“Our people are avid readers,” said Thant Thu Zar Maung of the Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation, as she showed Beyond Access a small school library bustling with children in June. “We just need more to read.” The school in Thanlyn, a town 30 kilometers east of the capital, Yangon, is run by Buddhist…
‘Literature Evidences – Symposium of Diaoyu Island Literatures Publication’ was held in the National Library of China（NLC）on 3 June in Beijing. Mr. Zhou Heping, NLC Director, along with experts on frontier issues，China-Japan relations，and International Laws Studies from the NLC, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University, and Beijing Normal University attended the Symposium. The…
(1 July 2013) LIANZA has announced Libraries in Aotearoa New Zealand 2013 outlining the current state of the library and information sector in New Zealand. Detailed in this report are the current trends causing challenges for the library profession including restructures, budget cuts, reduced library space and the navigating the ebook and elending environment. This…
Japan’s National Diet Library has published online the National Diet Library Newsletter No. 189, June 2013 Selections from NDL Collection Haetori-de : the time Kodomo no Kuni reflects Events The Japan Specialist Workshop 2013 Symposium “Why support for overseas Japanese Studies now?” Events Lecture by Ms. Cornelia Diebel from the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, “Acquiring Digital Information…
In July 2012, the National Diet Library (NDL) formulated its Mission and Objectives 2012-2016, which replaces the earlier vision for the NDL’s 60th Anniversary. It highlights the mission to be accomplished by the NDL and the six objectives to be achieved in about five years, under the mission. In addition, in May 2013 the NDL…
(Ann Arbor, MI, 18 June 2013) The HathiTrust Digital Library will partner with the recently launched Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) to expand discovery and use of HathiTrust’s public domain and other openly available content. DPLA provides an online portal to freely available digital material held by libraries, archives, and museums across the United…
ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 282, which features articles on ARL library budgets over the past two years, subscriptions to journal collections from large publishers, and the impact of the changing roles of librarians on reference staffing. A pre-publication version of the article about journal bundles was released earlier this year. Read…
(3 June 2013) The LIBER office recently spoke to Ned Potter, author of The Library Marketing Toolkit: a practical guide to library marketing and branding. In this interview, he shares tips for libraries who want to increase their marketing efforts. The interview is here: http://www.libereurope.eu/blog/expert-tips-for-marketing-your-library
(23 May 2013) The British Library has published an updated evaluation of its economic contribution to the UK, looking at how the British Library creates economic value for its users and society as a whole. The Library last undertook a study of this kind in 2003. The report shows that the economic value that the…
(25 May 2013) The Digital Public Library of America quoting the BBC reports: “The first purpose-built ‘bookless’ public library is due to open in Texas later this year and in the US capital, the first virtual reading room replaces books with computers and smart technology. Some of the nation’s most famous institutions are also collaborating in…
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