(9 September 2016) Princeton based KSS Architects has published its thoughts on three basic principles of academic library design for the future library. ‘Through technology-rich amenities… and a mixed-use approach to learning that incorporates everything from entrepreneurship and makerspaces to flipped classrooms and nap pods, library services of the future will meet people where they…
(5 September 2016) Most foreign culture centres around Yangon are found in villas or large houses, with security guards and guest to greet visitors. The Japan Culture House, which opened to the public on August 31, is in a small house in Bahan township, decorated with traditional Japanese tatami mats where guests can nap, recline,…
(5 September 2016) In Assam a new world class library, the ‘Bharat Ratn Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Learning Resource Centre’ in the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar was inaugurated today. The library is established with the help of the University of Illinois, USA. The library is one of a kind in the…
(23 August 2016) This two-part illustrated blog by Sud Chonchirdsin, Curator for Vietnamese, discusses the great lengths to which the British Library went in order to acquire publications from war-torn and politically-divided Vietnam. The Vietnamese collection was originally held in the British Museum’s Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts. Unlike the large numbers of…
(5 September 2016) The programme for the Leiden Asia Year in 2017 is now available. Rector Carel Stolker launched the new website at the opening of the Academic Year of Leiden University on 5 September 2016. Throughout 2017 Leiden will be the leading centre for Asia in terms of research, teaching, collections and expertise. The…
(5 September 2016) The Ministry of Education launched the Indo-Bhutan e-Library Project at Motithang Higher Secondary School in Thimphu, Bhutan, today. The digital library will have study materials, newspapers and journals in the form of text, video, and audio images. Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, during his visit to Bhutan in 2014, had announced the…
(1 September 2016) Young Vietnamese man Nguyen Quang Thach thanks two generations of his family for his passion and drive to bring books to the most rural areas of his country. His brainchild, The Center for Knowledge Assistance and Community Development (CKACD), has been awarded the 2016 UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize for its programme…
(1 September 2016) The international school is seeking an enthusiastic Librarian to start as soon as possible. The Librarian shares the library with the two librarians responsible for the younger pupils of the French Stream Primary on one site and with one librarian responsible for the older pupils of the French Stream Primary on a…
(1 September 2016) A simple exchange of information becomes dramatically more complicated when occurring between people who speak different languages. Even with today’s advanced technologies, establishing a clear understanding between two parties unfamiliar with the other’s language is tedious and requires extensive research and preparation. One place in particular where information exchange should be as…
(1 September 2016, Jakarta) Rare editions of a Japanese newspaper published in Sumatra during World War II, so seldom seen that it is known as the “phantom newspaper,” have been discovered here in the Indonesian capital. Makoto Ezawa, 66, a researcher from Tokyo, discovered the original copies of The Sumatra Shimbun tucked away in the…
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