(7 March 2014) Beginning in 2011, the National Central Library reports annually on “Taiwanese Reading Tastes.” This year (2014), another survey was conducted, the results of which were announced at a press conference held by the Ministry of Education on 7 March 2014. NCL’s Director-general Tseng shared her analysis of the survey, which showed the…
(10 March 2014, Tokyo, Japan) Sony Corporation and Panasonic Corporation today announced that they have formulated “Archival Disc”, a new standard for professional-use, next-generation optical discs, with the objective of expanding the market for long-term digital data storage. Both Sony and Panasonic aim to launch systems with a recording capacity of 300 GB per disc…
(11 March 2014, Washington, D.C.) Asked to predict how technology will change over the next decade, hundreds of experts agree that trends now underway will make the internet more important even as it becomes less visible in daily life. They believe it will become more “like electricity” and produce vastly greater human and machine connectivity…
(10 March 2014) DataCite is working on the creation of a new website. Firms and professionals are invited to submit a proposal. You will find all the details in this document. Read the announcement here.
In Asia Pacific and a little further afield ALIA, Australia https://www.alia.org.au/jobs Australia, New Zealand, Canada, China… Public Libraries Australia http://www.pla.org.au/Services/Job_Vacancies School Library Association of Victoria, Australia http://www.slav.schools.net.au/slav.html Bangladesh Association of Libraries, Information Scientists & Documentalists, BALID http://www.balid.org/ New York University, Shanghai, China http://shanghai.nyu.edu/about/work/staff-positions Hong Kong Library Association http://www.hkla.org/content/blogcategory/22/48/lang,english/ Hong Kong, Singapore… Indeed. Jobs in Hong…
(10 March 2014) Innovative, a leading provider of library services platforms, and Bibliotheca, a leader in RFID and bar-code based technology solutions, announced today that they have entered into a strategic alliance that will enhance integration of the companies’ products to create value-added offerings to library customers worldwide. Under the terms of the agreement Innovative…
(10 March 2014) As part of the various programs in celebration of the Public Library Day which will lead to the grand celebration during the 1st International Conference of Public Librarians in Cebu City on 19-21 March, the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) in cooperation with Redfox Technologies Philippines, Inc. and the Rotary Club…
(10 March 2014) The new Academic Integrity online tutorial was jointly developed by the Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) and Monash University Library as part of the implementation of the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedures. Modules include ethics, several on various aspects of plagiarism, collusion and getting help. Read the announcement here.
(6 March 2014) Universities from just two countries – the US and the UK – comprise the top 10 of the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2014. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford and the University of California, Berkeley complete the top six, with…
(10 March 2014) Medici.tv has built a unique service producing and broadcasting over 100 live concerts each year and 1,300 programmes, in collaboration with the greatest orchestras and concert halls in the world. Its database offers more than 1,300 streaming programmes of opera, dance, concerts, ballets, documentaries and artists’ profiles. Streaming is offered via PC…
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