(12 May 2026) The National Taiwan Library (NTL) on Monday announced the publication of the first complete Chinese translation of a 350-year-old work documenting Taiwan during the 17th century. The 1669 publication, called “A Short Description of a Nine Year East Indian Journey” (Eine kurtze Beschreibung eines neunjährigen Ost-Indianischen Dienstes), was written by Albrecht Herport,…
(20 Dec 2025) PM Narendra Modi Friday put traditional medicine at the centre of global health conversation, flagging launch of Traditional Medicine Global Library (TMGL) as a shared international platform to anchor ayuveda, yoga & other ancient systems in research, policy and evidence-based care. The TMGL hosts content from 194 countries and marks a…
(11 Aug 2025) In the presence of a tightly rolled, yellowed scroll in the State Library of Victoria, it is hard not to feel a bit awe-struck. Inside a glass cabinet in the centre of the library sits the oldest known mass-printed text in the world, the Hyakumantō Darani. The finger-length item is a…
(27 Apr 2025) Australian political history is littered with well-known and well-worn slogans. “It’s Time”, the catch-cry of Gough Whitlam’s campaign in 1972, is a notable moment in time. The phrase, like many election slogans, appeared on T-shirts among other merchandise. And paraphernalia like this from elections gone by might seem like rubbish, tossed…
(4 Sep 2024) Widely considered to be the earliest form of audio recordings, wax cylinders offer rare glimpses into how the world sounded in the distant past. Indeed, a unique collection from China, recently acquired by UC Santa Barbara Library, provides an elusive glance into the history of the Chinese language and some of…
(Aug 2024) A dedicated manga library operated by a university sits in a district of Chiyoda City, central Tokyo. It boasts a comprehensive collection of manga volumes and valuable resources for researching Japanese manga, with a collection numbering approximately 410,000, one of the largest in the country. We spoke with a member of the library’s…
(7 Aug 2024) The National Library [of Indonesia] has surpassed Leiden University Library to become the world’s largest repository of Sundanese manuscripts. The library’s collection has been boosted to over one thousand items by the recent acquisition of 536 ancient manuscripts from French researcher Viviane Sukanda Tessier and her partner R. Haris Sukanda Natasasmita.…
(15 May 2024) The collection at the Asia Art Archive is likely the city’s first official zine catalogue, bringing together nearly 900 pieces of work. This accessibility allows creators to reach a broader audience, zine librarian Sam Chao said. Find out more here.
(31 Mar 2023) A few collections are added to the Library of Congress’ digital collections, including: Africana Historic Postcard Collection: 1,200 postcards documenting representations of African life from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Gisella Selden-Goth collection: Musicologist and collector Gisella Selden-Goth’s holograph manuscripts collection, personal Autographen album and a chronological register of her manuscript…
(22 Sep 2022) The New Zealand Cartoon and Comics Archive includes over 60,000 cartoons reflecting New Zealand society and politics. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Cartoon Archive. Sam Orchard, Assistant Curator Cartoons and Comics, asked Cartoon Archive founder, Ian F. Grant, to reflect on the Archive’s evolution. Find out more here.