Repositioning Libraries in the Asia Pacific Region – Evolving Strategies, Innovative Services is a meeting which takes place at IFLA WLIC 2015. It is organized by the Asia & Oceania Section. This Open Session will focus on how libraries respond to opportunities for empowering citizens, enhancing learning, and adopting ICTs to name a few, and…
(17 June 2015) Medical and other researchers and science teachers around the world will be able to compare ancient DNA from humans from thousands of years ago with the genetics of modern day humans, thanks to a new world-first open access databank at the University of Adelaide’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD). The Online…
(20 June 2015) Michael Kozlowski writes that Libraries in Canada and the United States have been quite enamored with establishing digital collections. But predatory pricing by major publishers are pricing their eBooks almost 500% more than the Kindle edition and libraries have had enough. The simple truth is that there is no uniform landscape of…
(18 June 2015) The 2014 edition of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) was released 18 June 2015. In an article for the scholarly kitchen, Phil Davis comments on the Journal Impact Factor noting that 272 journals will receive their first Impact Factor. He also describes two new complementary calculations: the JIF Percentile and the Normalized…
(19 June 2015) Leaders from 11 research libraries, national libraries, and nonprofit image repositories from around the world met at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries’ Weston Library on 15-16 June 2015 to form the International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium. Access to image-based resources is fundamental to research, scholarship and the transmission of cultural knowledge.…
(18 June 2015) Whether outsourcing or digitizing in-house, collection managers need to be able to define the parameters and specifications for preservation reformatting in order to properly care for their assets and to control and understand the outcomes of the digitization process. In association with the ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation AVPreserve is releasing this…
(17 June 2015) Mr Pote Lee, the Chairman of the iGroup, was recently the guest speaker at the 123rd Graduation Ceremony 2015, of the Asian Institute of Technology’s Ph.D. and Master’s degree students. In a warm and engaging speech, Mr Lee talks about his early life in Myanmar, his own graduation from AIT, the guiding…
(10 June 2015, Canberra) The Australian Library and Information Association, Australian Society of Archivists, National & State Libraries Australasia and Museums Australia have expressed deep concern following this week’s news that the US company handling the digitization of Fairfax Media photo archives has gone into receivership. It is tragic that these valuable photographs, capturing some…
(10 June 2015) Imagine going to a shop, borrowing anything you like, and returning it when you’re finished. This is the idea behind SHARE: a Library of Things. Opened in late-April in Frome, a town in northeast England, the aim of SHARE is to enable people to spend less, waste less, and connect more. The…
(16 June 2015) The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is seeking a proven leader with a compelling vision to fill the position of Secretary General. IFLA is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information…
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