(30 November 2013) In line with the internationalization of Chinese studies, the National Central Library (NCL) began in 2012 to establish overseas Taiwan Resource Centers for Chinese Studies (TRCCS). Located at major universities and research institutes abroad, the center aims to promote Taiwan’s achievements in Sinology and deepen cultural exchanges between the Chinese and Western…
(13 December 2013, New York) UN Women today launched a Constitutional Database (http://constitutions.unwomen.org) which for the first time examines constitutions through a gender lens, mapping the principles and rules which guarantee, deny, or protect the rights of women and girls around the world. Constitutions have a tremendous impact on women. They are well-recognized markers for…
(13 December 2013) The ARL joined 28 other organizations and 71 individuals in a letter opposing a copyright term of life plus 70 years in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). Authors of the letter, sent to TPP negotiators on 6 December, noted, “There is no benefit to society of extending copyright beyond the 50 years…
(12 December 2013) The British Library has released over a million images onto Flickr Commons for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. These images were taken from the pages of 17th, 18th and 19th century books digitised by Microsoft who then generously gifted the scanned images to the BL, allowing them to be released into the Public Domain.…
(13 December 2013) 4 December 2013 is the 1,000th day after the Great East Japan Earthquake. The National Diet Library (NDL) continues to collect, preserve and utilize records of the earthquake through the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Project. The East Japan Great Earthquake Sound Archives (NHK) – From new contents of “HINAGIKU” New searchable…
(13 December 2013) The Australian National University Library has published two new online guides, Bibliometrics and citation tracking and How to use NVivo, that have been produced with the ANU research community in mind. Bibliometrics and citation tracking explains citation tracking, and introduces a range of tools to measure the impact of research and journals.…
(13 December 2013) The Southeast Asia Library Group together with the Library of Southeast Asian Studies at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University are hosting the Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asia Library Group in Frankfurt/Main (Germany), 27-28 June 2014. The meeting will take place at the Bockenheim Campus and will include a Southeast Asian Studies Library tour…
(12 December 2013) IFLA is pleased to announce the publication of a Statement on Libraries and Text and Data Mining. The IFLA Governing Board approved the statement on 4 December 2013. There are vast amounts of information and data being generated every day through government, academic, economic and social activities. Text and data mining has emerged as…
(9 December 2013) schmidt hammer lassen architects has been announced 1st place winner in the competition to design a 30,000 square metres central library in Ningbo, China. Located in the heart of Ningbo New East Town the new library sits on the edge of a new ecological wetland area which will form a new cultural…
(11 December 2013, Washington) Most Americans feel that public libraries have done a good job embracing new technology, but are split on whether libraries are as essential as they were in the past for finding information, says the Pew Research Center. In a larger sense, Americans strongly value the role of public libraries in their…
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