(20 Oct 2020) Huis van Eemnes (The Netherlands) is a new culture house. It is an inspiring third place to meet, create and participate, where both organised and spontaneous activities take place. It presents a combination of profit and non-profit organisations under one roof, initiating fascinating collaborations and programming. The House has an…
(6 Oct 2020) From ALIA: Tonight’s federal budget, as anticipated, provided an unprecedented level of government spending aimed at jobs and recovery. By putting money into businesses and cash into people’s pockets, the government is banking on Australia emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic in better shape than other national economies. While there remain…
(21 Sept 2020) The Queen Mother Library was inaugurated on Monday at the Sleu Rith Institute (SRI) on Preah Sihanouk Boulevard in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The library was established by the Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) and is named after Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. The library consists of thousands of books and boxes…
The National Library is halfway through a project to review and rehome 600,000 books from its overseas published collections. Below are answers to some questions we’ve been asked a number of times during the project. (28 Sept 2020) Bill Macnaught, New Zealand’s National Librarian, answers to some frequently asked questions to the hotly debated…
(August 2020) From IFLA’s Library Services to People with Special Needs Newsletter: With the experiences accumulated from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, Hong Kong academic libraries, public libraries and school libraries were more wellprepared to face the challenge of suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic. However, the announcements from the government about extending…
As parts of Beirut struggle to rebuild after the August 4 explosion, the Sharjah World Book Capital Office has stepped in to help restore three damaged libraries. (14 Sept 2020) Although Sharjah’s UNESCO World Book Capital year official came to a conclusion in April, the organization’s team is coming together to in an effort to…
(2 Sept 2020) With a lack of funding, space and staffing for school libraries in New Zealand, most are being forced to shut down. The School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA) is launching a nationwide campaign called ‘School Libraries Transform‘ to highlight the issue. Watch the video for more information about the…
(8 Sept 2020) International Literacy Day today marks the launch of the first ever comprehensive study of school library resourcing and staffing. Commissioned by the School Library Association of SA (SLASA), the School Libraries in South Australia 2019 Census surveyed South Australia’s public, private and Catholic schools to better understand the links between library programs and critical skills…
(1 Sept 2020) A total of 100 online literary works have been included in the digital collection of the National Library of China as of Monday as the library joins hands with China Literature Ltd. under tech giant Tencent. The move is aimed at preserving memory as digital literature, and China Literature is also…
(9 Sept 2020) In late 2019 OCLC Global Council, in conjunction with OCLC Research and Market Research teams, surveyed librarians around the world on their discovery and fulfillment efforts. This publication provides an overview of the findings from this global survey. The key takeaways from more than 1,300 respondents in 68 countries: Librarians believe users…