27 August 2015) Help is still needed to restore Nepal’s libraries and community centres damaged by the April 2015 earthquake. In its August 2015 blogletter, READ Global reports on the support needed to rebuild them. Read more here. READ Global has also opened three new centres in Bhutan and India. In Yangthang village, Bhutan, the…
(27 August 2015) The world of online learning presents some unpleasant surprises when it comes to sharing materials. The sr.ithaka website recounts faculty asking their library to make course materials available to the online students. When the librarians explained to them that they could not legally put any article or book that they wanted onto…
(28 August 2015) What does digital citizenship really mean? And what do libraries and cultural institutions have to do with it? How can we best equip and empower community members to be confident, capable and engaged citizens? This November NSLA is joining forces with representatives from government, museums, public libraries, school libraries and community organisations…
(28 August 2015) Share your impressions of ORCID by completing a short survey. Your feedback will help inform ORCID’s future plans. This survey is completely anonymous, offering you the chance to say what you really think about the value of researcher identifiers to solve the name ambiguity problem in scholarly communications and the role of ORCID…
(26 August 2015) The 24th meeting of the Conference of the Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) will be held 9-11 March 2016 in Wellington, New Zealand, hosted by the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, on the theme of Adding value through international cooperation. More here.
Special topic: CDNLAO Meeting [Thailand] Hosting the 23rd Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) [Japan] Participating in the 23rd Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) and the 16th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL) [New Zealand] The 24th Conference of Directors of National Libraries of…
(26 August 2015) Antonio Acuna, Head of Data.gov.uk; Michael Canares, Regional Research Manager, Open Data Lab Jakarta; Tricia Yeoh, Chief Operating Officer, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), discuss open data on BFM 89.9, Malaysia’s business radio station. Listen to the podcast.
(25 August 2015, Singapore) Ex Libris® Group has announce that Singapore Management University (SMU) has gone live with the Ex Libris Alma® library management service and Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Alma and Primo will replace the Innovative Millennium integrated library system and EBSCO Discovery Service™. Read the press release here.
(26 August 2015) A Singapore company has donated $10 million to build the central library in the newly revived Nalanda International University, a varsity official said on Tuesday. Vice Chancellor Gopa Sabharwal said a five-member team of a Singapore-based RSP construction company visited the university site in connection with the construction of the proposed library.…
(26 August 2015) A recent paper by Taylor & Francis shows that over 70% of libraries surveyed are using social media tools, and 60% have had a social media account for three years or longer (with 30% of librarians posting at least daily), writes stephanielibrarystudies blog. The National Library of Australia is cited as a library that knows…
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