(20 March 2014, Tokyo and Rome) NTT DATA Corporation, a global IT solutions provider, today announced it was selected to contribute to the project of digitally archiving manuscripts of the Vatican Apostolic Library. The overall project, which was started by the Vatican Apostolic Library some years ago and is currently ongoing with an initial output…
(19 March 2014) Internet2, a computer-networking consortium whose infrastructure supports the work of tens of thousands of educators and researchers across the United States, expects to formalize a partnership with its counterpart in India this month. Officials say the move will clear the way for collaboration between American and Indian researchers on a scale never seen…
(19 March 2014) To equip students and staff members with the essential knowledge of copyright and trademarks, the Knowledge Transfer Office (KTO), Run Run Shaw Library, and City University of Hong Kong Press are co-organizing a half-day training workshop on copyright and trademarks on 11 April 2014. It is the latest in the Intellectual Property…
(11 March 2014) The London Book Fair, in partnership with The Publishers Association (PA), and the Korean Publishers Association has announced the Korea Market Focus Professional Programme for The London Book Fair 8-10 April 2014 The Professional Programme provides an insight into the Korean publishing industry for international visitors and exhibitors. There are four key…
(19 March 2014) Seven of Korea’s oldest newspapers have been made available to the public in an online archive run by the National Library of Korea, the state-run library said Wednesday. “A digital archive of old newspapers published from 1939-1949 is now searchable online,” it said in a press release. Read the story by Lee…
Mr. Zhang Zhiqing, Deputy Director of the National Library of China (NLC) is speaking about the NLC’s project on collaborative preservation of Chinese rare books overseas with a focus on the compilation of The Union Catalog of Chinese Rare Books in North America. He will also introduce the recent publications of Reprints of Chinese Rare…
(4 March 2014) The purpose of the policy is support the University of Wollongong’s commitment to the dissemination and promotion of its research findings as widely as possible. A significant mechanism to do this is through the deposit of publication metadata and final manuscripts into the University’s institutional research repository, in accordance with the objectives…
(12 March 2014) The second regional convening as part of IFLA’s expanded Building Strong Library Associations programme was held 4-7 March in Jakarta, Indonesia. Reflecting the objectives and priorities in the region, the Asia and Oceania convening focused on skills for the future of the library profession, and educational standards. Many associations in the region…
(10 Mar 2014) The 2014 General Assembly and Annual Conference will be held in Tokyo at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation on 18-21 October, and will be hosted by JST, the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The National Diet Library, National Institute of Informatics, and National Association of Information Professionals are developing…
On12 March 2014 approximately 14,000 items were added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections. About 2,200 items from the Records of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) (available in “Materials on the Allied Occupation of Japan“) About 600 items from the Records of General Headquarters, Far East Command (available in “Materials on the Allied…
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