Data.One is a portal to facilitate the wider dissemination of Public Sector Information (PSI) for value-added re-use. All datasets are free-of-charge for commercial or non-commercial re-use. Data includes water quality, weather, population census, public transport and more. All data on this portal are freely downloadable and re-usable and some are in XML format for convenient…
(8 May 2013) Dr. Jidong Yang has joined the Stanford University Libraries as Head of the East Asia Library (EAL). Dr. Yang formerly served as the Head of the Asia Library at the University of Michigan. He holds a PhD from the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Pennsylvania; an…
With a donation of HKD3 million from Dr Ko Pui-shuen, Chairman of Kingrich Asia Holdings Limited, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library has initiated two projects to enhance access to and use of the University Archives & Special Collections. The gallery will be named“Hong Kong Chiu Chow Chamber of Commerce Ko Pui…
(8 May 2013) Hong Kong is about to embark on the era of web 3.0 in which media and information technology will be more embedded into our lives than ever. Alongside the transformation from an industrial society to a knowledge-based society, the younger generations will have to develop the required abilities and literacy to cope with…
(7 May 2013) SLANZA is open to applications for nominations for Life Membership to be awarded at the AGM at the 2013 conference in Wellington in July. Life membership may be conferred on a past or current member whose contribution to SLANZA and school librarianship or a closely related field is so outstanding that it…
The Development Report of Chinese Librarianship, 2012 (Bluebook), which is the first comprehensive bluebook of Chinese library community, was published officially on 27 April 2013. The book presents a comprehensive summary of the current development status of Chinese librarianship as well as tracing the origin of library-related policies. It analyzes the achievements, problems and development characteristics…
發布日期：2013-4-25 發布單位：國際合作組 On the 15th of April 2013, the National Central Library of Taiwan launched the National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) Mobile Service. It can be accessed by mobile phone or tablet computer browser. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw takes you to the Chinese and English NDLTD websites. For the PC version, click “PC version” on…
(30 April 2013) LIANZA’s Standing Committee on eLending and Digital Content has adopted IFLA’s Principles for Library eLending while the New Zealand principles are being developed. A link to the IFLA eLending principles is available on the LIANZA Standing Committee on eLending and Digital Content page. The full LIANZA announcement is here: http://www.lianza.org.nz/news/2013/apr/30/lianza-adopts-iflas-principles-library-elending
READ Global wins the $100,000 Lipman Family Prize of the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 24 April 2013) The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced today the winner of the second annual Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize – READ Global, an international non-profit bringing together education, enterprise, and community…
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Taiwan’s National Central Library an international conference was organized on the 18th and 19th of April 2013. The general theme was “A New Paradigm for Globalized Knowledge and Library Development.” On this occasion, the President of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou graced the meeting with his presence at the opening ceremony.…
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