(29 November 2013) The Korean education ministry said Friday it ordered publishers of seven out of the eight government-approved Korean history textbooks to revise a total of 41 instances of what it calls obscure and imbalanced descriptions of history, reports The Korea Herald. Publication of the books will be suspended if the order is not…
Asia and Oceania Convening: Jakarta, Indonesia, 4-7 March 2014 IFLA’s successful Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) programme will be expanded through a series of convenings and projects at the regional level in Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean from 2014. (27 November 2013) The National Library of Indonesia will host the Asia and Oceania…
The Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania has published its latest CDNLAO Newsletter, No. 78, November 2013. Contents include: Special topic: Historical Documents [China] The Historical Documents at the National Library of China [Myanmar] Rare Book Collection of National Literary, Myanmar [Singapore] “Roots”: An Exhibition for Family Histories and the Collections of…
(25 November 2013) If you are interested in the botany of Australia the University of Sydney is offering eBot, a free to use database of plant images contributed by staff and students. Orchids, pineapples, eucalyptus and hundreds more plants are featured, each with common and botanical names, descriptions and photographs. Read the terms and conditions. The…
(14 November 2013) On 30 July, the launching ceremony of a China-wide Digital Reading Promotion Activity themed “Enjoying Reading through Network, Accessible Digital Reading” was held in Tianjin, jointly hosted by the National Library of China (NLC) and TEDA Library & Archives and others. After the event, the Experience Zone of the Digital Library Promotion…
Flinders Centre for Clinical Change & Health Care Research Flinders Filters is a research team at Flinders University, Australia, specialising in information retrieval. The team develops real world solutions including search filters and online search tools. Finding the existing evidence base is a prerequisite to implementing evidence. However, searching for this evidence is difficult. “Search…
The National Diet Library and International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University are pleased to announce a symposium on 11 January 2014 on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive and how to apply the records of and lessons learned from the disaster to reconstruction of the affected area. The symposium will feature lectures on…
(Kunming, 19 November 2013) Xinhua reports that librarians from China and other Asian countries have agreed on strengthening collaboration and promoting resource sharing. More than 80 chief librarians and representatives from Asian countries and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions signed the Declaration of Kunming at the Asian Library Curator Forum, which kicked…
(Adelaide, 20 November 2013) The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has selected the Alma library management service and the Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Alma and Primo replace a number of systems including Ex Libris Voyager and Proquest AquaBrowser. The implementation of Alma and Primo will allow CSIRO to consolidate existing systems, thereby…
(20 November 2013) What do those open access colours mean? This panel discussion from Open Access Week in Australia, explores the various aspects of open access including: open educational resources, open data, and the perspectives of an open access journal editor and publisher of an eBook. Panelists include: Professor Shirley Alexander, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Teaching, Learning…
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