By Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya* (25 Apr 2022) Locating LIS schools worldwide is often challenging as there are no global databases currently in existence. The IFLA global database and map of LISE schools and programs is an international collaborative project launched by the IFLA Building Strong Library and Information Science Education (IFLA-BSLISE) Working Group to…
(18 Apr 2022) Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, much still feels the same, though in some important ways our thinking and behaviors may be shifting in anticipation of longer-term changes in the ways we structure our lives and our shared places and spaces. In higher education, these shifts may reflect an evolution from short-term…
(6 Apr 2022) Online disinformation – especially about science – is one of the scourges of our age. To help researchers and communications professionals deal with it, an EU-funded consortium led by Erasmus University Rotterdam has launched a free online course on the topic. The seven-part programme, now available on educational platform Coursera, is the…
(14 Jan 2022) Coursera is partnering with K-MOOC and the National Institute for Lifelong Education (NILE) to launch a nationwide upskilling program in South Korea. The initiative will help over 200,000 adult learners develop the high-demand digital skills needed to advance their education and careers in the new economy and embrace lifelong learning amid rapid…
(17 Dec 2021) Nearly half of South Korea’s universities could close in the next quarter-century as the country’s population continues to shrink, with regional institutions especially hard-hit, a professor has warned. Dong-Kyu Lee, professor in disaster management at Dong-A University, said he expected that only 190 out of 385 existing universities would exist in 25 years’…
The EDUCAUSE 2022 Top 10 IT Issues take an optimistic view of how technology can help make the higher education we deserve—through a shared transformational vision and strategy for the institution, a recognition of the need to place students’ success at the center, and a sustainable business model that has redefined “the campus.” (1…
By Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya* In January 2019, a study on “Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Academic Librarians in Selected Asian Countries” was initiated. The pilot study conducted in the Republic of Maldives was completed in 2020. A team of LIS researchers in Thailand are now studying the status of “CPD for academic librarians in Thailand”. Despite…
(23 Oct 2021) Indonesia: The National Library (Perpusnas) said it is providing support to the National Archives of Indonesia (ANRI), which has built a Disaster Archive Study Center in Aceh. “This study center aims to provide educational facilities to the community related to disaster literacy. Its presence will encourage many parties to prepare references…
(25 Oct 2021) The Commission on Higher Education in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CHED-CAR) has joined the campaign to purge universities and colleges in the region of what it considered “subversive” materials. CHED-CAR Director Demetrio Anduyan Jr. urged private and public higher education institutions (HEIs) in the region to remove “subversive” materials from their…
(29 Sep 2021) An educator lamented the removal of books and documents published by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in at least three state university libraries. The Kalinga State University (KSU), Isabela State University (ISU), and Aklan State University (ASU) pulled out books authored by or related to the NDFP to…