(7 Nov 2021) The system-wide library council of the University of Philippines (UP) has expressed its strong opposition to the decision of banning and removal of books from libraries and online platforms that the government deemed subversive, saying it “threatens to undermine” academic freedom and “book purges” are practiced by authoritarian societies. “We, the System-wide…
(4 Nov 2021) U.S. tech company Google Inc. donated US$1 million Thursday to the Taiwan FactCheck Center (TFC) to help fund the center’s media literacy initiatives. The US$1 million will be disbursed over the next three years under Google’s Intelligent Taiwan initiatives to help combat the effects of disinformation, the company said. Google’s…
(24 Oct 2021) Ever go hunting for a book without quite remembering the title? Perhaps you’ve gone to a library counter and declared, “There’s this book, and it’s called, um,” and then uttered something ridiculous. And at one library in Japan, the librarians are writing those down. And now they’ve put them in a book. …
(1 Nov 2021) The Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) has announced the official launch of its New Online Catalog, which has been upgraded to provide library patrons greater functionality and easier accessibility. The online catalog serves as a gateway to an expansive collection of books and materials relating to Cambodian and Southeast Asian history and…
(23 Oct 2021) Indonesia: The National Library (Perpusnas) said it is providing support to the National Archives of Indonesia (ANRI), which has built a Disaster Archive Study Center in Aceh. “This study center aims to provide educational facilities to the community related to disaster literacy. Its presence will encourage many parties to prepare references…
(25 Oct 2021) The Commission on Higher Education in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CHED-CAR) has joined the campaign to purge universities and colleges in the region of what it considered “subversive” materials. CHED-CAR Director Demetrio Anduyan Jr. urged private and public higher education institutions (HEIs) in the region to remove “subversive” materials from their…
(27 Oct 2021) The revamped Choa Chu Kang Public Library, which reopens to the public tomorrow (Oct 28), is one example of how libraries in the future will look like. The library, with the theme (Re)connect With Nature, is the first in Singapore to be built around the concept of sustainability. Visitors will be…
(18 Oct 2021) The British Library holds a small but important collection of about 120 manuscripts written in the Malay language and the Jawi (Arabic) script, originating from all over maritime Southeast Asia. These Malay manuscripts have always – in theory – been accessible publicly in the reading rooms initially of the British Museum and…
(14 Oct 2021) Within the Alexander Turnbull Library’s substantial photographic archive there are a large number of panoramas, both negatives and photographic prints. Panorama photographs capture a horizontally elongated view, often using a lens that rotates from one side to another during the exposure using a Cirkut camera. You can watch a short video of photographer Benjamin Porter…
(11 Oct 2021) A large national library on the campus of the National University of Battambang (NUBB) in Battambang province will be inaugurated next month to let students conduct more research on subjects and technical skills in areas such as agriculture and technology. NUBB rector Sok Khorn told The Post on October 10 that the…