The 14th Annual Library Leadership Institute, Library Leadership in a Disruptive World: Today & Tomorrow, will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 22 to 26 April 2016. As usual, the Institute is organised by the University of Hong Kong Libraries, this year in conjunction with the iGroup, Monash University Malaysia Library and Taylor’s University Library.…
(13 November 2015) The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) honors and encourages philanthropic actions of individuals and organizations through its annual “Social Recognition Project” via SET-sponsored awards covering seven areas. This year’s awards from the Thai Library Association, for library development have been granted to Chaveelak Boonyakanchana and Kanjani Thiradejh; while the award from the…
(10 November 2015) The Head of Libraries is responsible for enriching and supporting teaching and learning through digital and print resources, connections to a school wide literacy programme, and development/execution of a library/media skills curriculum. The Traveling Librarian has the details.
(10 November 2015) Steven Pieragastini, a Ph.D. candidate, spent several weeks at the University Services Centre (USC) in July of 2014 as well as a week in January 2015 to conduct research on a few projects relating to the early People’s Republic. His review covers digital resources and databases, indexing of books and periodicals, Red…
(11 November 2015) Deakin is seeking a University Librarian who is an innovative and inspirational leader, who will provide strategic guidance, a compelling vision and effective leadership for the Library, and advance the University’s teaching and research agenda for Learning, Ideas, Value and Experience as defined in the strategic plan, LIVE the Future: Agenda 2020.…
(10 November 2015) With the drive to deliver more and more government services online, libraries are also recognising their role in helping customers to become assured and competent users of digital services. The priorities and issues for libraries and cultural institutions will be discussed at a one day seminar: Linked Up, Loud and Literate: Libraries…
(9 November 2015) The Tainan City Government in Taiwan invites all domestic and international teams to take part in the Design Competition for Design and Construction Supervision Service of Tainan Public Library Project, which is going to be an important construction of Tainan’s cultural development. The library is expected to accommodate at least 600,000 collections…
(9 November 2015) In Bhutan, as with many Himalayan Buddhist cultures, key texts were considered auspicious objects that were traditionally kept in temples, monasteries and private homes, for ritual use and/or propitiation. When the National Library and Archives of Bhutan (འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་དཔེ་མཛོད་དང་ཡིག་རིགས་གཏན་འཇོག་ཁང་། or NLAB) was founded in 1967, the country did not yet possess a strong…
(8 November 2015) The changing educational, social and recreational role of the library is a hotly debated subject among planners and readers alike. On a visit to Delhi, Bruno Racine, director of Bibliotheque Nationale de France (National Library of France), explains to The Hindu how public libraries need to become more interactive spaces. France and…
(9 November 2015) Everybody has an opinion about Geelong’s $45 million library and heritage centre. The Mayor calls it a huge brain. Residents have called it an eggshell, ugly and so on. Make up your own mind by visiting the illustrated article by Debbie Cuthbertson in the Canberra Times.
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