Jan 2009

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Director's Column

19th-century Malay School Book Production in Singapore
Historical events suggest that Singapore emerged as a centre of Malay school book production in the 19th century. Lee Kong Chian Research Fellow Lim Peng Han traces the four phases of its development. (PDF)

新加坡华文现代主义文学运动研究
Using the literary supplements of Nanyang Siang Pau, namely Literary Page, Literary Miscellany, Café and Window, and the Malaysian literary magazine Chao Foon Monthly as case studies, this essay explores the Chinese modernist literary movement in Singapore. (PDF)

A Glimpse of His Past: Yeo Chan Boon (1881–1967)
Researcher Yeo Guan Nor tells the story of her late grandfather, Yeo Chan Boon, who came to Singapore when he was 18 and later became one of the founding members of the Singapore branch of Sun Yat-sen’s Revolutionary Alliance (Tongmenghui). (PDF)

A History More Refined: Malay Women's and Men's Magazines of the 1950s in Singapore and Malaya
This essay covers the historiography of Malay periodicals of the 1950s. Associate Librarian Kartini Saparudin elucidates the use of magazines as vital historical sources, and traces the history of magazines for women and men in Singapore. (PDF)

Behind Street Names: Prominent People of Early Singapore – Some Perspectives from the Koh Seow Chuan Collection
In colonial Singapore, streets were commonly named after prominent people, usually as a mark of appreciation for their contributions or services rendered to the community, society or state. The Koh Seow Chuan Collection is a valuable resource for historical and social research on Singapore. (PDF)

Lembaran Akhbar Silam: Jawi Peranakkan, 1876–1895
Senior Librarian Sudusia Rosdi highlights some of the earliest surviving issues of the first Malay newspaper, the Jawi Peranakkan, published between 1876 and 1895. (PDF)

Bridging Worlds 2008: Knowing, Learning, Sharing
The “Bridging Worlds: Knowing, Learning, Sharing” conference focused on the use of web 2.0 technologies in libraries and emerging library 2.0 technologies. (PDF)

苏州工业园区图书馆参观访问记
Since its inception in 1994, the Suzhou Industrial Park has evolved into the largest economic cooperation project between China and Singapore. Three librarians from the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library visited the Suzhou Dushu Lake Library in October 2008. (PDF)

Research Fellows 2008: Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship Series
The Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship welcomes two new research fellows on 11 November 2008: Tan Chee Lay and Desmond Wee, both from Singapore. (PDF)