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China Academic Digital Associative Library opens its 1.75 million eBook collection to Columbia University

Asia Pacific, Databases, eBooksJanuary 7, 2014

(New York, 6 January 2014) Columbia University Libraries/Information Services has announced the opening of the CADAL (China Academic Digital Associative Library) database of 1.75 million Chinese eBooks to Columbia University. The CADAL, which originated from the China-US Million Book Digital Library Project, is one of the two major consortia academic libraries in China with partnership ties to…

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Professional development and on-the-job training for librarians in Taiwan

Asia Pacific, Event, LibrariesJanuary 7, 2014

(6 January 2014) Taiwan’s National Central Library has developed courses on “Promoting Reading in the Digital Age”, “Libraries and Youth Services”, “Using Statistics to Improve Library Services”, “The Digital Learning Train”, and “Improving Organizational Management Quality Standards”. These courses address different professional development needs and job duties of librarians serving in public, high school, vocational…

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ProQuest launches free version of Flow™

TechnologyJanuary 7, 2014

(Ann Arbor, MI, 6 January 2014) ProQuest’s powerful collaboration and document management tool Flow™ is now accessible free for researchers – including those in institutions that don’t subscribe to the service. Flow leverages a decade of experience with the RefWorks® suite of tools, resulting in a unique service that manages researcher workflows while integrating document management…

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NDL announces priorities for 2014

Asia Pacific, Digitization, LibrariesJanuary 7, 2014

Mr. Noritada Otaki, Librarian, National Diet Library, Japan has outlined four priority issues for the NDL in 2014. First, to support legislative activities the NDL will provide prompt and reliable information on various national-policy targets in response to requests from Diet members Second will be the official launch in January 2014 of transmission services to…

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Researchers map out world’s winegrape varieties

Asia Pacific, DatabasesJanuary 7, 2014

(6 January 2014) University of Adelaide researchers have compiled statistics from 44 countries to develop the first database of the world’s winegrape varieties and regions. The new database, funded by the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation (GWRDC), provides an in-depth analysis of the world’s wine varieties and winegrape growing nations that account for…

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Regional Resource Centers for public libraries to increase library services

Asia Pacific, LibrariesJanuary 6, 2014

(3 January 2014) To improve the integration and services of public library resources, Taiwan’s National Central Library (NCL) has promoted its Public Library Resource Integration Development Project. According to the project, within four years regional resource centers will be established in northern, central, southern and eastern Taiwan, with eight more district resource centers to follow.…

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Universiti Putra Malaysia celebrates 25-year anniversary with VTLS

Asia Pacific, Libraries, TechnologyJanuary 3, 2014

(3 January 2014, Blacksburg, VA) – Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and VTLS Inc. celebrated 25 years of partnership with an anniversary event on 11 November 2013. UPM’s Chief Librarian, Amir Hussain Mohd. Ishak and former Chief Librarian, Tuan Syed Salim Agha, both attended the event along with VTLS President & CEO Dr. Vinod Chachra, library…

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What could have entered the public domain on January 1, 2014?

CopyrightJanuary 2, 2014

Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain has posted an analysis of which books would have entered the public domain on 1 January 2014 if the maximum copyright term remained at 56 years. The change to 70 years protection from the death of the author became effective in 1978 due to the…

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Top Ten libraries of 2013

Asia Pacific, LibrariesJanuary 2, 2014

Which are the best libraries of 2013? designboom has selected 10 buildings from around the world including National Library of Sejong City, Korea, and Datong Library in China. The illustrated story is here.

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CTIA releases KnowMyApp.org to inform consumers about mobile apps and their data use

TechnologyDecember 30, 2013

(26 December 2013, Washington) CTIA -The Wireless Association® unveiled KnowMyApp.org to inform consumers how much data their favorite apps use. While there are tools that allow consumers to learn about app data usage after the fact, KnowMyApp.org, for the first time, gives users the ability to estimate an app’s data usage before it’s downloaded. To…

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