(22 July 2014, Tacloban City) The Asia Foundation’s Books for Asia program, in partnership with the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP), donated 8,702 books to 11 elementary schools on 18 July in Tacloban City to help address the urgent need of students as they return for the new school year. The turnover activity is part…
(18 July 2014) The Hyundai Card Travel Library, which opened in Cheongdam-dong in May as part of the company’s long-term project to promote design, offers its customers a classy cultural experience, reports The Korean Herald. This new library is currently the world’s largest travel-specific library, with some 14,700 books. The story with terrific images is here.…
(18 July 2014) Applications are invited for the appointment of a Research Librarian, Accountancy in the Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University (SMU). SMU is also hiring a Library Specialist, Information Access and Resources; Head, Information Services; and Research Librarian, Economics. More on the SMU website.
(17 July 2014) Over seven years, BRAC University in Bangladesh carried out a number of projects focused on making significant improvements to university library. These improvements included: developing an institutional repository; an integrated library system and a library resource portal. Through these projects, the BRAC University library aimed to develop a 21st Century world-class knowledge…
Treasure-trove of lost library is now freely available (15 July 2014) For close to 180 years, Charles Darwin’s library aboard the ship HMS Beagle during his landmark expedition around the world in the 1830s remained lost. The library was dispersed at the end of the voyage. Today, the library has been electronically re-constructed in its…
(16 July 2014) Australia’s Flinders University is advertising for a University Librarian. The closing date is 8 August 2014. For full details visit the university website.
(11 July 2014) On 9 July 2014, ARL joined 34 other organizations in sending a letter to ministers of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiating parties, expressing opposition to the copyright term of life plus 70 years proposed by the United States. These organizations—representing libraries, archives, authors, educators, students, digital rights advocacy groups, and technological innovators—note…
(7 July 2014) Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Academic Libraries, 2014-15 Edition, ISBN 978-1-57440-293-3. The study looks at trends in staffing, salaries, budgets, materials purchasing, technology use and more in U.S. academic libraries. More here.
(14 July 2014) After 15 years, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has decided to discontinue the Access to Learning Award. While the foundation is extremely proud of the ATLA recipients and the creative ways they have increased and expanded public access to technology to help people improve their lives, the decision was made after…
(16 July 2014) Singapore’s National Library Board, NLB, has removed three books for children for not being ‘pro family’. Between them, the three titles – And Tango Makes Three, The White Swan Express and Who’s In My Family? feature two male penguins who hatch a penguin chick, and human would-be parents including a same sex couple…
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