From ‘Roman Wales’ to ‘Ebola’: local library users able to continue searching over 10 million academic articles, free-of-charge (9 December 2016) The Access to Research initiative, which gives users in UK public libraries free access to over 10 million academic articles, has been given the green light by publishers and librarians to continue. The service…
(6 January 2016) The Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice (A-LIEP) is an international conference series which has been held in the Asia-Pacific region every one or two years since 2006. The aim of the conference is to bring together LIS educators, researchers and practitioners to share their research, experiences and innovations…
(6 January 2016) The Asian Library Association & Indian Institute of Management, Indore, are calling for papers for the International Conference on Digital Governance: Innovation Information and Libraries, 14-16 April 2016, Indore, India. Context and Purpose of the Conference: Digital India is a flagship programme of the Government of India with the vision to transform…
(21 December 2015) Madam Nor O’baidah Abidin and Madam Farah Aliza Abd Aziz from the National Library of Malaysia Library System and Network Division visited the NCL for a two-week learning exchange (7-18 December). To meet the learning needs of these foreign librarians and to promote exchange of experience and interaction between the staff of…
(23 December 2016) Australia’s Department of Communication and the Arts has released for public comment proposed changes to Australia’s copyright laws designed to modernise and improve their workability. Public comment is invited. The draft amendments to the Copyright Act 1968 will reduce the regulatory burden on the disability sector, libraries, archives and educational and cultural…
(3 January 2016) A large library bookstore was opened to readers on 3 January 2016 in the Tongling City of east China’s Anhui Province. The Tongling City Library, also a Xinhua bookstore, was jointly established by the local government and the Xinhua Publishing Group, the first of its kind in China to promote transformation of…
(30 December 2015) It was opened in late November to the public. And it has a large collection of books and periodicals published before 1949 and after, comparable in number with or even larger than leading domestic public libraries. People interested in Chinese books and periodicals published in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and the…
(30 December 2015) The College invites applications for Associate Librarian – Library (Ref: AsoL (LIB) 2016-01-08). Responsibilities: provide vision and leadership in the formulation of library policies and strategic planning; participate in the overall management of the Library including managing budget, establishing job standards and supervising subordinates; prepare timely reports, financial and statistical analysis to…
11 December 2015) The awarding of a $5.1 million building contract will support up to 70 jobs and kickstart a major expansion of the Perth Core Library, a vital resource in the search for new mineral, gas and oil discoveries across Western Australia. Announcing the successful tenderer, Firm Construction Pty Ltd, Mines and Petroleum Minister…
(28 December 2015) India’s Ministry of Culture has approved Rs. 400 crore [US$60 million] for the scheme “National Mission on Libraries – Upgradation of Libraries – Providing Services to the Public” for the 12th Plan period [2012-2017]. The components of the National Mission on Libraries (NML) are : (i) Creation of National Virtual Library of India…
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