20 of the world’s most beautiful libraries
(1 July 2024) Stories of intrigue and imagination abound in these incredible libraries, which range from royal follies to monastic marvels… Find out more here.
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Snapshot in the life of a digital archivist
(28 June 2024) Cassie Richards describes her secondment with the Digital Collection Services team at Alexander Turnbull Library, focusing on digital archiving. She highlights the fragility of born-digital materials, the use of write-blockers and checksums, and the importance of programs like DROID. Her experience underscores the necessity of professional digital preservation for both institutional and…
Now, a hi-tech library for girls in J-K
(4 February 2018) A hi-tech library for girls have been inaugurated in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri District. Minister of Tribal Affairs, Choudhary Zulfikar Ali inaugurated the library. The library has been established under the ‘beti bachao beti padao’ scheme. The library is equipped with latest technology and books of all subjects. Computers with high speed…
The new English website of Peking University Library
(21 March 2017, Peking University) On 20 March 2017 the English version of Peking University Library homepage (http://www.lib.pku.edu.cn/portal/en) was formally launched and ready to provide services for readers. Through carrying out extensive research on English portal sites of prestigious universities in non-English speaking countries, Peking University Library primarily targeted at ‘aesthetically pleasing design, comprehensive content,…
Library a waste of space: Doctors
(22 November 2016, Kolkata) Doctors and students are asking whether it was necessary to devote 10,000 sq.ft. of valuable floorspace in the Ronald Ross building to a facility which is in the process of being digitized. Few students actually do library work offline since most books are available on the internet, they said. The authorities…
China to build Africa’s biggest university library in Tanzania
(3 June 2016) Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new library at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) to be built at a cost of about 40 million U.S. dollars funded by the Chinese government. President Magufuli said the Chinese government’s 100 percent-aided project had…
UTS Library’s Artists-in-Residence investigate the library retrieval system
(21 April 2015) UTS Library began an Artist-in-Residence Program in 2012 to bring in the artistic talents of creative people to inject playfulness, art and culture into all aspects of the Library’s operations. This year, artists Elisa Lee and Adam Hinshaw were tasked with interpreting and responding to the Library Retrieval System (LRS). The LRS…
AIT Library gets 10 million baht donation for modernization from top Thai corporate
(March 2015) When the ferocious waters of the 2011 flood struck the library of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand in November 2011, no one could have imagined the extent of loss suffered to its prestigious library. The entire ground floor of the library was inundated, with precious books and theses lost forever.…
The new learning commons: creating distinctive student-centric environments
An award-winning building on Australia’s Gold Coast is home to Griffith University Learning Commons, offering students a choice of formal and informal learning spaces. The Designing Libraries website has the story and pictures.
UWS 2014 library survey results
(19 June 2014) During May 2014, The University of Western Sydney Library conducted its seventh Client Satisfaction Survey and after a year of significant changes (a new Library Management System; a new website; new University Librarian) the Library continues to be ranked in the top 10 percent of Australian/New Zealand tertiary libraries, with an overall…