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Bodleian hosts international library leaders for launch of consortium to improve access to images of collections

LibrariesJune 21, 2015

(19 June 2015) Leaders from 11 research libraries, national libraries, and nonprofit image repositories from around the world met at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries’ Weston Library on 15-16 June 2015 to form the International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium. Access to image-based resources is fundamental to research, scholarship and the transmission of cultural knowledge.…

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Guide to developing a request for proposal for the digitization of audio

DigitizationJune 19, 2015

(18 June 2015) Whether outsourcing or digitizing in-house, collection managers need to be able to define the parameters and specifications for preservation reformatting in order to properly care for their assets and to control and understand the outcomes of the digitization process. In association with the ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation AVPreserve is releasing this…

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iGroup Chairman, Mr Pote Lee, addresses 123rd AIT graduation ceremony

Asia Pacific, LibrariesJune 18, 2015

(17 June 2015) Mr Pote Lee, the Chairman of the iGroup, was recently the guest speaker at the 123rd Graduation Ceremony 2015, of the Asian Institute of Technology’s Ph.D. and Master’s degree students. In a warm and engaging speech, Mr Lee talks about his early life in Myanmar, his own graduation from AIT, the guiding…

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‘Tragic’ threat to Fairfax photo archives reflects bigger challenges facing Australia’s cultural heritage

Asia Pacific, DigitizationJune 18, 2015

(10 June 2015, Canberra) The Australian Library and Information Association, Australian Society of Archivists, National & State Libraries Australasia and Museums Australia have expressed deep concern following this week’s news that the US company handling the digitization of Fairfax Media photo archives has gone into receivership. It is tragic that these valuable photographs, capturing some…

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A Library of Things puts Frome on the map as a sharing town

LibrariesJune 17, 2015

(10 June 2015) Imagine going to a shop, borrowing anything you like, and returning it when you’re finished. This is the idea behind SHARE: a Library of Things. Opened in late-April in Frome, a town in northeast England, the aim of SHARE is to enable people to spend less, waste less, and connect more. The…

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IFLA hiring Secretary General

JobsJune 17, 2015

(16 June 2015) The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is seeking a proven leader with a compelling vision to fill the position of Secretary General. IFLA is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information…

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AVPreserve releases MDQC version 0.3 update

Metadata, Technology, ToolsJune 17, 2015

(15 June 2015) AVPreserve has released version 0.3 of its free MDQC tool. MDQC (Metadata Quality Control) is an open source utility that reads the embedded metadata of a file or directory and compares it against a set of rules for file specifications that are defined by the user for a specific file type. For…

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Civica announces Melbourne Library Service as newest Spydus10 customer

Asia Pacific, Libraries, TechnologyJune 16, 2015

(16 June 2015, Melbourne) Civica Library Solutions, a leader in specialist systems and business process services that help organisations to transform the way they work, is pleased to announce that the Melbourne Library Service in Victoria, Australia, has selected the Spydus10 integrated library management system to replace their existing library solution. Melbourne Library Service has…

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Coursera launches first Chinese language specialization

Asia Pacific, EducationJune 16, 2015

(16 June 2015) The National Taiwan University is launching the first course on demand in Computer Aided Design and Building Information Modeling (CAD/BIM) today. The course is the first Chinese language (Traditional Chinese) Specialization on Coursera. The Specialization is designed for students and professionals focusing in areas of architecture, engineering, and the construction industries. Learners…

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Free WiFi and quirky services behind staggering growth for public libraries in NSW

Asia Pacific, LibrariesJune 16, 2015

(16 June 2015) The number of people visiting public libraries in NSW is at an all‐time high with internet and online usage going through the roof, according to the latest statistics released by the State Library of NSW. “Public library visits and loans continue to rise at an impressive rate, but it is free WiFi…

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