(19 May 2025) Four members of the Sumiyoshi-kai were arrested in Tokyo’s Kiyose City district on suspicion of operating an office in an apartment that was 90 meters from a library, when yakuza offices are only permitted outside of a 200-meter radius of libraries. This might seem at odds with many people’s images of…
(27 May 2025) The National Forensic Sciences University [of India] is developing a digital threat library to identify unmanned aerial vehicles used in conflicts, following the recovery of drones like Turkish-made YIHA III kamikaze drones. The repository include data on 35 drone types from the US, China, and Israel, comprising 5,000 parts. The news…
(28 May 2025) Singapore’s National Library Board (NLB), in partnership with technology provider Snap and agency LePub Singapore, are exploring the use of Spectacles, Augmented Reality glasses powered by Snap OS, to enable readers to be immersed in the different worlds of the story they are reading. Developed for Snap Spectacles, the experience with books and…
(24 May 2025) The Department of Science and Technology – Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) recently inaugurated its e-Library at Benguet State University in La Trinidad, Benguet, marking a landmark step in the digital transformation of the Institute’s extensive research archives. The launch of the e-Library is the culmination of the project titled “From…
(8 Apr 2025) The Trump administration has blocked access to multiple data repositories maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for researchers in several countries, including a cancer statistics database used heavily by scientists in China. The ban is effective April 4 and applies to institutions in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Russia, Iran, North…
(1 May 2025) Speaker Vijender Gupta is planning to transform the existing library of Delhi Legislative Assembly into a state-of-the-art e-Library through a structured process of digitization, upgrading IT infrastructure, and modern gadgets. The parliament secretariat has extended its support to assist in this digital transformation, said Delhi Legislative Assembly secretariat. The Times of…
(6 May 2025) The Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), scheduled for 18–22 June 2025, will introduce a new academic and digital publishing hub alongside the launch of the inaugural STM APAC Conference, signaling a major expansion in its focus on scholarly communication. This initiative, supported by over 200 global libraries and research institutions, will coincide with…
(6 May 2025) A law student at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) said students had been “left in the lurch” after an announcement on Monday that said next month’s exams for two law subjects would have to be handwritten. In an announcement from the Dean, Professor Geoff McLay, he said he had become “increasingly worried…
(25 Mar 2025) The National Film & Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) is a little over 40 years old (in its current form) and is located in Canberra, Australia’s capital. However, the need for such an institution was identified 90 years ago and today’s NFSA is the continuation of collecting, conservation, and preservation activities since…
(9 Apr 2025) Open educational resources (OERs)—that is, free-to-use monographs, textbooks, and other educational materials—are having something of a moment in Australia and New Zealand. Through a very high membership (42 participating institutions in 2024), the Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL)’s OER Collective has been a significant driver of interest and participation in institutional publishing of OERs through libraries.…