(23 Feb 2021) Vietnamese government has approved library digitalization program to 2025 with the vision to 2030. This move is considered as a significant step to promote information technology application especially digital technology with the aim to ensure library continuity as Covid-19 puts brake to academic activity. The program goal is to complete…
(25 Feb 2021) The CDNLAO Newsletter (https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/cdnlao/newsletter/index.html) is published to share information from national libraries in the Asia and Oceania region. This newsletter is edited and distributed by the National Diet Library of Japan on behalf of the members of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO). The latest…
(23 Feb 2021) Facebook Inc. reached a deal with the Australian government to restore news pages to the social media company’s platform, following a five-day suspension because of a disagreement over payment for content. Facebook removed news from its platform in Australia last week, as legislation that would effectively require Facebook and Alphabet Inc.’s Google to pay traditional…
(24 Feb 2021) The Library and Information Association of New Zealand (LIANZA) is delighted to host the mid-term webinar for IFLA Regional Standing Committee for Asia and Oceania (RSCAO). Library communities world-wide are engaged in responding to the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. We are excited to provide this webinar to share stories, successes and challenges from library…
(9 Feb 2021) From July to November 2020 the Library of Southeast Asian Studies at the University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg in Frankfurt was able to complete the cataloguing of its collection of Javanese, Sundanese and Madurese books in Javanese script. Several titles of this collection were previously included in the online catalogue during…
(11 Feb 2021) Registrations are open now for the 2021 Public Lending Right scheme closing on 1 March. Each year Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, National Library of New Zealand makes payments to New Zealand authors, illustrators and editors from the Public Lending Right (PLR) for New Zealand Authors fund. “In 2020 the…
(18 Feb 2021) Nanyang Technological University recently launched Hygge (pronounced hoo-gah), a space that caters to wellbeing, aiming to deliver the wellbeing concept through a space that encourages self-contemplation, relaxation, and self-care. According to information cited on NTU University Wellbeing Centre’s (UWC) website, 1 in 8 college students experience mental health issues. While almost…
(10 Feb 2021) The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (of Thailand) is working with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to upgrade the capacity of the ministry’s UniNet high-speed communication fibre network for the benefit of innovative R&D learning. The cooperation is under a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreement signed…
(2 Feb 2021) Registration opened yesterday for authors and publishers to receive payments as part of a trial public lending rights program launched last year at two public libraries. The three-year pilot program, organized by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture, allows Taiwanese authors, creators, publishers and registered non-governmental organizations to be compensated…
(22 Jan 2021) From CNN Philippines: “With the country’s notoriously fickle internet connectivity and the continuing danger of physical contact, I find books a safe remedy to the growing loneliness of lockdown. Many local cultural workers and institutions, despite the punishing circumstances of this current crisis, are putting out work, which deserve a much…