The Korea Herald has reported that the world’s largest library for design-related books has been established by Hyundai Card. Its design emulates the Bauhaus style in its minimalist modern taste. “Each of the three stories of the design building is assigned distinctive functions and meanings,” a spokesman said. “Even the uniforms and furniture are part…
Digitization and a new gallery at the library are the beneficiaries of a donation to the Kong University of Science and Technology. The donation of HKD 3 million from Dr Ko Pui-shuen, Chairman of Kingrich Asia Holdings Limited will support two library projects. The first is to create a gallery dedicated to exhibitions of the…
(13 February 2013) Serials Solutions’ Summon® discovery service was awarded the Most Innovative Technology of the Year at the Asia Digital Publishing Summit and Awards (ADPSA) organized by the Consultancy. The award recognizes companies who have demonstrated an unparalleled ability to succeed and have continually set standards of excellence. Boe Horton, Vice President of Sales…
Waltham, MA, February 14, 2013) Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Bali Royal Hospital has selected UpToDate® as its evidence-based clinical decision support system. The hospital represents the first UpToDate client in Indonesia. Bali Royal Hospital opened its doors in 2010 to provide comprehensive medical services to local patients and tourists in the city of…
(7 February 2013, United Kingdom) Chinese Laser Press and Cambridge University Press have announced that they will be launching a new open access journal from 2013. The new journal, High Power Laser Science and Engineering (HPLaser), will be an online-only (printed version available only in China), international and peer-reviewed journal focusing on all aspects of…
(Portland, Or. 21 January 2013). The world’s largest eBook distribution network for independent authors just got bigger. BookBaby, the popular one-stop self-publishing solution, just announced a new partnership with eSentral, the biggest eBook store in Southeast Asia. “I’m thrilled to add eSentral to our growing list of partners,” says BookBaby president Brian Felsen. “Now our…
The Library Board of Western Australia Award for Excellence recognises excellence and innovation in the library sector by any person, library or organisation in Western Australia. The award is open to all areas of the library industry, including academic, public, school and special libraries, as well as to other individuals and organisations who have an…
The awards were presented January 24 at the Association for Library and Information Science Education 2013 Annual Conference Awards Reception in Seattle, Washington. Among the winners is Kyung-Sun Kim, Ph.D. of the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Sei-Ching Joanna Sin, Ph.D., of the Wee Kim Wee School of…
(Ann Arbor, Mich., 29 January 2013 /PRNewswire/) ProQuest is opening a new avenue for research into the history and culture of China through the digitization of a dozen of the country’s most important English-language newspapers. The collection of papers, including North China Herald, The China Press, The China Critic, and the China Weekly Review, provides…
(29 January 2013) The National Diet Library will soon offer some of Japan’s most famous epics and tales online from 1 February with help from Kinokuniya Co. and the Dai Nippon Printing Co. group. This is the first time that the library has scanned its books and allowed private companies to turn them into e-books…
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