May 11, 2022

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What is BookTok, and how is it influencing what Australian teenagers read?

Asia Pacific, InternetMay 11, 2022

(9 May 2022) Video-sharing app TikTok has been credited with making reading “cool again” among teenagers, through the hashtag #BookTok. Most BookTok posts are playful short videos, no longer than a minute, that match book images to popular soundtracks. BookTok is a community of TikTok creators who post videos celebrating their love of books and reading.…

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Malaysia: USM to set up Metaverse Library in medicine

Asia PacificMay 11, 2022

(28 Apr 2022) The Institute of Advanced Medicine and Dentistry (IPPT) of Universiti Sains Malaysia became the first university in Malaysia to introduce a Metaverse Spatial Library that offers a variety of digital environments connected to the virtual world without computers. Vice-Chancellor of USM Prof Datuk Dr Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan said it has introduced…

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