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contribute their publicity brochures, and a schedule was drawn up for LASmembers to man the booth and promote the profession to undergraduate.Brochures on library vacancies in the various libraries were compiled for thetwo-day fair.7. LAS Sponsorship to attend CONSAL Conference. Council announcedtwo individual receipents for the LAS Sponsorship to attend the CONSALConference in Hanoi. They are Ms Debby Wegener from TemasekPolytechnic Library and Ms Winnifred Wong from National University ofSingapore Central Library who will receive full sponsorships to attend theCongress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL) XIV Conference to beheld in Hanoi, Vietnam from 21-24 April 2009 .8. LAS Mentoring Scheme. Council supported the proposal to try out a LASMentoring Scheme to facilitate the sharing and exchange of knowledge andexperience amongst LAS members. Council felt that this scheme would beuseful to members, and sought feedback from members if there is anyinterest to participate in the Scheme as a Mentor or Mentee if the MentoringScheme is set up. Council proposed to do this as a 6-month trial. Elevenmembers responded with interest to participate in this scheme.9. Law Librarians Community. NLB approached LAS to co-develop aknowledge management platform for an online library community. Councilproposed that LAS Special Libraries Section co-develop the project with theNLB. LAS Special Libraries Section and NLB launched the Law LibrariansCommunity on 11 Dec 2008.© Mar 2009. Library Association of Singapore Annual Report 2008 21