(19 March 2014) Seven of Korea’s oldest newspapers have been made available to the public in an online archive run by the National Library of Korea, the state-run library said Wednesday. “A digital archive of old newspapers published from 1939-1949 is now searchable online,” it said in a press release. Read the story by Lee…
Mr. Zhang Zhiqing, Deputy Director of the National Library of China (NLC) is speaking about the NLC’s project on collaborative preservation of Chinese rare books overseas with a focus on the compilation of The Union Catalog of Chinese Rare Books in North America. He will also introduce the recent publications of Reprints of Chinese Rare…
(4 March 2014) The purpose of the policy is support the University of Wollongong’s commitment to the dissemination and promotion of its research findings as widely as possible. A significant mechanism to do this is through the deposit of publication metadata and final manuscripts into the University’s institutional research repository, in accordance with the objectives…
(12 March 2014) The second regional convening as part of IFLA’s expanded Building Strong Library Associations programme was held 4-7 March in Jakarta, Indonesia. Reflecting the objectives and priorities in the region, the Asia and Oceania convening focused on skills for the future of the library profession, and educational standards. Many associations in the region…
(10 Mar 2014) The 2014 General Assembly and Annual Conference will be held in Tokyo at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation on 18-21 October, and will be hosted by JST, the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The National Diet Library, National Institute of Informatics, and National Association of Information Professionals are developing…
On12 March 2014 approximately 14,000 items were added to the National Diet Library Digital Collections. About 2,200 items from the Records of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) (available in “Materials on the Allied Occupation of Japan“) About 600 items from the Records of General Headquarters, Far East Command (available in “Materials on the Allied…
(11 March 2014) The Buddhist archive of photography, Luang Prabang, Laos, is the largest online photobase documenting the recent history of Buddhism in Laos, reports the SEALG website. The digitisation of the original photographs found in Luang Prabang was supported by the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme. Coming from more than 20 distinct monastery collections,…
(7 March 2014) Beginning in 2011, the National Central Library reports annually on “Taiwanese Reading Tastes.” This year (2014), another survey was conducted, the results of which were announced at a press conference held by the Ministry of Education on 7 March 2014. NCL’s Director-general Tseng shared her analysis of the survey, which showed the…
In Asia Pacific and a little further afield ALIA, Australia https://www.alia.org.au/jobs Australia, New Zealand, Canada, China… Public Libraries Australia http://www.pla.org.au/Services/Job_Vacancies School Library Association of Victoria, Australia http://www.slav.schools.net.au/slav.html Bangladesh Association of Libraries, Information Scientists & Documentalists, BALID http://www.balid.org/ New York University, Shanghai, China http://shanghai.nyu.edu/about/work/staff-positions Hong Kong Library Association http://www.hkla.org/content/blogcategory/22/48/lang,english/ Hong Kong, Singapore… Indeed. Jobs in Hong…
(10 March 2014) As part of the various programs in celebration of the Public Library Day which will lead to the grand celebration during the 1st International Conference of Public Librarians in Cebu City on 19-21 March, the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) in cooperation with Redfox Technologies Philippines, Inc. and the Rotary Club…
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