ICADL2015 heads to Seoul
(23 January 2015) The 17th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2015) will be held in Seoul, Korea, 9-11 December 2015. Visit the conference website for submissions of papers.
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Second Samsung SMART library in Malaysia
(18 January 2015) Following its inaugural launch in mid-2014, Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM), in partnership with Samsung Malaysia Electronics (SME) Sdn Bhd, recently unveiled the country’s second Samsung SMART Library at the National Library of Perlis (PPANP). The Samsung SMART Library initiative aims to support the national agenda to transform Malaysia into an information and…
Boopsie for libraries announces tremendous growth in 2014
(16 January 2015, Sunnyvale, CA) Boopsie, Inc., the leading mobile platform-as-a-service provider for libraries worldwide, demonstrated a tremendous surge of momentum in 2014. Among other achievements, the company has grown its customer base by more than 30% over the previous year. In addition to expanding its position as market leader among Public, Academic, and K-12…
Design thinking for libraries
(14 January 2015) This toolkit guides you through design thinking so you can start coming up with solutions to everyday challenges within the library. IDEO created this toolkit to introduce a way of working that will help you understand the needs of your patrons as you design the library space. The toolkit is the result…
Living Knowledge: The British Library 2015 – 2023
(13 January 2015) Living Knowledge sets out the British Library’s vision for its future development as it looks ahead to 2023, the year of its 50th anniversary as the national library of the United Kingdom It explains how the Library delivers public value – in custodianship, research, business, culture, learning and international partnership – and…
State Library of NSW hiring Director Digital Experience & Chief Information Officer
The Director, Digital Experience and Chief Information Officer will lead, plan, direct and provide strategic advice on the development and management of ICT and Digital environment to meet current and future needs of the State Library. Closing date is 29 January 2015. Details about the position are here.
KB Strategic Plan 2015-2018
(5 January 2015) ‘The power of our network’ is the slogan that accompanies the KB Strategic Plan 2015-2018. It is published on the eve of a drastic change, the implementation of the Public Library Provisions System Act (Wsob) on 1 January 2015. Under this act, the KB (National Library of the Netherlands) will play a…
Authors Guild v. HathiTrust litigation ends in victory for fair use
( 8 January 2015) The ARL reports that for the past several years, HathiTrust and five of its member universities have been engaged in litigation after being sued by the Authors Guild. On 6 January 2015, the parties entered a settlement on the sole issue remaining before the district court, ending the litigation in a…
The Internet of Things plan to make libraries and museums awesomer
(9 January 2015) Two large banners greet patrons when they walk into Orlando Public Library. Amid posters about the library’s family-friendly services and upcoming programming, the banners urge patrons to do something a bit uncharacteristic for a nearly 100-year-old institution: download an iBeacon app. In November, the library implemented BluuBeam, an Orlando-based service that uses…
University of Hong Kong Library User Survey 2014 – survey results
(8 January 2015) The Library User Survey which was conducted between 13th and 26th October 2014. Over 1,200 library users had the opportunity to evaluate the performance of the Main Library and the six branch libraries. The survey showed a better performance compared to the 2013 survey. The numbers are crunched here.
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