(21 Jan 2021) The Malay Studies Library (MSL) is situated at the main entrance of The Academy of Malay Studies complex, University of Malaya (UM). It was established in 1959 at the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, UM campus Kuala Lumpur. It serves members of the department of Malay Studies. On 13th January 2006…
(20 Jan 2021) China is ramping up its crackdown on academic misconduct with plans for plagiarism spot checks on undergraduate dissertations, warning universities that they face losing funding or having their right to enrol students suspended if they consistently perform poorly. The Ministry of Education said that provincial education authorities will sample at least 2 per…
(20 Jan 2021) Deep in basements beneath Mulgrave St, archivist Shaun McGuire winches a cog that opens towering rows of what are known as stacks – giant shelving units weighing as much as buses and holding any type of archive you can imagine. The basements are filled with these units after a 1952 blaze at a…
(2 Jan 2021) A new smart library has opened to the public in the city of Guiyang, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, bringing an upgraded reading experience to local residents. Covering an area of around 56,000 square meters, the seven-story library is part of the Guizhou Provincial Library project that started construction in November 2018. Various…
(12 Jan 2021) CRRC Corporation Limited, one of the world’s largest rail transportation equipment companies, has delivered more than 575 non-fiction books that introduce China from various aspects to Melbourne in Australia last December. The delivery marks the kickoff of CRRC’s China Bookshelf project (China Bookshelf), which aims to promote cultural exchanges between China and Australia and to create an inclusive community with…
(12 Jan 2021) The first Christian public library has opened in Vietnam, after a six-month approval process last year by several agencies of Vietnam’s Communist Government. “We hope it will be a symbol of Christian unity and Christian learning in Vietnam,” says Vu Le, executive director of Bible Society Vietnam, which established the library with local…
(13 Jan 2021) Students and staff at the University of Hong Kong are mourning the death of Jasper – the city’s first in-house therapy dog at an institution of higher learning – who passed away at the age of 12 on Sunday. The old English sheepdog was credited with helping hundreds of students in…
(17 Dec 2020) The East Asia Digital Library (EADL), a portal site for cultural and scientific resources in East Asian languages, was launched on December 17, 2020. Configuration and operation of the EADL is being performed by the National Library of Korea (NLK) with the cooperation of the National Diet Library (NDL). The EADL…
(7 Jan 2021) The Lao Recitation YouTube channel of the National Library of Laos recently went online, containing over 100 hours of traditional recitation and interviews with reciters. All recordings will also be available in the Digital Library of Lao Manuscripts, where some are readings of manuscripts and can be listened to while viewing images of the texts.…
(Jan 2020) Since ancient times, calendars have been indispensable for knowing the changes of days, months and seasons. Every era has various types of calendars used in the daily life of the people, and some were particularly enjoyed for their special features. In this context, old calendars contain highly interesting materials reflecting the transition in life-style…