(21 February 2014) The Getty has released the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)® as Linked Open Data. The data set is available for download at vocab.getty.edu under an Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC BY 1.0). The Art & Architecture Thesaurus is a reference of over 250,000 terms on art and architectural history, styles, and…
(Hoboken, N.J., 19 February 2014) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has announced the launch of its next generation enhanced HTML article, the “Anywhere Article,” which puts readability, interaction, and portability at the heart of the user experience. The Anywhere Article launched across Wiley Online Library today. The press release is here.
The Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania has published a new issue of its newsletter. Issue No.79, February/March 2014 includes: Special topic: Historical Documents II [Australia] To read in the libraries of dreams [New Zealand] Documenting unexpected events [Philippines] NLP Leaves Its Mark: The Official Repository of the Written Cultural Heritage of the Philippines News [Korea] National Library…
Library Leadership in the Asia Pacific Century is the 12th Annual Library Leadership Institute since 2003. Once again organized by the University of Hong Kong Libraries with Fudan University Library, the 12th Institute takes place in Shanghai, 16-20 May 2014. The Institute is limited to 40 participants who will be academic and research librarians invited…
Many librarians in Asia will remember Gene Smith who died in 2010. He worked for the Library of Congress in New Delhi and Jakarta from 1968 to the 1990s. A Buddhist scholar and speaker of more than 25 languages, he amassed the largest collection of Tibetan religious texts in private hands. Rare and vulnerable, Gene…
(19 February 2014) Adelaide University’s Barr Smith Library has a new video about the Library and its services. It will take up less than 5 minutes of your time. Watch it here.
The Open Data Institute wants to know how opening up data impacts those in developing countries. The Partnership for Open Data (POD) is a partnership of institutions to research and promote open data in the context of low and middle income countries. It invites stories about the impact of open data in developing countries be…
(19 February 2014) Several Chinese rare books from the University of Melbourne Cultural Collections are currently on display at the Sir Louis Matheson Library’s Asian Studies Research Collection at Clayton Campus. This is part of a joint exhibition in Asian Arts being conducted by ALIM – Asian Libraries in Melbourne, a collaborative venture between Monash…
(18 February 2014) Today LIANZA launched its three hour online learning course, Database Searching. This new course will equip you with the skills to competently search your library’s subscription databases, so that you can help your users make better use of these valuable resources. The course was developed by Alastair Smith. Learners have six months…
Applications are invited for the position of Open Access Subject (OA) Librarian with relevant recent library experience in the Open Access specialist role. You will be responsible for co-ordinating Bodleian Libraries activities related to OA, and play a key role in understanding and promoting options, processes, costs, developments and implication amongst the Subject Librarians and…
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