Libraries – Page 87

NTU hiring Librarian/Senior Librarian, Instructional Services Division

Asia Pacific, Information literacy, Jobs, LibrariesAugust 5, 2016

(5 August 2016) Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Libraries invites applications for the position of Librarian or Senior Librarian in its Instructional Services Division. The successful candidate will contribute to the Library’s information literacy programme through developing online learning experiences and designing, teaching, and assessing information/digital literacy in both face-to-face and online environments. The successful candidate…

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Bodleian Law Library receives generous book donation from Supreme Court Library of Korea

Asia Pacific, LibrariesAugust 4, 2016

(3 August 2016) The Supreme Court Library of Korea has entered into a generous partnership with the Bodleian Law Library that will provide students and scholars at the University of Oxford with access to an extensive range of books about Korean law. On Monday 1 August, Judge Kee Jurng Kim, President of the Supreme Court…

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Rate my copyright law – how well does your law support libraries?

(2 August 2016) The EIFL Core Library Exceptions Checklist sets out provisions that every copyright law should have to support library activities and services in the 21st century, such as lending, making an electronic copy of a journal article or book chapter for a user, providing library material for use in virtual learning environments, and…

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New Library Privacy Guidelines offer strategies for protecting patron data in the digital environment

LibrariesAugust 3, 2016

(1 August 2016, Chicago) The American Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee has approved four new library privacy guidelines that outline strategies and best practices for protecting patron privacy in the digital environment. The guidelines address online privacy and data security and are intended to assist librarians, libraries, schools and vendors in developing policies and procedures that…

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Victoria University of Wellington selects Ex Libris Rosetta for preserving and managing digital assets

Asia Pacific, Libraries, TechnologyAugust 2, 2016

(1 August 2016) Ex Libris announced that Victoria University of Wellington has selected Rosetta as its digital preservation and asset management solution. The Victoria University Library serves as the custodian of over 15,000 digitized historical cultural works, part of the New Zealand Electronic Text Collection, and over 11,000 born-digital theses and research projects in institutional…

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NTU hiring Librarian/Senior Librarian – Library Technology Group

Asia Pacific, Jobs, Libraries, TechnologyAugust 2, 2016

(30 July 2016) Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Libraries, Singapore, invites applications for the position of Librarian or Senior Librarian in its Library Technology Group. The successful candidate will provide support for the Library IT infrastructure and ensure library systems are kept up-to-date with the latest technological developments in order to provide stable and optimal access to…

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National Library to be relocated to commercial hub of Yangon City

Asia Pacific, LibrariesJuly 30, 2016

(28 July 2016) The National Library is moving from distant Yankin township to Pabedan township, a convenient environment in the commercial hub of Yangon City. The National Library has a large collection of books, periodicals, manuscripts and other rare books, holding 172,556 books, 435,580 periodicals, 12,323 palm-leaf manuscripts, 345 hand-written letters, 25,468 rare books and…

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New acoustic booth trials in UTS library

Asia Pacific, LibrariesJuly 30, 2016

Looking for a quiet place to make a phone call? UTS has got you covered (29 July 2016) University Technology Sydney Library is trialing a new acoustic booth. The ‘Framery O’ is a state-of-the-art, entirely sound-proofed unit, perfect for taking phone calls without disturbing the peaceful serenity of the library’s silent floor. The booth includes…

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Monash University, Malaysia, hiring Liaison Librarian

Asia Pacific, Jobs, LibrariesJuly 27, 2016

(25 July 2016) The successful applicant is responsible for providing a comprehensive information service, developing library collections to meet the needs of their assigned Schools and collaboratively developing and delivering embedded information literacy and learning skills programs and activities. Liaison librarians have subject responsibilities for a number of areas and this involves, among other duties,…

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Transforming libraries in Myanmar: The e-Library Myanmar Project

Asia Pacific, eBooks, eJournals, Event, LibrariesJuly 25, 2016

(23 July 2016) Myat Sann Nyein who has been a librarian in Myanmar since 1985 describes the challenges and success of the e-Library Myanmar Project implemented by EIFL. It began with the universities of Yangon and Mandalay and now stands at seven partner universities. 166,000 students and 4,000 academic staff at these seven now have…

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