(4 Jul 2022) The newly opened Xin Jin Shan Library, which started from a garage, has now become not only one of the largest Chinese libraries south of the equator but also an invaluable bastion of Chinese culture and history in Australia. Located in the heart of Ballarat, the library covers an area of…
(5 Jul 2022) The Asia Foundation’s Thailand Office seeks the services of a qualified and reputable contractor (“Contractor”) to support the USAID and Australia Mekong Safeguards Program (“Mekong Safeguards”) with the design and deployment of a digital library system for a civil society organization (CSO) located in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. The digital library will serve…
(16 Jul 2022) Construction of the southern branch of the National Central Library is to begin in September, after a bid of NT$5.7 billion (US$190.3 million) was accepted for the project, the library said at a contract-signing ceremony in Taipei yesterday. Work on the new branch, which was initially approved by the Executive Yuan on…
(25 Jul 2022) The printing press, one of the most important inventions in human history, was developed around the same time by two very different cultures, separated by vast distances. Was it serendipity? Or a borrowed idea gone viral? An analysis at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University aims to shed light…
(20 Jul 2022) Earlier this month, the Internet Archive asked a US court to end a lawsuit filed against it by four large book publishers. Publishers were particularly concerned about the “National Emergency Library” set up by the Internet Archive in March 2020. This temporary project aimed to give teachers access to digital teaching materials in the face of…
(18 Jul 2022) DCDC stands for Discovering Collections, Discovery Communities. It is a cross-sectoral conference, hosted by The National Archives, RLUK and Jisc, that brings together the GLAMA sectors (galleries, libraries, archives, museums and academia) to shine a light on our shared experiences, innovations, interests and concerns. DCDC22 explored how digital innovation is transforming the…
This report profiles the trends and the key technologies and practices shaping the future of data and analytics, and it envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future. It is based on the perspectives and expertise of a global panel of leaders from across the higher education landscape. (18 Jul 2022) With the…
(19 Jul 2022) NDL is holding an online forum, “Digital Archive Festival 2022 – Japan Search Day” on 25th August. The forum will be conducted in Japanese. More information can be found here (in Japanese).
(25 Jul 2022) With the impending retirement of the current Executive Director later this year, CAUL is recruiting a new Executive Director to lead the National Office into the future. The Executive Director is the chief executive officer of CAUL and is responsible for operations, engagement, advocacy and strategy implementation aligned with the objectives of…
(25 Jul 2022) Researchers from countries with lower-middle income economies, as categorized by the World Bank, can now choose open access (OA) publishing in any of IOP Publishing’s (IOPP) journals for a flat charge of £500. The policy builds on IOPP’s existing approach that enables researchers from countries with low-income economies to publish OA for free…