2020 – Page 6

Innovations and adaptability in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of library and information science (LIS) professionals in Bangladesh

Asia Pacific, Covid-19, LibrariesNovember 30, 2020

(29 Nov 2020) As the incidence of coronavirus is increasingly rising globally, affected countries are taking various preventive steps, including travel bans, remote office operations, country lockdown, and social distancing. We all know that necessity is the mother of invention and we have been realizing it during the pandemic situation. Access to information is the…

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Japan: The new Haruki Murakami Library to open in 2021

Asia Pacific, LibrariesNovember 27, 2020

The Waseda International House of Literature is a public library designed by Kengo Kuma to house Murakami’s archive (24 Nov 2020) Last year, Waseda University announced plans for a new library on its campus, to be designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. The Waseda International House of Literature, nicknamed the Murakami Library, will house the novelist’s…

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Korea: Website for oldest metal-printed book opens in multiple languages

Asia PacificNovember 27, 2020

(27 Nov 2020) A website has opened to introduce “Jikji,” the world’s oldest existing metal-printed book, in multiple languages, a South Korean museum said Friday. The site provides detailed history and description of “Jikji” in 11 languages, including Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, French and Spanish, according to the Cheongju Early Printing Museum. Image…

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National Museum of Taiwan Literature announces online game

Asia PacificNovember 27, 2020

(21 Nov 2020) The National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) on Friday (Nov. 20) has announced its upcoming online game “1940,” which gives players the thrill of saving the world in the future. The museum unveiled “1940” in the southern city of Tainan, saying the two-year project will be available for download next year. The…

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Books by bike: Sri Lankan man runs mobile library for kids

Asia PacificNovember 27, 2020

(27 Nov 2020) During his leisure time, Mahinda Dasanayaka packs his motorbike with books and rides his mobile library — across mostly muddy roads running through tea-growing mountain areas — to underprivileged children in backward rural parts of Sri Lanka. Having witnessed the hardships faced by children whose villages have no library facilities, Dasanayaka was…

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Thailand’s first unmanned library opens

Asia PacificNovember 27, 2020

(27 Nov 2020) Thailand’s first unmanned library, Chula UltimateX Library, is now open at Chulalongkorn University. Located on the 2nd and M2 floors of the Chaloem Rajakumari 60 Building (Chamchuri 10), the library is equipped with a remote facility management system and automatic machines that allow users to access library services remotely via smart phones…

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New AI analytic tool from IP.com enables rapid review and ranking of invention disclosures and associated prior art

PublishersNovember 27, 2020

(16 Nov 2020) IP.com, a global leader in providing solutions that drive innovation forward faster, released today a new AI analytic tool that enables the rapid review, ranking and prioritization of invention disclosures. The online Technology Vitality Report (TVR) enables rapid review of hundreds of invention disclosures, funneling lower ranking ideas back to the engineer for further iteration,…

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Springer Nature announces gold open access options for Nature journals from January 2021

PublishersNovember 26, 2020

(24 Nov 2020) Springer Nature last month announced that German authors would be able to publish their primary research open access in Nature and the Nature research journals, thanks to a ground-breaking agreement with the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL). Whilst highly effective in transitioning articles to open access, transformative agreements like this can be complicated and…

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The NDL Preservation Forum—30 years of caring for library materials

Asia PacificNovember 25, 2020

(Nov 2020) The National Diet Library Preservation Forum is a place where people involved in the care and preservation of library materials can learn about subjects of common interest and exchange practical ideas. The first NDL Forum on Preservation was held in 1990, and on December 19, 2019, was held for the 30th time…

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SPIE announces partnership with global open-knowledge platform Lens.org

PublishersNovember 25, 2020

(18 Nov 2020) SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, is pleased to announce a partnership with the global open-knowledge platform, The Lens, a robust and comprehensive resource of linked datasets of scholarly and patent works run by Cambia, a long-established global social enterprise. Under the agreement, all scholarly citation and patent citation data for…

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