Professionals, hosted byPresident of Singapore, R S Nathan. A total of 212 participants attended this event.The LAS Professional Service Award was given out at the Reception. The awardwinners were Ms Lau Siew Kheng, Ms Manijeh Namazie and Mr R Ramachandran.© Mar 2009. Library Association of Singapore Annual Report 2008 13