(14 July 2015) This week Ryugasaki Public Library launched their OverDrive digital collection, becoming the first Japanese public library to do so. Ryugasaki offers their users everything from children’s and young adult literature, graphic novels, manga and nonfiction titles for health and fitness, arts and crafts and much more. In the coming days, Itako Public Library will also launch…
(15 July 2015) A humble donkey library bringing books to small children in Ethiopia is set to be a casualty of Australia’s $11.3 billion overall cuts to foreign aid. The mobile library on the outskirts of is Addis Ababa is part of an Australian-funded Plan International child development project helping 1,572 children. The donkeys are…
(15 July 2015) On the 13th of July, NCL Director General, Shu-hsien Tseng and the UM Vice Chancellor, Professor Dato’ Dr. Mohd Amin Bin Jalaludin, signed a memorandum of cooperation on “Taiwan Resource Centre for Chinese Studies” at the inauguration opening ceremony. This marks the NCL 15th TRCCS set up overseas and 2nd Centre established…
(13 July 2015) More readers in Singapore are borrowing electronic books, or eBooks, from libraries, with mobile devices making it easy to read while on the go. As a result, the number of eBooks borrowed has almost quadrupled in the past five years. Eleven million were borrowed last year, compared with three million in 2009,…
(10 July 2015) The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and the Australian Society of Authorrs (ASA) are pleased to announce that applications for the 2015 CAUL / ASA fellowship are now open. The fellowship has been made possible by a grant from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. The fellowship provides $15,000 in non salary funding,…
(8 July 2015) Archohm, a multidisciplinary design studio offering design consulting for architecture, has recently completed the impressive concrete central library for the Shoolini University in Solan, India. It overlooks a beautiful green valley in the Himachal Pradesh region of the country set in the foothills of the Himalayan mountain range. Peacefully positioned in the…
(8 July 2015) The JULAC Hong Kong libraries are issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) with the expectation of contracting for a next-generation shared library system that fits closely with JULAC’s stated strategies of deep collaboration and a unified set of services that exceed traditional ILS capabilities. This RFP is intentionally broad in scope and…
(7 July 2015) Since 2014, Leiden University Libraries have set up a ‘Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies‘. This resource center, established by an official agreement between the National Central Library in Taiwan (NCL) and the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) signed last October, will be the platform for Taiwan to promote and share both Taiwan…
(7 July 2015, Emeryville, CA) Innovative announced today that Gold Coast City Libraries (GCCL) has selected a complete suite of library technology solutions from the company, including the Sierra Library Services Platform, Encore Discovery, and Vital digital asset management system. In a recent year, GCCL users borrowed 6.5 million items from a collection of a…
(7 July 2015, Jiaojiehe) Nestled among the shimmering chestnut, walnut and peach trees of a deep valley surrounded by craggy hills, the tiny village of Jiaojiehe suffers from being close to the nation’s capital. The young flee easily to the big city, leaving the elderly behind, lonely and poor. In today’s China, villages like this…
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