(22 May 2015) The Bhutan Library Consortium has posted on its website a list of online catalogues in the country. The 15 catalogues with links include colleges, institutes and The National Library. The list is here.
(23 May 2015) The University of Oregon Libraries seeks a knowledgeable, creative, and service-oriented colleague for the position of East Asian Cataloging Team Leader. The ALA website has a full description of the job.
(21 May 2015) National Central Library (NCL)’s Director General Shu-hsien Tseng and Dr. Catherine Eagleton, Head of Asian and African Studies, British Library (BL), signed a Cooperation Agreement at the NCL on May 21, 2015. Lead Curator Ms. Sara Chiesura from the BL was in attendance to witness this historic moment. The Database of the…
(20 May 2015) The East West University is organizing five day workshop on Integrated Library System: Koha and DSpace Institutional Repository Software from 7-11 June 2015 at East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. For a brochure and registration details click here.
(20 May 2015) The Royal Commonwealth Society collections have created an online catalogue for a recent acquisition, the archives of the railway engineer Hugh Murton Le Fleming. He worked as an inspector for the Crown Agents for the Colonies, checking and testing steam locomotives before they were shipped out to their customers across the world.…
(20 May 2015) EIFL – in association with the University of Mandalay and the University of Yangon – will organize a series of seminars on open access as a part of the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project. A guest speaker – Fred Chan, Research and Data Services Librarian, the University of Hong Kong Libraries – will…
By Ruth A. Pagell* (20 May 2015) The 1983 appearance of the US News & World Report “Best Colleges in America,” which focused on inputs and was designed for student decision making, started the rankings frenzy in the U.S. When university rankings went global, the magazine published its first “Rankings of World’s Best Colleges” (Morse,…
(19 May 2015) SPIE Spotlights, a new peer-reviewed eBook series from SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has launched with tutorials on image resolution, fiber optics, and logistics of setting up a laser lab. The new series fills a gap between longer works and single papers, and provides an accessible resource for professionals…
(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.
(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…
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