(21 Jul 2020) The Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) has named its library the Queen Mother’s Library in honour of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. Recently, Ambassador Dr. Julio Jeldres, former Private Secretary and Official Biographer to his Late Majesty, the King Father Norodom Sihanouk, donated his entire collection of documents and…
(27 Jul 2020) A Khmer Rouge Research Office and Library opened in Takeo Province on Monday to promote research and raise awareness about the Democratic Kampuchea regime. The project was officially inaugurated on the campus of the Takeo Regional Teacher Training Centre by its backers, the Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) and the Ministry of Education,…
(22 Jul 2020) From IFLA: Foshan Library (China) is the 1st place winner of the coveted IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award for 2020 Foshan Library (China) wins 1st place for their N-Library: To Forge a Closer Community of Shared Future. N-Library, an abbreviation of “Neighborhood Library,” helps families build libraries at home by moving collected…
(7 Jul 2020) From Google Scholar Blog: “Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications. Today, we are releasing the 2020 version of Scholar Metrics. This release covers articles published in 2015–2019 and includes citations from all articles that were indexed in…
Two lost folios from the ‘Yongle Dadian’, the Ming dynasty encyclopaedia that has assumed national treasure status in China, surfaced for sale in Paris last week. (13 Jul 2020) Estimated at €5000-7000, they sold for a massive €6.4m (£5.82m) or €8.13m once the 27% buyer’s premium was added. Completed at the behest of the third Ming…
(21 Jul 2020) Publisher Marshall Cavendish Education on Tuesday (Jul 21) apologised for any misunderstanding caused to readers after its Chinese-language children’s book, Who Wins?, received a complaint about racist content. “We have decided to cease the sale and distribution of this series and recall the books from retail stores,” the publisher said in a statement in…
(19 Jul 2020) The National Library Board (NLB) has removed a Chinese-language children’s book for review after a reader complained that it is racist. In response to queries from The Straits Times, a spokesman for NLB said on Sunday (July 19) evening that the board is currently reviewing the book, in view of feedback from its…
(21 Jul 2020) A survey undertaken by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) shows that public libraries across Australia worked hard to meet, and exceed, patron needs during the nation-wide lockdown in April 2020. While public library buildings were physically closed, library workers continued to provide services including virtual storytimes, click and collect services and…
(17 Jul 2020) IFLA’s new document, “Return on Investment” measures how much value an organisation, project or service has generated for each monetary unit invested in it. This approach originates in the economic field of study, and libraries have adopted (and adapted) this method to measure their own value and impact. ROI studies and reports…
(19 Jul 2020) Sheikh Faisal Sheikh Mansor, KLWBC2020 Secretariat Honorary Secretary, Malaysia, shared what Kuala Lumpur has been doing to work toward this goal. “After the highly successful event, more virtual events are being held. Writing competitions, storytelling competitions and poetry writing and reciting competitions targeting children and adults managed to attract not just local…