(12 Aug 2022) This blog post is one of the series celebrating Aotearoa NZ School Library Week from 8 to 12 August 2022, sharing great library services from St Bernard’s College and Waimairi School’s library, with interviews and photos. Read the full story here.
(4 Aug 2022) The aim is to be plastic-free, to see equipment reconditioned and reused, to build public awareness of ecological issues as well as save paper… All around the world libraries are going green. The book industry is going green, and not just in publishing houses or bookstores. For seven consecutive years, the International…
(21 Jul 2022) The Guidelines for Parliamentary Libraries, 3rd Edition, is a joint publication between the IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section (PARL) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). It will be officially launched on 28 July at Session 144 “International Standards for a Digital World” at the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress, in Dublin, Ireland.…
(24 Jul 2022) National Library Board Singapore has won the category of “Best Green Library” of the 7th IFLA Green Library Award with its revamp project of Choa Chu Kang Public Library. The winner of the other category, “Best Green Library Project” is Médiathèque de la Canopée-la fontaine, France. Special recognition goes to Colombia, Cali,…
(14 Jul 2022) The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2020, which analyzes salary data for professional staff working in 123 of the 124 ARL member libraries during 2020. Data are reported for 10,626 professional staff from 115 of the 116 university ARL libraries in Canada and the United States* and for…
(10 Jun 2022) When Nathan Sentance first visited Australia’s oldest library, a grand sandstone structure next to Parliament House in Sydney, he loved it. But he felt out of place. “You have to go past the security guard,” the indigenous librarian said. “The first thing you see when you enter some of these spaces…
(9 Jun 2022) Ithaka S+R releases the findings from the most comprehensive survey to date of academic library streaming media approaches at four-year institutions in the US and Canada. The survey explored the range of vendors providing streaming media, acquisition models and licensing approaches, current and projected budgets, as well as libraries’ own digitization activities. Our…
The majestic Old Library at Trinity College Dublin, where some of Ireland’s most ancient and valuable books are stored, is a popular tourist attraction. (28 May 2022) The Long Room, with its imposing oak ceiling and two levels of bookshelves laden with some of Ireland’s most ancient and valuable volumes, is the oldest part of…
(16 May 2022) From the National Library of New Zealand: The surveys and reports paint a clear picture of the current state of school libraries in Aotearoa New Zealand including: the nature of the school library workforce and how it might change trends relating to school library collections and resources, including funding for these…
(2 May 2022) Events of the last year have reshaped the library technology industry. Previous rounds of acquisitions pale in comparison to the acquisition of ProQuest by Clarivate, which has propelled the leading library technology provider into the broader commercial sector of scholarly communications. This deal signals that the gap in size among vendors is…