(16 July 2021) The IFLA Journal editorial committee and editor are pleased to announce the availability of its summer webinar series on how to publish in academic journals. Conducted in a series of four events focused on various world time zones, these webinars aimed to provide LIS scholars and practitioners with an insider view of…
(20 Jul 2021) The UN iLibrary is the digital source for reliable content published by the United Nations, with titles in all six official UN languages and several more. In December 2020, the iLibrary was updated to optimize user experience and now features a simplified, accessible homepage with improved loading times, adding flexibility and efficiency to your site…
(14 Jul 2021) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces today the publication of its updated ANSI/NISO Z39.4, Criteria for Indexes, incorporating feedback from the public comment period earlier this year. It replaces the original ANSI/NISO Z39.4 standard (Guidelines for Indexes and Related Information Retrieval Devices), last updated in 1984, and is an updated and expanded…
(19 Jul 2021) From 19th July 2021, Hublet signs partnership agreement with iGroup to support the distribution of Hublet Solution to APAC markets. As iGroup is one of the leading providers of information and solutions in library market, it is appointed as distributor for Hublet in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines. Hublet Solution enables…
(15 Jul 2021) It’s been a while since we last publish Fun Facts on Numbers! In this issue, we select the statistics from UK on how much money can be saved if persistent identifiers are adopted in the research community. Find out the benefit behind adopting PIDs from the source here.
A children’s mobile library run by a Japanese expat in northern Thailand has become more important than ever during the coronavirus pandemic. (14 Jul 2021) Horiuchi Yoshimi sees books as “friends” for the youngsters in the remote, rural areas she visits. The 37-year-old remembers how reading shaped her own childhood. Born with weak eyesight, Horiuchi…
(7 Jul 2021) The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) announced the five finalists for the annual Public Library of the Year award, which honours newly built public libraries. Libraries are assessed according to how they combine functional architecture, information technology, and local culture. This year’s shortlisted institutions include libraries in Australia, Belgium, Norway,…
New catalog information service corresponding to digital resources to be introduced from 2022 (7 Jul 2021) National Institute of Informatics (NII; Director General: Dr. KITSUREGAWA Masaru, Tokyo, Japan) has begun reconstruction of NACSIS-CAT/ILL, a catalog information service used by more than 1,300 institutions, mainly university libraries. This project is based on “The Vision on Future…
(13 Jul 2021) For the first time, veteran Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Pang will not display any political books at his booth as the global financial hub holds its first book fair since the event began in 1990 under a new national security law. Cancelled last year due to the coronavirus, the book fair resumes…
(18 Jun 2021) Stanford Libraries is embarking on an exciting collaboration with the National Central Library of Taiwan (NCL) to digitize a selection of Chinese rare books in the holdings of the East Asia Library and the Bowes Art & Architecture Library. The scanned titles will be added to the NCL’s Rare Books and Special Collections…