By IGI Global on 4 March 2016 Internet addiction is a prevalent topic today, as the endless landscape of virtual content is multiplying at an incredible rate. Though some specialists don’t consider this a real threat in today’s digitized society, others are looking for ways to combat this dependence. According to Medical Daily, in China this…
(3 March 2016) The University of Malaya Library and the Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya have announced the hosting of the 6th International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society, ICOLIS2016. The conference will be held at The Pullman Kuala Lumpur Bangsar on 20th –…
(1 March 2016) The Librarian will develop, manage and maintain convenient, accessible, updated and cost-effective library and information services for the Singapore campus. Establish and update library and information policies and procedures in line with S P Jain policies and communicate to users on regular basis. Review licensing agreements of digital resources and academic resources…
(29 February 2016) The next Association for Southeast Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (ASEASUK) Conference, to be held 16-18 September 2016, is being hosted at SOAS, University of London. This conference provides a major venue for the dissemination of research on South East Asia in various disciplines for academics both from the UK and…
(1 March 2016) IFLA implemented the Building Strong Library Associations programme with the Myanmar Library Association (MLA) from 2013-2016. The project commenced at a critical time for the country, as the government began a process of ‘opening up’ after 50 years, and concluded in 2016 as a newly elected democratic government took office. The transformational…
(29 February 2016) The 85th issue of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) newsletter highlights several of the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Centres in the region. The newsletter features articles by the IFLA PAC Centres of Korea, Sri Lanka and Japan as well as report from IFLA Headquarters on the…
(29 February 2016, Farmington Hills, Mich.) Gale, a leading provider of library resources and part of Cengage Learning, has reached a major milestone in its quest to improve discoverability and researcher workflow, completing indexing work with Google. Researchers can now easily discover scholarly content from Gale and its partners on Google or Google Scholar, through…
(1 March 2016, Bengaluru) The library committee of the Indian Institute of Science, has outsourced the scanning of thesis papers. The remaining work like preparing the index, making data legible and easy searching with links was done by the library staff. Each thesis has around 250 pages and around 5,000 theses are to be digitised.…
(29 February 2016) The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat: The Legislative Council Secretariat (the Secretariat) today (February 29) released a Research Brief on Challenges of Public Libraries in Hong Kong. Public libraries provide an important channel for the public to have free access to information and knowledge. In Hong Kong,…
(26 February 2016) Michael Kowzlowski in his blog reveals that India has implemented a new policy that will dramatically decrease the cost of eBooks, a big win for consumers who will be able to buy more digital content, while spending less. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry announced that “One of the key highlights of the…
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