Call for papers for International Symposium on Library Services for Children and Young Adults
(24 January 2014) The symposium takes place 19-20 June in South Korea. Details here:
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New issue of SEALG Newsletter online
(23 January 2014) The latest issue of the SEALG Newsletter from the Southeast Asia Library Group is now online on the SEALG homepage. Contents of the SEALG Newsletter 2013: ● SEALG Annual Meeting 2013 Report (Jana Igunma) ● Identifying and collecting primary sources of information in the archives and libraries in England, New Zealand, United…
Japan’s growing open data movement
(15 January 2014) Open data has become one of the central topics of IT policy in Japan. Since the adoption of the e-government Open Data Strategy in July 2012, national and local governments have made great steps forward in this area and the government launched an open data portal in December 2013: “Data.go.jp”, in beta…
Finding Australian theses
(23 January 2014) The Australasian Digital Theses Program database ceased operation in March 2011. The database server has been decomissioned, and the content of that database is searchable via the National Library of Australia’s Trove service. The National Library of Australia’s Trove is a free repository of Australian material, including almost a million Australian theses. Full…
Monash first in the world to acquire a new brand Top-Level Domain
(20 January 2014) Monash University today became the first globally recognised organisation to be delegated a brand Top-Level Domain (TLD) by the internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet’s global governing body. The New TLD Program has been developed by ICANN to provide competition and choice to current Top-Level Domains such as…
Ovid to be exclusive site license partner for current and archival NEJM content in China
(New York, NY, 21 January 2014) Wolters Kluwer Health today announced it has extended its global distribution agreement with the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM.org), the leading publisher of breakthrough biomedical research and best practices in clinical medicine, to be the exclusive provider of NEJM site licenses in China. Under terms of the new agreement, Ovid,…
Bug busting Biomist banishes insects from your archives
Managing the storage environment for archival materials has always been a challenge. Temperature and humidity, insects and fungus conspire to degrade and destroy irreplaceable documents from antiquity to the present day. Biomist Technology, a Korean company known for its use of bio-friendly materials, is raising its profile in Asia by working with the iGroup to…
CityU Library mobile app for iPhone/Android smart phone
The Run Run Shaw library has announced its mobile library app “CityU Mobile Library” for iPhone and Android smart phone. It is available for free download at the Apple Store and Google Play. Find the app by searching “CityU Mobile Library”. CityU Mobile Library lets you access the Library Catalogue and follow what’s happening in…
Knowing 360 Jobs in Old China from Cigarette Cards
(10 January 2014) The University of British Columbia invites you to a new exhibition “Knowing 360 Jobs in Old China from Cigarette Cards” (从烟画看旧中国的三百六十行) on the upper floor of the Asian Library from 6 January to 5 April 2014. Cigarette cards, also known as cigarette picture chips, first appeared in 1875 in North Carolina. They…
New issue of UTS library newsletter published
(20 January 2014) AXIS Magazine, from the University of Technology Sydney reports on the Future Library’s retrieval system including the installation of giant cranes. Also featured is UTS ePress launch. Read the stories here.
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