1.Resource Description and Access (RDA), which will be released in 2009, will change the face of catalogues and cataloguing. It signals the start of a new era in metadata creation and use, and has the potential to place library resources at the centre of the semantic web.
资源描述与检索（RDA）将于2009年发布，将改变目录和编目的面貌。在元数据创作和使用上，RDA标志着一个新时代的开始，具备替代位于语义网中心的图书馆资源的潜力

2.A one-day symposium, 'Seeking an Audience: Singapore Literature in English', was co-convened by CLASS and the National Library and was held at the National Library Building. It was the first time that CLASS and the National Library have co-organised such a symposium, signaling their joint commitment to the promotion of teaching and research in the subject as part of their interest in Southeast Asian and Asian literature.
在当天召开的研讨会主题为“寻找一个观众：新加坡英语文学”，由CLASS和新加坡国家图书馆共同主办，会议地点为国家图书馆大楼。这是CLASS和新加坡国家图书馆首次共同组织的此类研讨会，表现了他们对促进东南亚和亚洲文学中该领域的教育与研究所做出的共同努力。