(4 January 2016) New library systems are being launched, which will deeply affect how libraries carry out their core procedures and tasks. They include the upcoming cloud-based systems of the world‘s largest suppliers Ex Libris and OCLC, and Open Source systems under construction (e.g. Kuali OLE, KoHa). Libraries in countries across Europe and the United Kingdom…
(21 December 2015) Madam Nor O’baidah Abidin and Madam Farah Aliza Abd Aziz from the National Library of Malaysia Library System and Network Division visited the NCL for a two-week learning exchange (7-18 December). To meet the learning needs of these foreign librarians and to promote exchange of experience and interaction between the staff of…
(4 January2016, Boston, Oxford) Credo, the industry leader for information literacy, critical thinking and research solutions, continues to roll out new and innovative content through its Essentials Collections, offering libraries diverse options to tailor their reference collections to the specific needs of their students, faculty, and library budgets. Credo has curated ten Essentials Collections by…
(23 December 2016) Australia’s Department of Communication and the Arts has released for public comment proposed changes to Australia’s copyright laws designed to modernise and improve their workability. Public comment is invited. The draft amendments to the Copyright Act 1968 will reduce the regulatory burden on the disability sector, libraries, archives and educational and cultural…
(5 January 2016) The Artstor Digital Library now boasts more than two million images in all subjects and periods from more than 290 collections worldwide. 200,000 new images were added in 2015 as well as the first video collection of 50 groundbreaking art performances from the Franklin Furnace Archives. Artstor also reached new agreements with museums,…
(31 December 2015) India has become a battleground over the right to unrestricted internet access, with local tech start-ups joining the front line against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his plan to roll out free Internet to the country’s masses. The Indian government has ordered Facebook’s Free Basics plan on hold while it decides what…
(3 January 2016) A large library bookstore was opened to readers on 3 January 2016 in the Tongling City of east China’s Anhui Province. The Tongling City Library, also a Xinhua bookstore, was jointly established by the local government and the Xinhua Publishing Group, the first of its kind in China to promote transformation of…
(30 December 2015) It was opened in late November to the public. And it has a large collection of books and periodicals published before 1949 and after, comparable in number with or even larger than leading domestic public libraries. People interested in Chinese books and periodicals published in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and the…
(22 December 2015, Cambridge, MA) Today MIT Technology Review announced the relaunch of a Chinese-language digital operation with publishing partner Beijing Yan Yi Tech Inc. Within the next year, a series of new digital products will be released, exploring an all-new model based on the success of MIT Technology Review in the US. “We’re excited…
(30 December 2015) The College invites applications for Associate Librarian – Library (Ref: AsoL (LIB) 2016-01-08). Responsibilities: provide vision and leadership in the formulation of library policies and strategic planning; participate in the overall management of the Library including managing budget, establishing job standards and supervising subordinates; prepare timely reports, financial and statistical analysis to…
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