(1 December 2015) The Web Archiving Project (WARP) of the National Diet Library (NDL) has been archiving websites in Japan since 2002. In October 2015, WARP archived its 10,000th website in 13 years. The number of archived files is 3.6 billion, comprising 630 terabytes of data as of the end of October 2015. WARP undertakes…
(30 November 2015, Adelaide, Australia) Ex Libris® Group, a leading global provider of library automation solutions, is pleased to announce that the National Library of New Zealand has adopted the Ex Libris Alma® resource management solution and the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution, with its Primo Central index of scholarly e-resources. As a…
(2 December 2015) The Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) is donating 5,000 business and management titles to Myanmar. The collection, published during the last 10 years, was withdrawn from the SIM branch library in Singapore which closed recently. Speaking to ACCESS, Dr. Gina de Alwis (Senior Manager Library Services) said “We want the titles to…
(1 December 2015) The University Librarian provides innovative leadership and strategic direction for the growth, development and delivery of the library’s teaching, learning, research and administrative functions in support of the university’s strategic objectives. Seek has the job description. Applications close 29 January 2016.
(30 November 2015) An agreement to establish the Taiwan Resource Centre for Chinese Studies (TRCCS) at The Australian National University (ANU) Library was officially signed this morning, inaugurating the first TRCCS in Australia. Professor Ian Young AO, ANU Vice-Chancellor, and Dr Shu-hsien Tseng, the National Central Library (NCL) Director-general, signed the agreement and officially unveiled the…
(27 November 2015) A huge public vinyl library has just opened in the South Korean capital of Seoul, containing 10,000 records, 3,000 books, every issue of Rolling Stone magazine published since 1967 and a performance space. Members of the public can listen to music the using the library’s record players. Visit the profusely illustrated Music Library website (in…
(28 November 2015, Kolkata, IANS) Heritage enthusiasts and tourists can now travel back in time to experience the grandeur of 19th century Kolkata through a unique mobile app that offers a glimpse of the city during the British Raj by a mere pointing of a smartphone at a monument. Christened ‘Timescape: Kolkata’, the app is…
(26 November 2015) The Taskforce, established by the Chair of LGA’s Culture, Tourism and Sport Board and Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy, UK, first met in March 2015. Since then, the Taskforce has created a dynamic partnership that fosters and promotes different way of working across the library sector and beyond. This first…
(25 November 2015, Shanghai) Nature Publishing Group (NPG), part of Springer Nature, today releases Turning Point: Chinese Science in Transition, a White Paper which takes the pulse of China’s scientific research at a critical time in its development. It is the first report of its kind to be undertaken in China by a global publisher,…
(24 November 2015) The Center for Open Science (COS) and The Center For Scientific Integrity (CSI), the parent organization of Retraction Watch, announce a technology partnership to collaborate on creating a database of retractions on the Open Science Framework. The partnership supports each group’s mission to increase transparency and integrity in science and scientific publishing.…
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