(14 February 2014) HathiTrust has added more than 80,000 volumes from Keio University. These materials dramatically increase HathiTrust’s Japanese-language holdings. Keio University will be providing more information about the materials included in the deposit in coming weeks. The volumes represent the largest deposit in HathiTrust of materials from a non-partner institution. Volumes in the collection…
(21 February 2014) The HKUST Library is offering BrowZine to its patrons, an app that consolidates scholarly journals from multiple publishers and platforms into an easily browsable format optimized for iPads or Android tablets. More here.
(21 February 2014) The CAUL Mission is to support its members in the achievement of their objectives, especially the provision of access to, and training in the use of, scholarly information, leadership in the management of information and contribution to the university experience. In pursuit of this mission The Council of Australian University Librarians develops…
The Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania has published a new issue of its newsletter. Issue No.79, February/March 2014 includes: Special topic: Historical Documents II [Australia] To read in the libraries of dreams [New Zealand] Documenting unexpected events [Philippines] NLP Leaves Its Mark: The Official Repository of the Written Cultural Heritage of the Philippines News [Korea] National Library…
Library Leadership in the Asia Pacific Century is the 12th Annual Library Leadership Institute since 2003. Once again organized by the University of Hong Kong Libraries with Fudan University Library, the 12th Institute takes place in Shanghai, 16-20 May 2014. The Institute is limited to 40 participants who will be academic and research librarians invited…
Many librarians in Asia will remember Gene Smith who died in 2010. He worked for the Library of Congress in New Delhi and Jakarta from 1968 to the 1990s. A Buddhist scholar and speaker of more than 25 languages, he amassed the largest collection of Tibetan religious texts in private hands. Rare and vulnerable, Gene…
(19 February 2014) Adelaide University’s Barr Smith Library has a new video about the Library and its services. It will take up less than 5 minutes of your time. Watch it here.
(19 February 2014) Several Chinese rare books from the University of Melbourne Cultural Collections are currently on display at the Sir Louis Matheson Library’s Asian Studies Research Collection at Clayton Campus. This is part of a joint exhibition in Asian Arts being conducted by ALIM – Asian Libraries in Melbourne, a collaborative venture between Monash…
(18 February 2014) Today LIANZA launched its three hour online learning course, Database Searching. This new course will equip you with the skills to competently search your library’s subscription databases, so that you can help your users make better use of these valuable resources. The course was developed by Alastair Smith. Learners have six months…
(17 February 2014) The Leisure & Cultural Services Department has signed an agreement to digitise the Hok Hoi Collection. Founded in 1923, Hok Hoi Library has 35,000 books, including rare classical Chinese thread-sewn books, valuable out-of-print books, and manuscripts of Chinese classics, many of which are of a high academic standard. Assistant Director of Leisure…
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