Dear Members, A Very Happy New Year to all. I am happy to announce that two full time library professional staff have joined the Silas Secretariat to serve you better. Mr Henry Lam, who many of you may have known for supporting you on technical issues over the years in his other capacity is our new SILAS Secretariat Manager. Ms Kim Wong has joined us as our full time librarian for cataloguing and authority control. I’ll let Henry and Kim introduce themselves. Beh Chew Leng Director, Silas Secretariat   ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Henry Hi I joined SILAS Secretariat on 7th Jan 2008. I graduated with a Master of Science (Information Studies) from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. I have 20 years of experience working at the University of Hong Kong Libraries. In 1997, I joined a local book vendor as a Cataloguing and Collection Service Librarian, providing shelf ready services to libraries in Singapore. This vendor was the first Commercial member of SILAS. Since year 2000, I was the Senior Application & Database Specialist in the VistaHelp team offering technical support for the bibliographic services and ITS to SILAS and its members. I am honored to have this opportunity to serve the library community in Singapore under the SILAS Secretariat. I will make sure that the services provided by the SILAS are delivered in the most efficient and effective way. I look forward for your support to serve you better. From Kim Hi I’m Kim Wong. I joined SILAS Secretariat on 2nd January 2008. I graduated from Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia from the faculty of Applied Science, Library & Information Studies with Honors. I learnt the process skills of recording information in various formats. I started work as a Reference & Automation Librarian in SAFTI Military Institution Library for 3 years. Subsequently I was given the opportunity to learn and specialize in cataloguing. For the next five years I worked as a cataloguer at Library Supply Center, National Library Board Singapore. I was responsible for cataloguing materials for the external clients which included the Republic Polytechnic Library, the Singapore Management University Library and the SAFTI Military Library. My work scope include original, clone and copy cataloging using Library of Congress Classification Scheme. I also contributed to name authority works. My role in the team is to support you in authority control services, training and membership communication activities. Looking forward to work with you. Henry and Kim in the office home | sitemap | contact us | SILASweb © Copyright 2000 SILAS.