(6 Jan 2024) The timeless adage suggests that to truly gauge a person, go through their library, and you’ll learn much about their personality. Apply this simple maxim on your next Asian holiday, and you’ll unravel architectural insights and historical masterpieces that perhaps a shopping street or sunrise trek wouldn’t have offered. In this narrative,…
(8 Jan 2024) The National Library of Australia is breaking new ground, having successfully implemented a technology that turns handwritten documents into machine-readable text. This innovation, dubbed Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR), will unlock the words of both famous and everyday Australians, making them readily accessible on Trove, the library’s online database. Approximately 10,000 digitized…
(4 Jan 2024) With the December 31, 2023, retirement of Ms. KATAYAMA Nobuko, Mr. YAMAJI Yasushi has been named Deputy Director General of the National Diet Library, effective January 1, 2024. Since joining the National Diet Library in 1989, Mr. Yamaji has served as director general of the Acquisitions and Bibliography Department and, since February…
(23 Dec 2023) A case library being established by China’s top court began soliciting cases from all walks of life on Friday, and will be open to public after its establishment. Cases deemed to have reference value by the Supreme People’s Court will be included in the case library after being reviewed and authorized, according…
(21 Dec 2023) IOP Publishing (IOPP) has secured its first ‘Read and Publish’ transformative agreement in Taiwan, demonstrating its dedication to expanding open access (OA) to research in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region and at scale globally. The three-year transformative agreement with the Physics Research Promotion Centre, which is part of the National Science and Technology Council…
(18 Dec 2023) The global popularity of Japanese manga has prompted a unique initiative by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Japanese government. In a move to bolster awareness and accessibility of manga worldwide, the agency is collaborating with critics from various countries to curate specialized lists for overseas libraries. Good e-Reader has…
(13 Dec 2023) In December 2020, the Chinese Academy of Sciences released the first version of its journal Early Warning List. Three years on, Prof. Dr. Liying Yang, Director of the Scientometrics and Research Assessment Unit at the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who manages the Early Warning List, will host a research…
(6 Dec 2023) From the National Library of New Zealand blog: “The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa is charged with ‘enriching the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations’ (National Library of New Zealand Act 2003). We have a growing commitment to…
(6 Dec 2023) The EDUTech 2023 Conference was buzzing with excitement as librarians from NUS Libraries showcased the flagship immersive technology Jumpstart Minis programme and efforts to increase scalability, serviceability and sustainability in blended learning. Wondering how learning platforms have been used to achieve greater manpower efficiency? Or how students and learners can be empowered…
(3 Dec 2023) The National Medical Commission (NMC) of India is planning to create a library in which all books and manuscripts related to medicine and surgery in ancient India will be available. It has called for experts from the medical field and other disciplines to help identify and collect the books and manuscripts for…