Organization: National Library Board, Singapore
Alicia was a journalist with The Straits Times for over three years before she was hired in 2005 as a reference librarian to develop and promote the National Library Singapore’s art & design collections. From 2012-2016, she led teams to develop funding proposals, create new web services for digitized collections, and promote all things Singapore through our published heritage. Some of her notable work included strategic planning for a joint libraries and archives masterplan (2014-2015) and acquiring the private John Bastin collection (2014-2015).
At the Ministry of Communications and Information (2016-2017), she led a team working closely with senior management to drive the strategic planning and performance management cycle of the ministry. When she returned to the National Library Board, Alicia double-hatted as a region head of 7 public libraries as well as overseeing operational policy & procedure improvements for the Singapore public library system; its community engagement efforts (book donations and setting up reading corners for the less mobile); and marketing communications. She continued the latter portfolio in 2019-2020 before being appointed the programme director of the National Reading Movement from January-August 2021. She took on the role of Director of the National Library Singapore in September 2021.