ICADL 2014 welcomes submissions in the areas that resonate with (but not limited to) the theme of “The Emergence of Digital Libraries Research and Practices”. The Topics of the conference are divided into 5 areas, of which the Digital Humanities is specifically highlighted. More here.
The International Conference on Chinese Digital Publishing and Digital Libraries is calling for papers. The new deadline is 31 May. The conference is in Jinan, China, 3-7 July. More here.
(14 January 2014) The Korea Herald reports that the Korean Government will greatly increase the number of public libraries, their book collections and staff capacity as part of efforts to realize its goal of building a culturally thriving country. The story is here.
(14 January 2014) How many books and DVDs can your higher degree students borrow? 30, 40? How about staff? The librarians at La Trobe University, Australia, have increased the number and time for borrowing. The new numbers are here.
(10 January 2014) The Southeast Asian Library Group, SEALG, reports that the online catalogue for the The National Museum of Cambodia was anounced 3 January 2014. The museum, founded in 1920, houses one of the world’s greatest collections of Khmer cultural material including sculpture, ceramics and ethnographic objects from the prehistoric, pre-Angkorian, Angkorian and post-Angkorian…
(13 January 2014) In memory of Sir Run Run Shaw, a Condolence Corner will be set up at the Library Multi-purpose Lobby for staff, students and alumni to pay tribute to Sir Run Run from 13 to 27 January 2014. In remembrance of Sir Run Run’s contributions to CityU Library, the Library will organize an …
(10 January 2014) CAUL has published a list of resources describing projects, publications and websites on library data and text mining. Peruse it here. If the value and impact of university libraries is more your thing, there’s a list for that too describing conferences, projects, publications, websites and websites. Click here to view.
(9 January 2014) Futuregov.asia reports that Korea’s digitized national treasures are accessible through the new Korea National Heritage Online portal. Run by the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA), it brings together information collected from existing subsidiary websites and also has 1.8 million new pieces of data on the national heritage. Read the Futuregov.asia article by Medha Basu…
(9 January 2013) Have you got a problem with chirping mobile phones in the library and loud conversations? Then take a look at the acoustic phone booths installed in the library of the University of Technology Sydney. No longer will you have to listen to Ted and Alice decide which movie to see tonight. The…
The 7th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF 2014) will be held on 9-11 July 2014 at the Shanghai Library. The conference is organized by the Shanghai Library & Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai, and co-organized by the Shanghai Society for Library Science and Shanghai Society for Scientific and Technical Information. The theme…
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