(27 May 2015) OpenGLAM is an initiative that is dedicated to sharing knowledge and aims to build a global cultural commons for the world to use. Coordinated by the Open Knowledge Foundation, OpenGLAM works with cultural institutions such as galleries, libraries, archives and museums to open up their content and data to the world through hands-on workshops,…
(25 May 2015, Canberra) Thrillers, crime, humour, fantasy, science fiction, cookery, biography and contemporary literature all featured in the lists of Australia’s most borrowed library books for the first quarter of 2015, announced today by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), at the start of Library and Information Week (25-31 May). Library and Information…
(20 May 2015) The British Library has received earmarked funding for a £9,568,900 bid from the Heritage Lottery Fund (including a £215,900 development fund) to help to save the nation’s sounds, and open them up online for everyone to hear. The funding will enable the British Library to digitise and make available 500,000 rare, unique…
(22 May 2015) The Rare Books and Special Collections section of IFLA announces a new Korean translation of the Guidelines for Planning the Digitization of Rare Book and Manuscript Collections prepared by Dr. Hye-Eun LEE (Curator, National Library of Korea) / 이혜은 역 . It is available as a free PDF file at this link.…
(22 May 2015) The Bhutan Library Consortium has posted on its website a list of online catalogues in the country. The 15 catalogues with links include colleges, institutes and The National Library. The list is here.
(23 May 2015) The University of Oregon Libraries seeks a knowledgeable, creative, and service-oriented colleague for the position of East Asian Cataloging Team Leader. The ALA website has a full description of the job.
(21 May 2015) National Central Library (NCL)’s Director General Shu-hsien Tseng and Dr. Catherine Eagleton, Head of Asian and African Studies, British Library (BL), signed a Cooperation Agreement at the NCL on May 21, 2015. Lead Curator Ms. Sara Chiesura from the BL was in attendance to witness this historic moment. The Database of the…
(20 May 2015) The East West University is organizing five day workshop on Integrated Library System: Koha and DSpace Institutional Repository Software from 7-11 June 2015 at East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. For a brochure and registration details click here.
(20 May 2015) The Royal Commonwealth Society collections have created an online catalogue for a recent acquisition, the archives of the railway engineer Hugh Murton Le Fleming. He worked as an inspector for the Crown Agents for the Colonies, checking and testing steam locomotives before they were shipped out to their customers across the world.…
(20 May 2015) EIFL – in association with the University of Mandalay and the University of Yangon – will organize a series of seminars on open access as a part of the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project. A guest speaker – Fred Chan, Research and Data Services Librarian, the University of Hong Kong Libraries – will…
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