(17 December 2014) The diversity of Chinese institutions and their growing contribution to global scientific developments and collaborations with other countries have been highlighted in the Nature Index China 2014, published as a supplement in Nature today. By 2013 weighted fractional count (WFC), China is currently the country with the second largest output in the…
(19 December 2014) Following the success of the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project at Yangon University and Mandalay University, Dagon University and Yadanabon University (two of the largest undergraduate universities in Myanmar) and the Yangon University of Economics have been welcomed to the project. The eLibrary Myanmar project was created to support educational change at an expanding range…
ISSN 1344-7238 Selections from NDL Collection Material recently designated as a national important cultural property: Kōan reisetsu Inside of the Nakamura-za Theater in Edo Exhibition “Autograph manuscripts and original artwork of well-known people” Events NDL Database Forum in the Tokyo Main Library and in the Kansai-kan Article Struggles of the National Diet Library in Collecting…
(10 December 2014) In June 2013, member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted the “Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled”. Because the treaty provides countries with important policy options, librarians need to be involved in the development of implementing national…
(18 December 2014) The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is inviting members to take part in two new webinar series in the New Year. A second series of ‘Technology Bytes’ webinars and a new series on ‘Digital Preservation in Action’ will offer a deep dive into some of the available tools, techniques and their practical application…
(18 December 2014) The National Diet Library has posted the December 2014 CDNLAO Newsletter on its website. Issue No.81 includes articles from China, Japan and Australia on the special topic: How to enhance acquisition activities in your library [Australia] Using ONIX data for MARC record creation at the National Library of Australia [China] Acquisition activities in the…
(19 December 2014) The 23rd meeting of the Conference of the Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) will be held on 10 June 2015, Bangkok, Thailand under the theme of National Libraries for Sustainable Advancement. The details are here.
(8 December 2014) The LIBLICENSE Model License Agreement is part of an ongoing effort to provide timely and responsive information and assistance to librarians involved in licensing and maintaining digital collections. The terms of the initial 2001 Standard License Agreement (revised through 2008) have now formed the basis for a completely updated revision. In November…
(18 December 2014) Effective December 2014, CAS enhanced its collection of experimental spectra in CAS REGISTRY. CAS added more than 15,000 Carbon-13 NMR spectra and more than 80,000 Proton NMR spectra to more than 70,000 unique RNs. The new spectra were licensed from Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. who obtained them from Sigma-Aldrich and the Specs…
(17 December 2014, Singapore) Bookmate, a leading social eBook reading service, is finally available in Singapore. Boasting a comprehensive library of over 500,000 eBooks from 600 publishers, Bookmate empowers reading fans to search, discover, interact and read as much as they want, wherever they are. Available at a flat monthly fee, the service offers books…
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