(1 Sept 2020) A total of 100 online literary works have been included in the digital collection of the National Library of China as of Monday as the library joins hands with China Literature Ltd. under tech giant Tencent. The move is aimed at preserving memory as digital literature, and China Literature is also…
(31 Jul 2020) As of January 2021, NDL bibliographic data will be available as described below. Bibliographic data in JAPAN/MARC MARC21 format via NDL Search The NDL will end its NDL-Bib service on December 28, 2020. In its place, individual bibliographic data in either MARC format or MARC tags format will be available for download from NDL Search results. Only…
(16 Aug 2020) The National Museum of Korea and the National Library of Korea shut their doors after staff members from both facilities were diagnosed with the coronavirus. The national library was the first to close of the state-run culture facilities on Friday (15 Aug), when a staff member was diagnosed with Covid-19 earlier…
(19 Aug 2020) The head of Selwyn District Council’s libraries, Nicki Moen, said during the lockdown their library was one of many which dropped overdue fines, and the council had now been given the backing to continue that for a two-year trial. She said she hoped it would encourage more people to make use of…
(25 Aug 2020) Japan Search is a national platform for aggregating the metadata of digital resources from various fields and providing an integrated search service, as well as an API, to promote the use of content. As of August 25, Japan Search collects over 21 million metadata. Since 2017, the National Diet Library has been…
(2 Aug 2020) South Korea saw the addition of 38 new public libraries nationwide last year thanks to the government’s efforts to enhance access to libraries in recent years. According to a recent statistical survey by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its affiliated Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, the number of public…
(22 Jul 2020) An official of Professional Regulatory Board for Librarians pointed out Wednesday that there are more than 70 library schools nationwide after the head of the National Library of the Philippines wrongly claimed librarianship courses are not offered outside Metro Manila. The head of the National Library is not a licensed librarian. “[T]here…
Ivan Koh Siong Wee took bribes from his ex-employee Koh told Low Pok Woen to explore providing digital content to NLB NLB procured almost S$6 million in digital resources from Low’s three firms (4 Aug 2020) A former manager from the National Library Board (NLB) pleaded guilty on Tuesday (Aug 4) to taking S$581,730 in…
(10 Aug 2020) A new role of New Zealand Reading Ambassador for children and young people was announced by Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Jacinda Ardern, and Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin, at a Celebration of Reading Event at the National Library in Wellington on 5 August. The Reading Ambassador role,…
(30 Jul 2020) One of Asia’s most energetic and comprehensive book award programs, the annual Singapore Book Publishers Association’s prizes traditionally have covered seven categories: Book Cover Design Education Title Illustrated Non-Fiction Title Literary Work Middle Grade / Young Adult Title Nonfiction Title Picture Book This year, new categories have been added, a reflection of the handsome…