(Jun 2021) With the COVID-19 pandemic, remote library services are becoming more and more important. In “Digital contents of the National Diet Library (Part 1)”, we introduced the Digital Exhibition of the National Diet Library and the Web Archiving Project (WARP). In Part 2, we would like to introduce databases on the minutes of the…
(23 Jun 2021) Hong Kong’s embattled Apple Daily will close after 26 years in circulation, printing its final edition on Thursday and immediately stopping online publication following a national security law crackdown on the tabloid-style newspaper. “Apple Daily is not perfect, but what will Hong Kong be like without us?” the paper said in an…
By Ruth A. Pagell* What does it mean for China to have a declining share in Nature Index? How do rankings for publications and proportion of publications differ in CWTS Leiden? Is there anything new in THE Asia? Are there changes in international student scores in QS World 2022? What is new with Preprints?…
(22 Jun 2021) scite, an award-winning platform for discovering and understanding research articles via Smart Citations, and iGroup, a leading provider of information services and academic services across the Asia Pacific region, have partnered to expand scite’s reach in the region. With thousands of customers and more than 20 years of expertise, iGroup will help…
(22 Jun 2021) Job title: Assistant Librarian (Library Systems) (PR0366/20-21) Hong Kong Baptist University Library now invites applications for a forward-thinking, innovative, and collaborative professional to lead the Library Systems team. Reporting to the University Librarian, the appointee will oversee the planning, management, and coordination of the Library’s information technology infrastructure and initiatives. Supervising…
(12 Jun 2021) The historical Hardayal Municipal Public Library was reopened in Chandni Chowk in Delhi after months of efforts to bring back its erstwhile stature of being a place to access rare collections of books and manuscripts. Developed way back in 1862, the library has 150,000 books, 8,000 of which are rare texts…
(26 May 2021) In late March, the National Library of Korea announced the opening of an immersive experience library named Shilgam Seojae. It looks just like any normal library, but features new digital technologies that offer visitors a whole new reading experience. A Culture Ministry initiative, the immersive experience library transforms texts by combining…
(17 Jun 2021) From the National Library of New Zealand: Memes are images, videos, and/or text, usually humorous, that use cultural references to provide commentary about what is going on in the world around us. These are often posted to social media or direct messaging apps and regularly remixed and repurposed to respond to…
(26 May 2021) South Korea will spend some 1 trillion won ($891 million) for six years from 2023 on collecting health-related big data from patients by disease and volunteers and establishing a national digital library on health data by 2028. Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said Wednesday the government will establish the so-called Bio Data…
(14 Jun 2021) On Friday, 30 April 2021, the annual LAS-NLB Virtual Professional Sharing session took place. Following the session’s success in 2020, Library professionals from a variety of academic and public institutions in Singapore came together to share important lessons and operational improvements with an audience of over 200 participants. A total of 8…