(12 March 2013) An exquisite illuminated Qur’an (Or.15227), dating from the 19th century and originating from the East Coast of the Malay peninsula, is the first Qur’an manuscript in the British Library to be digitised in its entirety. The manuscript was displayed in the British Library’s Sacred exhibition in 2007, and also featured in the…
(21 March 2013) The Southeast Asia Library Group, SEALG has announced the newly-digitised Serat Damar Wulan (MSS.Jav.89) one of the loveliest Indonesian manuscripts in the British Library, with a treasury of illustrations depicting Javanese society in the late 18th century. Pages from the Serat Damar Wulan were also reproduced in colour in the British Library…
Nominations are open for two LAS Awards. LAS Professional Service Award recognizes LAS members with at least 5 years experience who demonstrate outstanding leadership and commitment to the library profession. The award consists of a gift worth up to SGD1,000. LAS Outstanding Newcomer Award recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding newcomers to the library profession. The…
(22 March 2013) The Conference Programme Committee is calling for abstracts for LIANZA 2013 Conference: Wai-Ora, Wai-Māori, Waikato from 20-23 October in Hamilton. The conference theme reflects the association that the Waikato has with its most significant landmark, the river. The conference offer a range of topics for conference presentations including: Managing Library Services Knowledge…
(19 March 2013) Dr. Deanna Marcum, former associate librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress (LC) and Dr. TongLi Chen, former director of the Asian Library at Illinois University visited the National Central Library, NCL, Taiwan, on the 15th of March to discuss digitization of publications, legal deposits, manuscripts collection as well as…
(19 March 2013) The National Diet Library has started full-scale operation of the NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive “HINAGIKU”. “HINAGIKU” is the Searching Portal that enables integrated search and utilization of sound and videos, pictures, websites, etc., about the Great East Japan Earthquake. You can check searchable databases in the “List of the search…
On 7 March, a new collection, “Materials on the Allied Occupation of Japan”, was added to the NDL Digitized Contents. This collection contains 17,000 items from the Records of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS), and 700 items from the Records of Far East Command, Supreme Commander Allied Powers, and United Nations Command,1945-1960. USSBS…
(19 March 2013) The 9th AUNILO Committee Meeting will be held from 10 to 12 June 2013 in Kuala Lumpur with the theme Engaging Users: Initiatives For A Changing Era. The venue for the event is the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. The agenda is here: http://aunilosec.org/committee-meetings/9th-meeting-malaysia-2013/
(19 March 2013) Australia has a good track record in relation to open access, from hosting one of the first country-wide thesis repositories in the world to supporting the development and management of institutional repositories. While initially much of this work was pioneered by the university libraries, the Australian Government has made significant commitments more…
(Alexandria, Va., USA, 14 March 2013)– The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the addition of English-translated patent records from Vietnam and Thailand, as well as Malaysian full-text patents, to Thomson Innovation®, the world’s leading patent intelligence and collaboration platform.…
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