(26 Feb 2025) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation of Cambodia and the Ministry of External Affairs of India. The agreement, finalized on February 17, 2025, will pave the way for establishing a state-of-the-art science library in the Ratanak Mondul district of Battambang province. …
(31 Jan 2025) The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) joined the growing number of national patent offices across the world on 24 January 2025 to have exclusive access to India’s digital repository of its traditional medical systems, with the conclusion of the requisite agreement between the two countries this month. Established in 2001…
(23 Dec 2024) The Capital is set to get its first multimedia high tech library, the JP Narayan library at Mandir Marg by March next year, officials from the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) said. Kuljeet Chahal, NDMC vice chairman, said: “The construction of the JPN library will create a space for learning, fostering…
(28 Nov 2024) Billed as a major advancement for Indian academia, the Indian government this week announced the impending launch of its One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) scheme for international academic journals that will promote fair access to what are often extremely pricey but vital academic resources. The centralised subscription of academic journals aims…
(19 Oct 2024) Established in 1937, the Supreme Court Judges Library (of India) has grown into one of the largest law libraries in Asia, housing over 3,80,000 legal documents, rare legal manuscripts, and the cutting-edge tools of modern legal research. But what truly makes this library remarkable is the vision that drives it forward.…
The collection, assembled over three months and spanning 12 languages, includes Mahatma Gandhi’s collected works, publications such as Harijan and Young India and audio recordings. (26 Aug 2024) The Servants of Knowledge, a non-profit group, has announced that 11,720 books from the library of Bengaluru’s Gandhi Bhavan have been digitized as part of the All…
(13 Aug 2024) The state observed the Librarian Day of August 12 to mark the birth anniversary of Dr S R Ranganathan, considered the father of Library Science in India. A special program was organized in the Bir Chandra State Central Library. Dilip Kumar Das, Head Librarian of Bir Chandra State Central Library presided over…
(8 May 2024) Asia-Pacific Member States newly inscribed 20 items during the 2024 cycle of the Memory of the World Regional Register at the 10th General Meeting of the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP), which was convened from 7 to 8 May, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Genealogical records were…
(14 Apr 2024) The Free Libraries Network (FLN), a collective of more than 250 libraries around South Asia, released a policy memo ‘The People’s National Library Policy 2024’, drawn from years of coordination and activism at the grassroots level, to bolster a movement they believe to be the foundation of the Indian Constitution’s ideals of…
(21 Mar 2024) “We help connect idle books to hungry minds,” reads a statement on the website of Hyderabad-based Food4Thought Foundation (food4thoughtfoundation.org). Formed in 2015 as a bridge connecting individuals who want to donate books idling on their shelves and educational institutions and those seeking books to open a small library, the organization has helped set up 622…