The library on a Chinese beach
(18 May 2015) A Chinese architect has created what must be one of the world’s quietest reading spaces, on a beach outside the city of Qinhuangdao. Designing Libraries has the story.
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OKSHF research grant at USC Korean Heritage Library
(19 May 2015) The Korean Heritage Library (KHL) at the University of Southern California is pleased to announce research grants for researchers, librarians, and educators in Korean Studies. Thanks to generous support from the Overseas Korean Studies and Heritage Foundation (OKSHF), the grant assists scholars in their use of USC Korean Heritage Library’s resources for…
F1000 and ORCID partner to launch standard for citing peer review activities
(18 May 2015) ORCID and F1000 have partnered to develop a practical means to cite peer review activities, based on a standard set of terms and the use of persistent identifiers. “The formal but completely transparent peer review process post-publication used on both the F1000Prime article recommendation service and on articles published in F1000Research provides…
“The Establishment of Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies” Awarded 2015 ALA Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects
(17 May 2015) NCL’s “The Establishment of Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS)—Global Promotion of Chinese Studies of the National Central Library, R.O.C. (Taiwan)” was awarded the 2015 Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Project by the American Library Association (ALA). The NCL representative will be present to receive the framed citation from Courtney…
The Conference on the Future of Academic Libraries held in PKU
(15 May 2015, Peking University) During 23-24 April 2015, the Conference on the Future of Academic Libraries in China and North America – Discussions Among Library Directors, was held in Peking University (PKU) Library. PKU Library and Harvard University Library jointly organized this conference. Present at the conference were library directors from universities in China…
The NCL and University of Oxford sign a memorandum for a Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies
(15 May 2015) On April 7th, the National Central Library (NCL)’s Director General Shu-hsien Tseng and Deputy Librarian Catriona Cannon from the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, signed a memorandum for a Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS), as well as the MOU on the Union Catalog of Chinese Rare Book database. This TRCCS…
Sports library case study – Melbourne Cricket Club
(15 May 2015) The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) Library was founded in 1873 and serves as a comprehensive Reference Library for MCC members, their guests and the media on match days and to the general public and researchers by appointment on nonmatch days. The library houses over 200,000 resources relating to national and international cricket,…
Computing Reviews announces the 19th Annual Best of Computing
(14 May 2015) Computing Reviews (CR), an ACM/ThinkLoud publication, presents the 19th Annual Best of Computing, a compilation of our best reviews and the most interesting books and articles of the year. Working with the insight and recommendations of the CR community, Best of Computing offers a great must-read list to anyone active in computer…
AUNILO Strategic Planning Meeting
(14 May 2015) Since AUNILO’s initiation in the year 2003, it has been organizing its annual meeting and planned activities among the member countries and accomplished a series of initiatives to boost online resource sharing among AUN members. In the 10th AUNILO Meeting in April 2014, the Member Universities have decided to hold a Strategic…
Announcing the new Open Data Handbook
(13 May 2015) The Open Data Handbook has been updated. The premier guide for open data newcomers and veterans alike was originally published in 2012. It was written by expert members of the open data community and has been translated into over 18 languages. The handbook is targeted at a broad audience. It aims to…
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