Wednesday, 22 May 2013
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and the Love2Read campaign have announced the winners of the Australia’s Favourite Librarian competition.
The overall winner is Jae Rolt, a teacher-librarian from Cessnock West Primary School in New South Wales. Rolt won nearly 10% of total votes received.
The state and territory winners are:
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Wednesday, 22 May 2013
A number of Australian libraries are participating in the Big Library Read project, a two-week ebook data experiment run by OverDrive and Sourcebooks.
As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the project focusses on the ebook of Michael Malone’s Four Corners of the Sky (Sourcebooks), which appears on the websites of all participating libraries...
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Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Collections from the National Library of Australia and state and territory libraries in Victoria, New South Wales, the Northern Territory and South Australia are among 11 new items to be added to the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register.
Among the new items to be added to the register are:
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Wednesday, 22 May 2013
ProQuest completes EBL acquisition
ProQuest has announced the completion of its acquisition of Ebook Library (EBL) from the Ebook Corporation. The EBL platform offers approximately 300,000 ebooks from more than 500 publishers to libraries around the world, including in Australia and New Zealand through library suppliers such as James Bennett. ProQuest previously announced plans to...
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Tuesday, 21 May 2013
OCLC appoints Prichard as president and CEO
In the US, the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) has appointed Skip Prichard as president and CEO, reports Publishers Weekly. Prichard will replace Jay Jordan, who retires on 30 June after 15 years at OCLC. Prichard was president and CEO of the Ingram Content Group from...
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013
The City of Melbourne Council has allocated new funding to libraries in the Docklands and Carlton in its 2013-14 draft budget.
The council has committed $6.5 million to complete the Docklands Library and Community Centre, which has previously received funding from the State Government. Construction has already begun on the library,...
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has appointed three new directors to reflect a new executive structure.
Jo Watson has been appointed as director of community engagement, Peter McMahon has been appointed as director of digital strategy and Ben Clark has been appointed as foundation director.
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Debate sparked by NZ suggestion that Kindles replace library services
In New Zealand, Marlborough District local councillor David Oddie has sparked debate by suggesting it would be cheaper to buy a Kindle ereader for each resident signed-up to a library, rather than operate a traditional library system, reports Marlborough Express. At a...
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Baker & Taylor launches axisReader app for ebook lending
Library distributor Baker & Taylor has launched its axisReader app, which allows library patrons to download and read ebooks, reports PaidContent. Library patrons can view ebooks using their smartphones and tablets via the app, which is available for iOS and Android. The axisReader...
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Wednesday, 8 May 2013
New funding for the State Library of Victoria (SLV) has been announced in the 2013-14 Victorian state budget, released on 7 May.
Victorian Arts Minister Heidi Victoria said in a statement that the government has allocated an additional $3 million to the SLV over the next two years to assist the library in its ‘transformation...
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