(7 June 2016, Hong Kong) Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, is pleased to announce that the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® resource management service and Primo® discovery and delivery solution. The Hong Kong consortium of eight academic libraries will use Alma and Primo solutions to enable a shared…
(2 June 2016) Computer systems have helped catalogue libraries for decades, but if some reckless reader has put a book back in the wrong spot, it’s a daunting task for librarians to search the entire building for it – but not for robotic librarians. Researchers at Singapore’s A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research are designing robots…
(3 June 2016) UNSW Library is seeking a highly motivated person with experience in a scholarly communication or research environment to join its Library Repository Services team. As Senior Data Librarian you will be responsible for leading digital library projects for managing research publications and data. Your skills in documenting business needs are augmented by a sound…
(4 June 2016) Ming Thein, photographer, finds CUHK’s library to be one of the most interesting spaces he’s had the pleasure of shooting because it manages to be light, airy and open, yet intimate and private to encourage concentration. More than a dozen of his photographs are here.
(3 June 2016) Reporting to the Director of Learning Resources and Assistant Principal Primary and working with the Dean of Studies Primary, the P-6 Teacher-Librarian will work in collaboration with colleague librarians and library staff to provide optimum information management experiences, systems and processes which enhance learning and teaching. Full details are here.
(3 June 2016) Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new library at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) to be built at a cost of about 40 million U.S. dollars funded by the Chinese government. President Magufuli said the Chinese government’s 100 percent-aided project had…
(2 June 2016) NSLA regrets that negotiations with SAI Global for continued community access to Australian Standards have been unsuccessful. Commercial publishing, marketing and distribution of Australian Standards is exclusively licensed to SAI Global. Encouraged by the testimony of SAI Global CEO, Mr Peter Mullins, during a public hearing of the Western Australian Inquiry into…
(2 June 2016) IFLA’s Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) programme has been expanded through a series of workshops and projects at the regional level in Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean since 2014, now reaching more than 60 countries since the Programme began in 2010. From 30 May to 2 June 2016 IFLA…
(1 June 2016) Ten librarians from EIFL’s partner universities in the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project will travel to Hong Kong on a five-day study tour organized by EIFL in partnership with the University of Hong Kong Library. From 13 to 17 June 2016, the librarians will visit University of Hong Kong Library and Lingnan University Library. The…
(1 June 2016) On 27 March 2016, the State Council officially printed and distributed the Circular on Announcing the 5th National Rare Ancient Book Directory and the 5th group of National Key Ancient Books Preservation and Conservation Institutions, approved and issued the 5th National Rare Ancient Book Directory, with 899 ancient books selected, including 754…
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