10 December 2015) The Myanmar Libraries Foundation last month opened a book stand on Platform 1 of Yangon’s central railway station, for the benefit of regular commuters who enjoy reading while waiting for the train. “Almost every town in Myanmar has a self-help library founded by our foundation. However, there are many ordinary people earning…
(17 September 2015) Today, John Whittingdale, Ed Vaizey and Tracey Crouch met with their Chinese counterparts in Greenwich to discuss ways both countries could cooperate on tourism, fashion, sport and libraries. This set of meetings is called the People to People Dialogue (P2P). The P2P was co-chaired by Vice Premier Liu Yandong, for China, and…
(15 September 2015) TheHealthSite reports that Indian scientists have created the world’s first comprehensive open database on curcumin — the star therapeutic component of the golden Indian spice turmeric and a hot favourite with researchers across the globe — to foster innovation and generate public awareness. Curcumin (diferuloyl methane), a hydrophobic polyphenol derived from the…
(11 September 2015) Belinda Weaver writes on the many benefits of open data. Including: Open data makes things more efficient; Open data helps join things up; Open data democratises access; Open data enables new businesses; and Open data saves lives. The Australian Open Access Support Group has the story.
(16 September 2015, Canberra) A research project in digital and traditional preservation management in Australian national and state libraries has won the 2015 ALIA Research Grant Award. This award is based on recommendations from the ALIA Research Advisory Committee, endorsed by the ALIA Board. ALIA will award a $5000 grant for the research to Heather Brown,…
(14 September 2015, Singapore) The Minister for Communications and Information Dr Yaacob Ibrahim will lead a study trip to the United Kingdom from Tuesday (15 September) to Friday. The purpose of the trip is to help the National Library (NLB) strengthen its collection on Singapore and the region, facilitate greater public access to these collections…
(16 September 2015) QS 2015-2016 World Rankings were released today, September 15, 2015. While I need more time to analyze all the changes, here are the new rankings for the world and Asia within the world rankings, which are not that much different for the top 10 in 2014-2015. The breaking Asia news is that…
(13 September 2015) In collaboration with the National Library of Australia, Inside Indonesia is pleased to announce that an archive of editions of the magazine currently only available in hardcopy form – editions 1 (1983) to 89 (2007) – are now available in digital form. 90 digitised editions of the magazine are available through the NLA…
(13 September 2015) Nine men, some of them heavily tattooed and all of them in identical bottle-green, prison-issue sweats sit at a rectangular table in rapt silence. It’s 1.30pm – story time. A volunteer, reads from a typed a4 sheet, carefully pronouncing each syllable. She doesn’t project or exaggerate her inflections; this is not a…
(10 September 2015) Librarian Rhapsody, with a large nod in the direction of Queen (Not the one in Buckingham Palace), is a new mini-musical by the Shoalhaven Library Staff, Australia. Dancing library carts and mayhem in green wigs are part of the fun. Is this non-fiction? Is this just fantasy? Work in the library we escape…
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