Schedule handed out at ULC Membership Meeting at ALA Midwinter in San Antonio, TX.
- 8:15am – Meet in hotel lobby
- 8:30am - Bus Tour departs from hotel
- 9:15am-11:00am - Tour of Woodlands Regional Library
- Briefing on Public Library Services in Singapore. Discussion and Q&A.
- 11:30-Noon - Visit to a Community Children's Library
- Noon-2:00pm – Lunch on your own
- 2:00pm-3:00pm - Visit to Sengkang Community Library
- 3:45pm – 4:30pm - Visit to library@orchard
- Dinner on your own
- 9:00am – Meet in hotel lobby
- 9:15am – Bus departs hotel
- 10:00am-11:30am - Tour of Library Supply Center
- 12:15pm-2:00pm - Buffet Lunch and Briefing by NLB officials at the National Library - Hosted by the Singapore National Library Board
- 2:00pm-4:00pm – Tour of the National Library
- 4:00pm-6:00pm – Information Exchange Session at the National Library
- Trends & Innovations in Library Buildings
- Singapore Perspective by Sandamurthi Rethinam, Senior Project Manager, Properties & Facilities Management
- U.S. Perspective by Fontayne Holmes, Director, Los Angeles Public Library
4:00pm-6:00pm – Continued - Information Exchange Session at the National Library
- Trends & Innovations in Library Technology
Singapore Perspective by Lau Kai Cheong, Director, InfoComm
U.S. Perspective by Diane Mayo, Vice President, Information Partners Inc.
Ask the Directors
- Panel of Visiting ULC Directors and Managers from NLB – Moderated by June Garcia, Managing Partner, Dubberly Garcia Associates, Inc.
6:00 pm - Dinner on your own
- 8:30am – Meet in hotel lobby
- 8:40am – Cabs to Media Development Authority
- MICA Building on Clarke Quay, 140 Hill Street, Excel Room, 4th Floor Hosted by Dr. Christopher Chia, Director, MDA
- Please bring photo ID
- 9:00am - Tour of Media Development Authority and discussion with staff
- Noon - Farewell luncheon at Coriander Leaf
- 3A Merchant Court, Clarke Quay
- Travel to Hong Kong
- 7:30pm - Welcome Dinner in Hong Kong Hosted by SirsiDynix
- Yee Tung Heen, Excelsior Hotel, 281 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay
- 9:30am - Convene at Hong Kong Central Library, 66 Causeway Road, Causeway Bay
- Tour of the Hong Kong Central Library
- 12:30pm – Luncheon, Regal Palace Restaurant, Hosted by the Committee on Libraries, Professor John LEONG, JP, Chairman
- 3rd Floor, Regal Palace Hotel, 88 Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay
- 2:00pm-4:30pm – Bus tour to libraries in the New Territories
- 4:30 pm - Dinner on your own
- Participants will have opportunity to take self-guided tours of Hong Kong libraries and/or spend the day as they wish.
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