(17 Aug 2020) The CDNLAO Newsletter is published to share information from national libraries in the Asia and Oceania region. This newsletter is edited and distributed by the National Diet Library of Japan on behalf of the members of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO). The latest issue (No.…
(11 Aug 2020) To mark the 25th anniversary of the Gugak Museum and the 70th anniversary of the NGC (National Gugak Center) next year, the NGC opened a public library that has accumulated collections on North Korean music covering up to 82,000 new artifacts. The space called “Gonggan E-um,” meaning connecting space, opened to the…
(11 Aug 2020) Seven cats began their duties as “intern curators” at a library in Tianjin Tower this week. They’ll provide comfort to patrons who have been closed in at home because of the coronavirus. “On Aug 24, the cats will officially assume their duties at the Western Shore Book House, a library with thousands of…
(11 Aug 2020) Chinese architecture studio MAD has designed a library in the city of Haikou, China that is intended “to be a wormhole that transcends time and space”. Named the Wormhole Library, the structure is currently under construction within Century Park overlooking the South China Sea in the city of Haikou, which is on the Chinese island of Hainan. Being built as part…
Ivan Koh Siong Wee took bribes from his ex-employee Koh told Low Pok Woen to explore providing digital content to NLB NLB procured almost S$6 million in digital resources from Low’s three firms (4 Aug 2020) A former manager from the National Library Board (NLB) pleaded guilty on Tuesday (Aug 4) to taking S$581,730 in…
(12 Aug 2020) From Guardian: When Melbourne’s Yarra Plenty regional libraries first went into lockdown in March, shut the doors and left the remaining unborrowed books on their shelves, staff were sent home with a phone… So the library staff pulled from their database the phone number of every library member over the age of…
(22 Jul 2020) From IFLA: Foshan Library (China) is the 1st place winner of the coveted IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award for 2020 Foshan Library (China) wins 1st place for their N-Library: To Forge a Closer Community of Shared Future. N-Library, an abbreviation of “Neighborhood Library,” helps families build libraries at home by moving collected…
(17 Jul 2020) IFLA’s new document, “Return on Investment” measures how much value an organisation, project or service has generated for each monetary unit invested in it. This approach originates in the economic field of study, and libraries have adopted (and adapted) this method to measure their own value and impact. ROI studies and reports…
(6 Jul 2020) Nominations are now open for the Australian Library Design Awards 2021. The awards, run by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), celebrate library design excellence. Libraries which had work completed between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2020 are eligible for entry under one of four award categories: School libraries, Academic libraries,…
(15 Jul 2020) Strong libraries are essential to the recovery of communities devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. To help guide communities, library workers and library supporters along the path to recovery, the American Library Association (ALA) today launched a curated, online repository of tools, guides and resources. The ALA COVID-19 Recovery website includes everything from the latest information…