Pay revision: library workers wear black bands
(25 Jul 2019) Library workers who maintain libraries by BBMP across Bengaluru, India are on a silent protest to fight for a better salary. Read more here.
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India: Vice President Naidu calls for strengthening library movement
(4 Aug 2019) Vice President of India M. Venkiah Naidu called for strengthening library movement from universities to villages and said it should become a jan andolan on the lines of Swachh Bharat and Beti Bachao, Beti Padao programmes. Read the full report here.
An ode to the public library, the gateway to an educated society
(5 Aug 2019) From Geoff Gallop’s speech for the Premier’s Book Awards at the State Library of Western Australia, July 26, 2019 – “Libraries attract people — and we know they do — not only because of the information that can be accessed — or advice about how that can be done — but also…
China’s national library goes digital to preserve ancient books
(4 Aug 2019) The National Library of China has been digitizing its collection of antique books as a way of preserving and increasing the public accessibility, the China Culture Daily reported earlier this week. The library’s dedicated online database now has more than 32,000 sets of ancient books, accounting for over 60 percent of its total…
New exhibition commemorates century of Islamic literature in Singapore
(1 Aug 2019) The exhibition, Treasures Of Muslim Scholars: 100 Years Of Singapore Literary Heritage, was launched by President Halimah Yacob at the National Library Building on Thursday (Aug 1). Supported by the National Heritage Board (NHB), the exhibition is a sequel to Singapore Islamic Scholars and Religious Teachers Association’s (Pergas) first national-level exhibition held in…
Military libraries of Vietnam, Laos foster collaboration
(6 Aug 2019) The Military Libraries of Vietnam and Laos held a conference in Vientiane on August 5 to review their cooperation over the past years and seek future collaboration orientations. More details can be found here.
Library turns publisher in order to promote indigenous language reading
(9 Aug 2019) For the last 5 years, Trøndelag county library in Norway have been working together with the Saami community to create more children’s books in the south Saami language. With an approach adapted from library reading programmes, their aim was to publish a variety of translated books intended to meet the children’s own choice…
Israel’s national library to share reunited Kafka archive online
(7 Aug 2019) Israel’s national library said on Wednesday it received the last part of a collection of Franz Kafka’s writings that it planned to put online, after winning an ownership battle for part of the Prague-born Jewish novelist’s literary estate. The full story and video are here.
Taitung University library in Taiwan celebrates international architecture award
(18 Jul 2019) The National Taitung University Library and Information Center has been celebrated for winning yet another architectural award, the Central News Agency reported Thursday (July 18). The international real estate federation FIABCI gave its 2019 World Prix d’Excellence Award for Public Infrastructure Amenities to the university for the building on its Zhiben campus last…
Auckland Libraries expands digital access
(22 Jul 2019) The Auckland Libraries offer a plethora of services that will help build the future in digital, community, youth and Māori Services. Auckland Libraries is not just the buildings. It is about the digital experience, making it accessible and innovative. The digital services are as follows: eCollections and eReading eReading app Accessing heritage online More…
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