(1 October 2015) The Library seeks a subject specialist to build library collections and provide library services in the interdisciplinary field of Chinese Studies. Reporting to the Director of the East Asian Library, this Librarian, as core member of a team of East Asian Library colleagues, works closely with faculty, students, staff and visiting scholars…
(30 September 2015, Bhubaneswar) Manmohan Digital Library, the first digital library in the state of Odisha (formerly Orissa) with over 1.3 lakh (130,000) digitized pages of Odia literature, will be opened to the public in the Old Town here on Tuesday. The library is being set up by voluntary organization Srujanika, which works on digitization…
(1 October 2015, Frankfurt) With the slogan “17,000 Islands of Imagination”, Indonesia, the fourth largest country in the world, is offering glimpses into its rich cultural and literary landscape – for the first time in the German-speaking world. “In its role as guest of honour at the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair, Indonesia has the opportunity…
(1 October 2015) The new Times Higher Education World University Rankings, using Elsevier data, were released today (30 September 2015.) Cal Tech remains number one in the world and National University of Singapore is first in Asia and 26th in the world, using the new world methodology. Two weeks ago, we announced the release of…
(1 October 2015) The State Library of NSW has announced a new $30,000 digital fellowship, the first of its kind to be offered by an Australian cultural organisation. The DX Lab Fellowship will provide a digital innovator with the opportunity to work alongside the State Library’s pioneering DX Lab to develop a creative digital experience…
(28 September 2015) The 2015 Curtin Commercial Innovation Awards were held at the State Reception Centre in Kings Park, Perth, Australia on Friday 18th September 2015. This year’s competition attracted a record 46 applications from across Curtin University with 12 applicants shortlisted to present to a panel of judges looking at novelty, level of development,…
Experience 300 years of Chinese culture and tradition from two of the world’s great libraries. From life at court to life in the villages and fields, glimpse the world of China’s last imperial dynasty and its wealth of cultural tradition. See exquisite and precious objects from the National Library of China. Marvel at drawings and…
(29 September 2015, Taipei, CNA) The number of bookstores in Taiwan has decreased by nearly a third in the past decade due to high rentals, slim profit margins and declining reading habits among people in the country, the Chinese-language Apple Daily reported Tuesday. This year alone, several iconic bookstore chains in Taiwan have shut up…
(26 September 2015) Under an innovative digital library program, the National Library of Australia (NLA) is redeveloping infrastructure to manage its huge digital collections and provide access to collections from hundreds of libraries across its network, reports Shahida Sweeney on the CIO website. The library is expanding its online and mobile services for Australian and…
(22 September 2015) Applications are being accepted for the next round of funding. The deadline for the submission of preliminary application forms is 6 November 2015. Unless action is taken now, much of mankind’s documentary heritage may vanish – discarded as no longer of relevance or left to deteriorate beyond recovery. This website explains what…
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