(17 February 2014) This beta version of the SCOAP3 repository contains all articles funded by SCOAP3 in several formats, including PDF, PDF/A and XML. All articles are published under a CC-BY license and can be freely downloaded and further disseminated. The repository metadata is also available under a CC0 license. Around 500 articles per month appear in the repository,…
(17 February 2014) The Leisure & Cultural Services Department has signed an agreement to digitise the Hok Hoi Collection. Founded in 1923, Hok Hoi Library has 35,000 books, including rare classical Chinese thread-sewn books, valuable out-of-print books, and manuscripts of Chinese classics, many of which are of a high academic standard. Assistant Director of Leisure…
(17 February 2014) Open Access Repositories (OARs) enable enhanced access to scholarship as there are no barriers of restrictions or prohibitive rights over the content. The current publication compares the five most widely adopted IR platforms: Digital Commons, Dspace, Eprints, Fedora, and Islandora. Read the announcement here.
(17 February 2014) There are only three days left to apply for the next round of the International Librarians Network (ILN) peer mentoring program. The ILN is a facilitated program aimed at helping librarians develop international networks. If you sign up to the program, you will be matched with a colleague outside of your country, based on…
(17 February 2014) The Attorney-General has tabled the final report from the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) Copyright and the Digital Economy inquiry. This inquiry was charged with determining if copyright exceptions and limitations were working in the digital age. The conclusion was that reform was needed. Among the recommendations are that fair use exceptions…
(11 February 2014) The Ministry of Culture, focal Ministry for ASCC Myanmar, organized the ASEAN Library Development Forum 2014 with the theme of “Libraries for Society” at Mingala Thiri Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw on 3-4 February 2014. The purpose of the forum was to exchange experience, knowledge and issues of library professionals from Asia and…
(14 February 2014) During 2013, 165 libraries participated in LibQUAL+, and 202,000 respondents submitted valid surveys. An overview of the 2013 survey results are here, 2013 LibQUAL+ survey highlights (PDF). On 17 January, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) sponsored a webcast, “LibQUAL+ Trends in CARL Libraries,” presented by Linda Bedwell, LibQUAL+ Canada Coordinator.…
(14 February 2014) The National Diet Library (NDL) of Japan uses the results of assessment, analysis, and evaluation of its own activities (services and operations) into future planning and activities. This Activity Performance Evaluation system is intended to help achieve the high-end mission and objectives advocated by the NDL. Also, we have adopted a Plan-Do-Check-Act…
(13 February 2014, modified 14 February 2014) The Australian Law Reform Commission, ALRC, was asked to consider whether the current exceptions and statutory licences in the Copyright Act are adequate and appropriate in the digital era. The Report, tabled on 13 February 2014, is the result of an 18 month Inquiry during which the ALRC produced…
On 14 February approximately 4,000 books, which had previously been provided only inside the National Diet Library, became available on the internet after copyright clearance. Newly added materials can be searched and read in the Digital Library from the Meiji Era and the National Diet Library Digital Collections. As a result, the total number of…
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