New Zealand: CONZUL announces 2022-2025 priorities
(17 Dec 2021) CONZUL (The Council of New Zealand University Libraries) has recently announced its strategic priorities for 2022-2025. Read more about the strategy here.
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Various positions needed for Flinders University
(15 Dec 2021) Flinders University Library is hiring below positions with a closing date of 12 Jan 2022. Library Specialist (Research Information) The position will lead on the development, consolidation and administration of Flinders digital repositories with a remit to research and develop new and innovative services for the Library’s users. The position will…
Japan: Library brings together 410,000 manga items
(16 Dec 2021) Meiji University began integrating services at its two manga libraries this spring in an effort to preserve Japan’s world- renowned manga culture. The Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subcultures, which has a total of about 410,000 items, boasts one of the largest collections of comic books in Japan. In…
Infographic: World reading habits in 2021
(27 Dec 2021) Global English Editing has been digging deep into research to bring you fascinating facts about the world’s reading habits in 2021, all rolled into a handy infographic. In fact, stats show that people in the US read a quarter more books this year compared to 2020. While the pandemic may have helped some…
Scholarcy partners with Science Says to make millions of searchable food science facts available
(13 Dec 2021) Scholarcy has recently partnered with Science Says to index millions of evidence-based facts from food science research papers, making the latest discoveries in this field more accessible to a broad community of readers. Scholarcy’s knowledge extraction technology identifies the important facts, claims and findings from research papers and presents these as easy-to-read, bite-sized synopses.…
Philippines: Developing a makerspace to rebuild the local industry
By Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya* (27 Dec 2021) At the 10th A-LIEP conference Apple Jusayan and Rhea Rowena Apolinario of the School of Library of Information Studies, University of the Philippines – Diliman, presented a paper on Developing a Makerspace for the Marikina Public Library: A Journey in Artisan Shoemaking. The authors’ vision is…
Australia’s first art library for children will open in 2022
(18 Dec 2021) Australia’s first children’s art library will be established in the Art Gallery of NSW, part of refurbishment plans for the original Walter Liberty Vernon-designed building. The library for young artistic minds will open in mid-2022, bearing the name of its philanthropic donor, who for the moment remains a mystery. The literary…
Vietnam’s National Assembly, India’s lower house ink MoU on library, TV cooperation
(18 Dec 2021) Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Chairman of the Lok Sabha (House of Representatives) of India Om Birla witnessed a signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between the NA of Vietnam and the Lok Sabha on cooperation in the field of library and television held in New Delhi on December…
New guide from LIBER: Citizen Science Skilling for Library Staff, Researchers, and the Public
(26 Nov 2021) The LIBER Citizen Science Working Group is pleased to announce the publication of the first section of their Citizen Science for Research Libraries Guide, a four-part book series. The guide is designed to be a practical toolbox to help run a citizen science project. It has been put together from contributions by members of the…
Library of Congress Digital Collections Strategy published
(14 Dec 2021) From the Library of Congress: Digital collections, and the work related to their acquisition, preservation and access, have become increasingly central to Library of Congress processes and our mission to serve Congress and the nation. For the last five years, in accordance with the Library of Congress Digital Collecting Plan we have…