(22 November 2015) Whether new or old, libraries can be more sustainable with little effort and imagination. At the simple end of being green is buying locally made furniture, equipment and fittings, reducing electricity consumption by switching to energy saving light bulbs and recycling paper or using only that from managed forests. Academic Librarian 4,…
(23 November 2015, Tainan, Taiwan) A human library launched by National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, provides booklovers in the university community a revolutionary library-going experience. The event will run until December 11. The theme of the human library is immigrant, with a special emphasis on Southeast Asian migrant workers. A total of 10…
(29 October 2015) Faster transportation, a one-stop portal for personal health information or saving lives, these are just some of the new services being developed by the dynamic data science and analytics team at the IDA Hive. Located at the newly-opened Sandcrawler, the IDA Hive is home to the Government Digital Services team made up…
(19 November 2015) The National Library of Singapore is pleased to announce the launch of PublicationSG on 20 November 2015. An online catalogue of over one million materials published in Singapore and deposited with the National Library, its contents are now available to the public upon request. This collection includes printed and audio-visual publications such…
(18 November 2015) Using scans from the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center archive, a new project in Chengdu, China, the Ragya Grant Kanjur Republication Initiative (RGKRI), is printing 1,000 copies of the Ragya Kanjur and distributing them to monasteries across Tibetan cultural areas of China. In collaboration with monks from Ragya Monastery in eastern Tibet, TBRC digitized…
(18 November 2015) The International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) is expanding their international presence to Asia. From 4 to 5 April 2016 they are holding an Asian Conference in Singapore—Best Practices in Scholarly Publishing. COPE will be running an ethics workshop during the meeting. Space is limited. See the ISMTE website for…
(10 November 2015) The British Library will offer fellowships to professionals and scholars from around the world, thanks to a new collaboration with the UK Government announced today. The agreement is the first of its kind between Chevening, the international awards scheme funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and a cultural institution. Applicants from…
(12 November 2015) An international team is to digitise and give free online access to one of the world’s most important collections of South-Asian language printed books. A pilot project for a major digitisation initiative – Two Centuries of Indian Print – was announced today by the British Library, with the support of funding from…
(16 November 2015) The conservation of the WWII Changi civilian internment camp archives is being undertaken by two conservators, Emma Nichols and Mary French. The materials in the Changi archives pose a number of challenges to the conservator due to several different factors. 20th century materials, like the ones in this collection, are generally cheaply made…
The 14th Annual Library Leadership Institute, Library Leadership in a Disruptive World: Today & Tomorrow, will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 22 to 26 April 2016. As usual, the Institute is organised by the University of Hong Kong Libraries, this year in conjunction with the iGroup, Monash University Malaysia Library and Taylor’s University Library.…
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