As more libraries relocate to malls for greater accessibility, some patrons mourn the loss of quiet sanctuaries. (24 Jul 2025) Currently, 13 of NLB’s 28 public libraries are in malls, while a handful are housed in integrated complexes such as community centers. Once the relocations are complete, the conserved Queenstown library and the Bishan…
(11 Aug 2025) In the presence of a tightly rolled, yellowed scroll in the State Library of Victoria, it is hard not to feel a bit awe-struck. Inside a glass cabinet in the centre of the library sits the oldest known mass-printed text in the world, the Hyakumantō Darani. The finger-length item is a…
(15 Aug 2025) Singapore Management University (SMU) Libraries invites you to join our next online Masterclass. Are your AI, Information and Digital Literacies (AID) Programmes Pedagogically Sound? Designed for Instruction Librarians and librarians involved in teaching, this Masterclass led by Rajen offers a practical and insightful journey into his instructional design experiences. Participants will explore key…
(14 Aug 2025) You still have time to submit your ideas to present at the first-ever Charleston Conference Asia, taking place January 26–28, 2026 in vibrant Bangkok, Thailand! What Makes a Strong Proposal? At Charleston Conference Asia, however, we encourage a collaborative and cross-sector approach. However, we understand that many academic presentations in…
(4 Aug 2025) Librarians are all looking for ways to prepare for how generative artificial intelligence (GAI) might change our jobs and our users’ research habits. However, the number of new GAI tools can be overwhelming. Happily, ITHAKA, the nonprofit behind JSTOR, has put together a GAI “Product Tracker.” It lists tools that are either widely used…
Researchers uncover strategies used by academicians to publish fraudulent research (5 Aug 2025) An organized underground network of individuals and groups is enabling fraudulent research and increasingly undermining the integrity of science, an alarming new study warns. Researchers from Northwestern University in the US conducted a large-scale data analysis of scientific literature and found that sophisticated global networks…
(6 Aug 2025) The Royal Society has agreed plans that would make its journals fully open access in 2026 by adopting the ‘Subscribe to Open’ model. Under plans agreed in July 2025, libraries subscribed to Royal Society journals will now be asked to support Subscribe to Open in 2026 through their subscriptions. If sufficient libraries…
(6 Aug 2025) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has released the results of a 2024 survey on artificial intelligence in web-scale library discovery services. The report, titled ‘Generative Artificial Intelligence and the NISO Open Discovery Initiative,’ was developed by the NISO Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) Standing Committee. This publication follows the 2020 update of the ODI’s Recommended…
(7 Aug 2025) Lo Chandy, a librarian in Pursat province’s floating villages, is on a mission with NGO Sipar Cambodia to bring books to children who have never had access to a real library. Chandy, 24, who is also the library educator, said the first library in these Bakan district villages has created an interest…
(11 Aug 2025) Sophie White, Content Marketing and Program Manager and Jenay Robert, Senior Researcher at EDUCAUSE talk with Leo S. Lo, Jeanne Beatrix Law, and Anissa Vega about practical strategies for guiding student and faculty AI use and literacy. Takeaways from this episode: Providing multiple entry points for faculty to learn about and…