(2 Mar 2022) The National Diet Library has released the report of a research project on the response to COVID-19 by public libraries in Japan, which was conducted during fiscal 2021 in cooperation with the Japan Library Association. In the project, an online questionnaire survey was conducted for all public libraries in Japan, and…
(19 Aug 2021) Public Libraries in Iran have a mission to offer services and programs to improve people’s lives based on three principles of providing information, education and opportunities for recreation. They do this through a “user-orientation” approach. Iran Public Libraries Institution serves the public with 3,557 service points and 1,466,316 square meters (Floor Space…
(22 Jul 2021) The new BOOK1 Design Hostel in Aarhus, Danmark, has all the classic hostel elements like bunk beds, laundry facilities and ping pong tables, as well as luxury hotel elements such as private rooms and suites, a sauna and unique design details. BOOK1 is located in the city’s former main library from 1934,…
(8 Mar 2021) The National Library of the Philippines will be celebrating the 62nd Public Library Day on March 9, 2021, with the theme “Philippine Public Libraries: Providers of Virtual Information and Contributors to Community Sustainability.” Proclamation No. 563, s. 1959, recognized the importance of Public Libraries in the dissemination of knowledge and culture…
(5 Feb 2021) Infamous as India’s ‘phishing capital’, Jharkhand’s tiny Jamtara district now has 45 public libraries diverting youth away from cybercrime. A library movement developed in a short span of time in Jharkhand’s Jamtara district is receiving a steady flow of students and helping them turn a new page. The district love for books…
(12 Jan 2021) News from India: The Department of Public Libraries has decided to promote community libraries in small residential clusters in urban centres and the first such library was declared open at an apartment complex in Tiruchi last week. Under the initiative, local communities comprising residents of an apartment or gated communities can…
(2 Jan 2021) The main branch of Tainan Public Library opened in southern Taiwan Saturday morning (Jan. 2) and is expected to bring more international attention to the country. Located in Yongkang District, the new library cost approximately NT$1.93 billion (US$67.7 million) to build, according to the Tainan Cultural Affairs Bureau. It has the country’s…
(Dec 2020) Recently the National Library of the Philippines publishes “Impact Stories: Public Libraries’ Contribution to the Community Volume 2”. From the foreword of the book: “This book is especially relevant as we navigate the new normal environment and as we continue to establish the importance of public libraries in the country in these…
(2 Aug 2020) South Korea saw the addition of 38 new public libraries nationwide last year thanks to the government’s efforts to enhance access to libraries in recent years. According to a recent statistical survey by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its affiliated Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, the number of public…
(12 Aug 2020) From Guardian: When Melbourne’s Yarra Plenty regional libraries first went into lockdown in March, shut the doors and left the remaining unborrowed books on their shelves, staff were sent home with a phone… So the library staff pulled from their database the phone number of every library member over the age of…