(30 June 2015) The Australian Public Library Alliance has published a report covering its achievements from 2010 to 2015. The report is here. The IFLA website also has some details.
(30 June 2015) The ALIA Australian Public Library Alliance has published a comprehensive report covering its achievements, as the peak body for public libraries in Australia, for the five years from 2010 to 2015. The report provides an outstanding example of local government collaborating nationally, and shows how public library services in every state and…
(30 June 2015) Taiwan’s first library dedicated to Aboriginal children opened in Pingtung County’s Changjhih Township (長治) on Saturday. The Vusam Children’s Library hopes to devote more resources and time to Aboriginal children’s education. According to Vusam organization founder Liang Ming-hui (梁明輝), the difficulties of travel and general lack of educational resources such as libraries,…
(26 June 2015) 24-hour self-service libraries have opened in Chongqing, southwest China. Several new models of libraries are found in Chongqing to encourage local people reading books. The public can borrow books from about 80 family libraries or some 24-hour self-service libraries, as well as download books from online library. ChinaEconomicNet has the photoessay.
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…
(24 June 2015, Farmington Hills, Mich.) Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, is partnering with Skillsoft to offer online workforce training courses to help public libraries sharpen the skills of today’s workforce and those entering the workforce, and support local economic development. During the most recent economic downturn, more than 30 million people in the…
(16 June 2015, Melbourne) Civica Library Solutions, a leader in specialist systems and business process services that help organisations to transform the way they work, is pleased to announce that the Melbourne Library Service in Victoria, Australia, has selected the Spydus10 integrated library management system to replace their existing library solution. Melbourne Library Service has…
(16 June 2015) The number of people visiting public libraries in NSW is at an all‐time high with internet and online usage going through the roof, according to the latest statistics released by the State Library of NSW. “Public library visits and loans continue to rise at an impressive rate, but it is free WiFi…
(27 May 2015) Despite the increasingly widespread readership of electronic books, e-book loan services at libraries show no signs of catching on. The Japan News has the story by Yuki Kobayashi.
(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…
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