(Adelaide, Australia, 4 February 2013). Ex Libris® Group, a world leader in the provision of library automation solutions, has announced that Macquarie University has selected the Alma library management solution. By adding Alma to the Primo® discovery and delivery solution, which the Macquarie community uses for searching the university library’s local and global collections, Macquarie…
Over 50 academic libraries, in collaboration with the Educopia Institute, are founding the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC). The project emerged from conversations between Purdue University, the University of North Texas, and Virginia Tech regarding the need for a community dedicated to advancing the field of library publishing. Academic libraries and the researchers and organizations they…
The Library Board of Western Australia Award for Excellence recognises excellence and innovation in the library sector by any person, library or organisation in Western Australia. The award is open to all areas of the library industry, including academic, public, school and special libraries, as well as to other individuals and organisations who have an…
(1 February 2013, Washington D.C.) The American Psychological Association is seeking nominations for the 2013 APA Excellence in Librarianship Award, to be presented at the Educational & Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Research Forum at the June 2013 American Library Association Annual Meeting in Chicago. This award recognizes an outstanding contribution to psychology and behavioral sciences…
New Zealanders are increasingly using digital library services such as computer and wi-fi internet access, eBooks, and audio books, while use of traditional services remains high. Recently released annual statistics on public library usage during 2011 and 2012 reveal this shift towards online services. The number of library internet users increased from 5.7 million in…
(The Hague, January, 2013) – Handwritten correspondence with Albert Einstein and videos of 1930s operating theatres: these and hundreds of other notable scientific personalities and achievements from the 19th and 20th centuries are now on display in Science and Machines, a new featured collection from The European Library. Early x-ray images taken by physicist Wilhelm…
(Singapore, 19 December 2012) For the first time, library goers will be involved in creating the new library experience at Singapore’s Orchard Road. The National Library Board (NLB) and Singapore Polytechnic (SP) are partnering to develop the new library@orchard with Design Thinking, a user-focused approach. The NLB-SP team has developed a range of prototypes on…
The University of Technology Sydney, has summarized the results of its library survey undertaken in September 2012. Results are based on more than 2,400 responses. If you think that books are so yesterday, the largest number of comments related to those 630,000 books on library shelves, increasing by 20,000 each year. Finding the books you…
The University of New England, Armidale, Australia, has published a library communications plan. Designed to advance communications between the library and its patrons, it does not replace face to face discourse and in fact emphasizes that it is the responsibility of all library staff to deliver clear, consistent messages to library stakeholders. A standardised terminology…
From 29 November 2012 to 27 January 2013 The University Libraries and The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, are delighted to jointly present an exhibition “Celebrating the Centenary: Gems of the University of Hong Kong Libraries” to commemorate the centenary of University Libraries and the eightieth anniversary of the establishment…
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