(28 October 2015) The length of monographs and their level of treatment pose unique challenges in a search environment. Monographs generally describe mature work unlike journal articles, which usually describe early stage work. As a result, it can be hard to achieve a successful search experience for restricted access monographs, according to Anurag Acharya of…
(12 October 2015, London, New York and New Delhi) Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy, was commissioned by The Association of Publishers in India (API) and the Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP) to produce a major new study: The India Book Market: Understanding the India Book…
(25 August 2015) The Li Ka Shing Library at Singapore Management University (SMU) recently launched its Stairway to Knowledge – a visual installation of publications by SMU faculty. The installation comprises the spines of 74 publications on 74 steps in the library building. The installation aims to introduce SMU students to the publications of their…
(13 August 2015) With the signing of a groundbreaking partnership with Amazon, Al Manhal is taking its online library offline and delivering it to the hands of individuals around the globe. This strategic partnership will greatly expand the company’s reach, allowing it to deliver paperback copies of content from its ever-expanding research library. Currently, through…
Librarian wins Citizen of Burma Award (23 June 2015) The books, thousands of them, stretch from floor to ceiling. If the librarian thinks not enough people are borrowing them, he will get on his bike and deliver a basketful to readers. There is no charge. In fact, he has been known to pay people to…
(25 May 2015, Canberra) Thrillers, crime, humour, fantasy, science fiction, cookery, biography and contemporary literature all featured in the lists of Australia’s most borrowed library books for the first quarter of 2015, announced today by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), at the start of Library and Information Week (25-31 May). Library and Information…
(27 April 2015) With the filmolux bookcover Neschen launches a new self-adhesive book protection film cut to size for paperbacks. The product reinforces and protects the book cover with a hard-PVC film and protects the book spine with a flexible soft-PVC film. The result is a robust cover which stabilizes the book and prevents bends…
(23 April 2015) Dolly Parton’s global book gifting organization, Imagination Library, is celebrating 20 years and over 66 million free books mailed to children in USA, UK, Canada and Australia. PRWeb has the story. Visit the Imagination Library website.
(23 April 2015) The annual Periodicals Price Survey has been published. A lengthy summary with tables and figures is featured in the Library Journal.
(10 April 2015) In the past few months, the National Library Board of Singapore, the Library Association of Singapore, the National Library of Myanmar and the Library Association of Myanmar have been working together to bring 50,000 used library books from Singapore libraries to libraries in Myanmar. 40,000 of these books were presented to the…
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