(25 Mar 2024) Jakarta- State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform (PAN RB) Minister Abdullah Azwar Anas provided suggestions to the National Library (Perpusnas) to support its efforts in strengthening its internal bureaucratic reform. During a meeting with Perpusnas Acting Head Aminudin Aziz in Jakarta on Monday, Anas underscored the need for the library to take…
(24 Jan 2024) Indonesian universities are mobilising their resources to boost their international competitiveness and achieve “world class” status, the country’s Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim said, noting his ministry is providing “full support” for the endeavour. Some 54 universities, both state and private, are currently being assessed by the ministry…
(8 Jan 2024) Kompas Gramedia, a major Indonesian conglomerate with a robust book publishing unit, is exploring the potential of blockchain technology to tackle the persistent issue of online content piracy. Adi Ekatama, the publishing director of the Group of Retail & Publishing (GoRP) division, expressed optimism that blockchain, particularly non-fungible tokens (NFTs), could play…
(6 Jun 2023) Following the success of the first phase of the Translate a Story campaign, UNESCO and the Global Digital Library (GDL), in cooperation with the Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (Badan Bahasa) from the Ministry of Education of Indonesia, jointly organized a translation workshop from 29 May to 2 June in the…
(16 Mar 2023) Perbadanan Kota Buku (PKB), the country’s largest digital book platform provider, will collaborate with other e-book platforms in the Asian region soon to diversify quality reading resources for the community, says its chief executive officer Adibah Omar. She said for a start, the entity under the Ministry of Education (MOE), forged a…
(21 Mar 2023) In this issue of IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Quarterly News: NLB’s Historical Asian Children’s Literature Collection Recognised By UNESCO As Documentary Heritage Of Influence Director of Capital Library of China: an introduction IFLA Asia-Oceania Regional Division Committee in-person business meeting in Bangkok Pacific Virtual Museum Project: digitalpasifik.org IFLA-ILA South Asian…
(10 Mar 2023) Perpusnas (the National Library of Indonesia) houses one of the largest collections of Indonesian newspapers in the world. Only single copies remain for most of the issues in the collection. The vast majority of these are yet to be scanned and uploaded to the library’s online platform, Khastara, which was launched in 2019. To…
(10 Mar 2023) Since 2004, the Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) has helped to preserve cultural heritage and to make it available globally to as wide an audience as possible. To achieve this, grants are provided to digitise and document archives that are at risk of loss or decay, and which are located in countries where…
(26 Oct 2022) The old library paradigm needs to give way to a new paradigm based on the use of information technology and social inclusion, according to Head of the National Library of Indonesia (Perpusnas) Muhammad Syarfi Bando. He said here on Tuesday that the observation was based on discussions at the General Conference…
(13 Oct 2022) In this issue: IFLA News: Inspired and Engaged on Sustainability: A Satellite Meeting Report IFLA and UNESCO Launch an Updated Public Library Manifesto at the 87th World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) Five years of the Library Map of the World News from the Region & Beyond: An eye-opening experience for…