(6 March 2014) One in five adults in Australia is not online. To address this issue, Australia Post and Infoxchange are rolling out a four year national digital literacy program. The program has the ambitious goal of getting more than 300,000 Australians to improve their digital skills and realise their digital potential. Small businesses, the elderly, postal workers…
(4 March 2014) From 1 July 2014 the care of the collections of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, KITLV, will be transferred to the Leiden University Library (UBL). All books, periodicals, archives, photographs, maps and print collections etc. will be moved to the UBL. A large part of the present…
(3 March 2014, New Delhi) A recent study prepared by Elsevier for the UK’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and based on Scopus data, shows that India has achieved substantial growth in research articles output, increasing from 54 thousand in 2008 to 93 thousand in 2012 at an annualized growth rate of 14.4%. This…
(27 February 2014) On the basis of the China-Japan-Korea Digital Library Initiative (CJKDLI) agreement, the NDL is engaged in integration of the information services (portal) of the three national libraries. The dynamic link between the NDL Search by NDL and the Dibrary by the National Library of Korea is available now. To see a diagram…
(27 February 2014) To help students find their way around the library and its collections, the University of New South Wales Library has published its library discovery videos online. Get Started explains how to connect with the library; while Search Smarter explains how to quickly find eBooks, databases, exam papers and other library resources. See…
(26 February 2014) Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) continues the march up in international university standings by breaking into the top 10 of the world university subject rankings. For the first time, NTU has three subjects ranked among the world’s top ten. The 2014 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject, released today, places…
(27 February 2014) This new leadership program is for those who have been identified as potential leaders by their own organisation and have had two years experience in a supervisory or management role. With the increasing interrelationship of the library, information and cultural industries the program will appeal to a wide range of organisations including libraries,…
(26 February 2014) The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recently released a report proposing that a ‘fair use’ exception be introduced to Australian copyright law, moving from a closed list of exceptions to the open-ended fairness test which has characterized US copyright law since 1978. Simon Collinson ponders what the proposed introduction of fair use…
(24 February 2014) Myanmar recently hosted the ASEAN Library Development Forum 2014. In addition to a summary of the Forum the National Library of Myanmar has published a more detailed account of the proceedings which offers recommendations on Professional development towards digital environment; Preservation of library materials; Community-based library activities; Customer service & library marketing;…
(20 February 2014) The library of the Federation University Australia has published online its General Guide to Referencing. The 81 page 2014 edition covers: What you need to know about referencing; What you need to know about plagiarism; APA citation style; MLA citation style; and Chicago note citation style. Consult it here.
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