ACRC Fellowship @NTU: Promoting scholarly communication in Asia

A paper by Ms Maitrayee Ghosh, Assistant Librarian of P.K. Kelkar Library, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

Remembering Ajita: Some Words From Patricia Lim

Ajita Thuraisingham was Assistant Librarian at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies while I was Librarian. One of her tasks was the compilation of the second volume of the ASEAN Bibliography for1981-85 which was published in 1988. This volume was a regional effort in that it included contributions from cooperating regional librarians and included the holdings of libraries in Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Japan. When the bibliography was completed, it contained 6,400 entries and was acknowledged as a major contribution to the efforts of scholars and governments working towards building the idea of region. Ajita brought to library work a high level of intellectual input and this was to bring quality into the editing process.Ajita left Singapore shortly after that and I lost touch with her but I still remember the good times and the good professional discussions we had together.

Patricia Lim

AJITA THURAISINGHAM LEWIS, 1946-2007

A tribute by Miss Ch’ng Kim See, Head of ISEAS Library.

In Memoriam: Ajita Thuraisingham Lewis, 1946-2007

Mrs Ajita Lewis nee Thuraisingham, passed away peacefully on 25 May, 2007.

Those of you who knew her will remember her as an active member of LAS.

The next few articles are contributions from fellow librarians who remember her fondly.