(16 April 2015) Beyond Access is excited to announce a new partnership with Save the Children in Bangladesh to support their USAID-funded READ project, building community-based literacy efforts in public and community libraries in Bangladesh. Through the Family Literacy Connect project, Beyond Access and Save the Children will work with libraries in Bangladesh to promote…
(15 April 2015) The Internet Archive and the Chinese Academic Digital Associative Library (CADAL), are pleased to announce that 500,000 English-language, academic books will be digitized through a partnership that leverages strengths from both organizations. This furthers an initiative begun in 2009, The China-US Million Book Digital Library Project, seeking to bring one million texts…
(14 April 2015) University Librarian, Peter Sidorko has announced that the HKU Libraries’ website, http://lib.hku.hk/, has taken its first gold award in the Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2015, jointly organised by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) and the Equal Opportunities Commission, Hong Kong. The accessibility features include all functions being performed…
(15 April 2015) A team from global design and consulting firm Woods Bagot will deliver the inaugural APDL Connect Project installation. The APDL Connect Project, a new initiative of State Library’s Asia Pacific Design Library (APDL), gives designers from the Asia Pacific region an opportunity to develop and display their work in the APDL Design…
(15 April 2015, Singapore) The National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore has set up an independent consultative panel from 1 April 2015 to advise it on its review of library materials. The Library Consultative Panel comprises 19 members from a broad cross-section of society (see Annex). Each member of the panel will serve a two-year…
(April 2015) The ‘Joint Statement of Principle: ORCID – Connecting Researchers and Research‘ [PDF 297KB] proposes that Australia’s research sector broadly embrace the use of ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) as a common researcher identifier. The statement was drafted by a small working group coordinated by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) comprised of…
(14 April 2015, London) Ingram Content Group has expanded its print-on-demand (POD) and distribution reach to South Korea through a Global Connect alliance, offered through Ingram’s Lightning Source Inc., with Korean Studies Information Co., Ltd. (KSI), one of the largest digital printing and publishing groups in the country. Together, Ingram and KSI offer publishers access…
(19 March 2015) Two university students have been expelled and a further 70 are facing severe penalties, including expulsion, from five of NSW’s most prestigious universities after being identified in connection with a widespread cheating scandal centred around an online essay writing company. Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald has the story by Lisa Visentin. The UK…
(13 April 2015, London) 3M Library Systems (3M) today announced that it will expand its 3M Cloud Library Digital Lending System to libraries in the UK and Australia. Borrowers in these countries will benefit from 3M’s entry into the market as it boosts public libraries’ options to meet the increasing demand for digital content. 3M…
(12 April 2015) Telecom major Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS) has donated two million Baht [USD 66,000] towards the library modernization campaign of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. CEO of AIS Mr. Somchai Lertsutiwong handed over the cheque to AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai in a ceremony organized at the Intouch Towers on…
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