(14 December 2015) In keeping with the IFLA WLIC 2016 conference’s overall theme, Connections, Collaboration, Community, the Asia and Oceania Open Session will focus on how libraries in the region are dealing with challenges to their traditional ways of working, and experimenting with new ways to continue serving the people of their diverse communities, whether…
(15 December 2015) ANU’s 93,000 alumni have for the first time been granted access to some of the world-class scholarly resources and online library services to support their research interest and careers. The Australian National University Library has made more than 15 major international collections of scholarly books and journals, more than 650 ANU Press…
(14 December 2015) E-commerce company Alibaba is buying Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post for 2.06 billion Hong Kong dollars ($266 million), it said Monday, in a deal that’s stirred concern the English-language paper’s reporting may be softened under new Chinese owners. The Chinese e-commerce giant is paying cash for the newspaper and the SCMP…
(14 December 2015) Magna Carta is one of the most important documents in history. It is a foundation stone of the legal systems of the UK, Singapore and Common Law countries. It has inspired the development of parliamentary democracy, equality before the law and equal rights. 800 Years of Magna Carta Magna Carta was an…
(12 December 2015) This UGC funded website in Andhra Pradesh, India has been developed to provide one stop access for the teaching and learning community to free resources such as e-journals, e-books, directories/gateways, thesis and other open access resources in pure sciences, social sciences and management. The project entitled Design and Development of Open Educational Resources…
(10 December 2015) South Korea’s Hoseo University in collaboration with DongWoo Architects has reportedly installed a slide in the library for students to travel quickly between floors. It also encourages students to be more creative and active. © Concept See more and read about it in hypebeast and ArchDaily.
(9 December 2015) Open Knowledge has published the third annual Global Open Data Index. This year’s Index showed impressive gains from non-OECD countries with Taiwan topping the Index and Colombia and Uruguay breaking into the top ten at four and seven respectively. Overall, the Index evaluated 122 places and 1586 datasets and determined that only…
(9 December 2015) Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment is pleased to host a two-day Library Symposium on 24 – 25th, December, 2015, at Lamai Geompa, Bumthang. The overall mission of the symposium is to help improve library development and services and also to strategize in sharing resources within libraries in the country. The…
(December 2015) A mobile library project aims to improve access to books for children in remote and impoverished northern Thailand, where most families have few books at home and children are eager to learn. Unicef has the story by Heamakarn Sricharatchanya.
(9 December 2015) ALIA has issued the Minimum Standard Guidelines for Library Services to Prisoners to provide guidance on the establishment, operation, and evaluation of library services to prisoners in Australia. All people – including prisoners – have a fundamental right to read, learn and access information. Table of contents: 1. Introduction 2. Existence and Purpose of Prison…
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