(9 September 2016) Princeton based KSS Architects has published its thoughts on three basic principles of academic library design for the future library. ‘Through technology-rich amenities… and a mixed-use approach to learning that incorporates everything from entrepreneurship and makerspaces to flipped classrooms and nap pods, library services of the future will meet people where they…
(8 September 2016) Karger Publishers is pleased to announce that three of its titles received a ‘Highly Commended’ award at the 2016 British Medical Association’s Medical Book Awards ceremony recently held in London. The prestigious BMA Medical Book Competition takes place annually to encourage and reward excellence in medical publishing. Prizes are awarded in 21…
(7 September 2016) OASPA, the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association has announce that membership has reached the 100 mark. OASPA continues to receive much interest and support from organisations wanting to join as members and is growing steadily as a result. Its membership includes a wide range of individual academic-led titles, small, medium and large…
(6 September 2016) Cambridge Core is the new academic online platform from Cambridge University Press. It is a sophisticated, high-performing replacement for existing platforms, Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) and Cambridge Books Online (CBO). For the first time, all Cambridge online books and journals are available in one place for institutional access and purchase. All content…
(5 September 2016) Most foreign culture centres around Yangon are found in villas or large houses, with security guards and guest to greet visitors. The Japan Culture House, which opened to the public on August 31, is in a small house in Bahan township, decorated with traditional Japanese tatami mats where guests can nap, recline,…
(5 September 2016) In Assam a new world class library, the ‘Bharat Ratn Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Learning Resource Centre’ in the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar was inaugurated today. The library is established with the help of the University of Illinois, USA. The library is one of a kind in the…
(23 August 2016) This two-part illustrated blog by Sud Chonchirdsin, Curator for Vietnamese, discusses the great lengths to which the British Library went in order to acquire publications from war-torn and politically-divided Vietnam. The Vietnamese collection was originally held in the British Museum’s Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts. Unlike the large numbers of…
(5 September 2016) The programme for the Leiden Asia Year in 2017 is now available. Rector Carel Stolker launched the new website at the opening of the Academic Year of Leiden University on 5 September 2016. Throughout 2017 Leiden will be the leading centre for Asia in terms of research, teaching, collections and expertise. The…
(5 September 2016) The Ministry of Education launched the Indo-Bhutan e-Library Project at Motithang Higher Secondary School in Thimphu, Bhutan, today. The digital library will have study materials, newspapers and journals in the form of text, video, and audio images. Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, during his visit to Bhutan in 2014, had announced the…
(1 September 2016) Young Vietnamese man Nguyen Quang Thach thanks two generations of his family for his passion and drive to bring books to the most rural areas of his country. His brainchild, The Center for Knowledge Assistance and Community Development (CKACD), has been awarded the 2016 UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize for its programme…
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