UBC seeks Chinese Rare Books Cataloguer
(2 December 2013) The University of British Columbia invites applicants for the position of Chinese Rare Books Cataloguer. Deadline is 3 January 2014. More here.
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OurFairDeal writes to governments negotiating the TPP
(21 November 2013) The OurFairDeal coalition has posted on its website an open letter to governments negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, TPP. The Coalition fears that the TPP’s Intellectual Property Rights chapter will harm the open internet and impact negatively on copyright, an issue that affects libraries in particular. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is being…
Find New Zealand Artists in one place
(26 November 2013) Find New Zealand Artists (http://www.findnzartists.org.nz) is a new website that directs people to information sources on exhibiting New Zealand artists past and present. It enables everyone from hobbyists to professional researchers to easily locate the wealth of artist information held across New Zealand libraries, published sources and art society records. The Find…
Government orders modification of Korean history textbooks
(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…
BSLA: Applications to participate in 2014 regional convening in Asia and Oceania now open
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…
CDNLAO Newsletter published
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 Contents include: Special topic: Historical Documents [China] The Historical Documents at the National Library of China [Myanmar] Rare Book Collection of National Literary, Myanmar [Singapore] “Roots”: An Exhibition for Family Histories and the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…
eBot Plant Sciences Collection free to use
(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…
The National Library of China launches countrywide promotion of reading
(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…
Research Solutions to Searching Problems
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…
International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive: Community memories for the future
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…
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