(Emeryville, CA., 9 August 2013) The Lingnan University Library in Hong Kong upgraded to the Sierra Services Platform from the Millennium ILS this past month. The internationally recognized liberal arts university has been a customer of Innovative since 1993 and participates in the Hong Kong Academic Library Link (HKALL) that utilizes Innovative’s INN-Reach resource-sharing solution.…
(29 July 2103) The Indigenous Project Group has released community guidelines to assist library professionals in building relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, reports National and State Libraries Australia. The Indigenous project group has released Working with Community: Guidelines for collaborative practice between Libraries and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities.…
The Guardian, 7 August 2013, Library Futures, has interviews with library chiefs worldwide on the challenges they face. Three of the 10 are in the Asia Pacific Region. Tama Art University Library, Japan, was designed by Toyo Ito, winner of the 2103 Pritzker Prize. Its director, Hidemi Kondo, says it inspires and challenges in equal…
ARL has released the 2011–2012 ARL Statistics dataset through ARL Statistics Analytics, a subscription-based service for nonmember libraries, vendors, commercial parties, and others interested in accessing the final, verified ARL Statistics data through an interactive interface. (ARL member institutions enjoy free access to the analytics as a benefit of membership.) ARL Statistics is a series…
(Chicago, 6 August 2013) New digital technologies, the internet and user expectations have changed the role of the catalogue in libraries. Catalogue 2.0: The Future of the Library Catalogue, edited by Sally Chambers, takes into account developments that influence catalogue potential and patrons’ needs, such as competition from popular websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Wikipedia,…
Raising awareness of how the library supports teaching and research staff is key to demonstrating library value in developing countries, concludes a new report published recently. The findings are the result of a six month research study with twelve developing country institutions conducted by SAGE exploring perceptions of the value of academic libraries by teaching…
What makes a library beautiful? Its architecture? Age? Frescoes? Marble floors and coffered ceilings? Manicured gardens? The place where you met your spouse? Jill Harness has rounded up scores of buildings for her personal beautiful libraries list. Sixteen of them are in the Asia-Pacific region. See them here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/51788/62-worlds-most-beautiful-libraries
(Yangon, Myanmar, 27 July 2013) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi launched Myanmar’s first mobile library Saturday to highlight her policy of spreading education in the country. “Now, it’s only a bus with a room, but if our people use it correctly it may be great benefit for our country,” Suu Kyi said at a ceremony in…
(25 July 2013) A landscape design competition to transform the space surrounding Cambridge University Library has been launched. The competition, jointly run by the University Library and the Department of Architecture, is open to professionals and non-professionals alike and is looking for bold submissions that reimagine the open spaces and environment of the iconic…
(IATUL News Alerts, 26 July 2013) The rapid growth of Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in higher education has raised the question of what services libraries on campus can, and should, provide for these courses. One area in which librarians are frequently the source of advice and assistance is in providing copyright education and obtaining…
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