(30 January 2014) The application deadline for the 2015 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program is 14 February 2014. This program–jointly sponsored by IFLA and OCLC–provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. Program overview On an annual basis, up to five individuals…
(6 February 2014) If you’re looking for scientific content don’t ignore Utopia Documents, a free PDF reader that connects the static content of scientific articles to the dynamic world of online content. Get immediate access to an article’s metadata and browse the relationship it has with the world at large. Generate a formatted citation for…
(3 February 2014) In his seventh annual Library Automation Perceptions Report, Marshall Breeding provides evaluative ratings submitted by individuals representing over three thousand libraries from 53 countries describing experiences with 136 different automation products, including both proprietary and open source systems. The survey results include 730 narrative comments providing candid statements — both positive and…
(Nay Pyi Taw, 2 February 2014) The Asia Foundation and the Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation today released the first-ever national survey of Myanmar’s public libraries in conjunction with the opening of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations Library Development Forum 2014 in the nation’s capital with the theme “Libraries for Society.” The Myanmar…
(New York, 3 February 2014 /Prnewswire) Cengage Learning, Inc., a leading educational content, software and services company for the academic, professional and library markets worldwide, announced today that Cengage Learning (including certain domestic affiliates) have reached an agreement with the company’s major financial stakeholders and creditors regarding the terms of an amended Plan of Reorganization…
In cooperation with the Instructional Technology Group (ITG) and the Student Technology Collaborative (STC), the Yale University Library has added the futuristic eyewear, Google Glass—unofficially dubbed “Yale Bass Glass” – to its collection of media devices at the Bass Library. The device will be loaned to faculty and student groups during the spring semester who…
(31 January 2014) SEALG reports on The Wellcome Library’s digitisation programme including important Asian collections especially pertaining to medicine, religious practices, divination and magic, including Malay, Batak and Javanese manuscripts (described in Ricklefs & Voorhoeve 1982). Wellcome Images, another digitisation initiative of the Wellcome Library, makes available a wealth of images, including images from Malay manuscripts…
(31 January 2014) The National Diet Library (NDL) launched the Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries in Japan on 21 January 2014. This service will allow users in Japan to browse digitized materials at libraries authorized by the NDL. Targeted materials include about 1.31 million out-of-print items digitized by the NDL, including books, periodicals, and…
(London, 21 January 2014) The World Bank Group today launched a new open data tool that provides in-depth, comparative, and easily accessible data on education policies around the world. The Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) web tool helps countries collect and analyze information on their education policies, benchmark themselves against other countries, and…
(1 Februrary 2014) Applications are now open for the next round of the ILN peer mentoring program. To date, over 320 applications from 46 countries across 5 continents have been received. The International Librarians Network (ILN) peer mentoring program is a facilitated program aimed at helping librarians develop international networks. We believe that innovation and inspiration can cross borders,…
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