Content tagged Asia and Oceania
Ordered by publication date from most to less recent.
(These results include any available translations of the original English documents.)
- Rights Retention: Exploring How the Plan S Strategy Could Apply Globally (Asia-Oceania)
A key area of discussion in efforts to promote Open Access is the topic of rights retention. This focuses on the possibility for researchers to avoid signing away all their rights to publishers,...
Event - 10 January 2021
Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Asia and Oceania, Open access, Open science, Rights retention, Webinar
- Supporting Sustainable Development Globally: Libraries at the UN Regional Forums
In preparation for global meetings on the SDGs in July and September, IFLA has been active at the regional level. The message: that at all levels, and across the 2030 Agenda, libraries...
News - 18 June 2019
Tags: Access to information, Africa, Asia and Oceania, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, SDGs, Sustainable development, LDP (Library Development Programme)
- Copyright in the Asia-Pacific Region: the Right Rules for Libraries?
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is organising three regional seminars to understand how far copyright rules meet the needs of libraries around the world. The first one starts...
News - 27 April 2019
Tags: Access to information, Asia and Oceania, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO Asia-Pacific regional meeting
Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...
Publication - 19 March 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Asia and Oceania, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars
- Scholarly Communication in Asia & Africa
At the 2018 World Library and Information Congress in Kuala Lumpur, SOCRS held an open program on scholarly communication. The program featured papers from across Asia and Africa. The main...
News - 4 September 2018
Tags: Africa, Asia and Oceania, Bibliometrics, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, eBooks, Electronic resources, Open access, Professional development, Scholarly communications, Serials and Other Continuing Resources
- Asia-Pacific Internet Governance Forum 2018
The Asia-Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) is a key opportunity for stakeholders across Asia-Pacific to debate and look for consensus on issues around how the Internet works....
Event - 2 August 2018
Tags: Access to information, Asia and Oceania, Conference, Digital divide, Digital inclusion, Internet access, Internet governance, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Congratulations to IYALI 2018 Participants
IFLA has partnered with EIFL-PLIP and AfLIA to support 15 participants in the second Young African Library Innovators initiative (IYALI) programme. IYALI is a peer learning and...
News - 26 April 2018
Tags: Africa, Asia and Oceania, Development, Young African Library Innovators initiative (IYALI), LDP (Library Development Programme)
- Asia and Oceania (RSCAO) Seminar was successfully held in Seoul on 11 April, 2018
Seminar for Cooperation with Libraries in Asia and Oceania Date and time: 11 April 2018 (Wed) 13:00-18:00 Venue: The International Conference Hall at the National Library of...
News - 15 April 2018
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Change management, Asia and Oceania
- Informed and Empowered Citizens in Asia-Pacific: Making the Case for Libraries at the UN
At the heart of success in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be resilience. Regions, countries, communities and individuals all need to have the resources – and the...
News - 6 April 2018
Tags: Access to information, Asia and Oceania, Development, Sustainable Development Agenda, Asia and Oceania
- IFLA’s Global Vision discussion arrives at Asia Oceania
From 28 to 29 June, the fifth IFLA Global Vision Regional Workshop was held at the modern National Library of Singapore. 32 participants from 27 countries in Asia Oceania joined the voice...
News - 30 June 2017
Tags: Asia and Oceania, IFLA Global Vision, Singapore
- La Visión Global de IFLA sigue avanzando: LAC pasa la antorcha a la región de Asia y Oceanía
El cuarto taller regional de la Visión Global de IFLA, esta vez para la región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), se realizó del 8 al 9 de junio de 2017 en Buenos...
News - 27 June 2017
Tags: Asia and Oceania, IFLA Global Vision, Singapore
- The IFLA Global Vision keeps moving forward: LAC passes the torch to the Asia Oceania region
The fourth IFLA Global Vision regional workshop, this time for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, just took place from 8 to 9 June 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 27 senior...
News - 27 June 2017
Tags: Asia and Oceania, IFLA Global Vision, Singapore
- IFLA Global Vision Regional Workshop: Asia Oceania
IFLA is launching a series of regional workshops on 28 and 29 June 2017 at the National Library of Singapore that are a part of a larger initiative, the IFLA Global Vision discussion...
Event - 19 May 2017
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Asia and Oceania, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting, Singapore
- World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) 2016
The World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2016 represents the world's largest annual gathering of the ICT for development community, and is co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP...
Event - 29 April 2016
Tags: Access to information, Asia and Oceania, Conference, Development, Freedom of information, Internet access, Sustainability, Switzerland, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)
- IFLA Secretary General’s Visit to Sri Lanka
In December 2015, the Sri Lankan library community had an excellent opportunity to meet IFLA Secretary General, Ms Jennefer Nicholson. Several important activities took place during her...
News - 11 February 2016
Tags: Asia and Oceania, BSLA, Meetings, PAC Centre, Sri Lanka, Asia and Oceania
- Call for Papers - 'Access to Information for Sustainable Communities' - Open Session of the Asia & Oceania Regional Section
In keeping with the conference’s overall theme, ‘Connections, Collaboration, Community’, the Asia and Oceania Open Session will focus on how libraries across our region are...
News - 14 December 2015
Tags: Asia & Oceania, Asia and Oceania, Call for Papers, Conferences, Open Session, United States of America, Asia and Oceania
- Tribute to Mr Antonio Santos - Director, National Library of Phillipines
The National Library of Philippines announced with deep sorrow the passing of its Director Antonio Santos on 22nd October 2015 while on a business trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was...
News - 2 November 2015
Tags: Antonio Santos, Asia and Oceania, Philippines, Tribute, National Libraries
- Call for abstracts now open! - ALIA National Conference 2016
Conference update | September 2016 The ALIA National 2016 Conference program committee invites abstracts relating to the conference theme Engage, Create, Lead...
News - 21 September 2015
Tags: ALIA Conference 2016, Asia and Oceania, Australia, Conferences, Asia and Oceania
- CONSAL Outstanding Librarian Award 2015
Our Congratulations to all the awardees! CONSAL Outstanding Librarian Awardees for 2015 with Other CONSAL Members The winners of the CONSAL (Congress of Southeast Asian...
News - 9 September 2015
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Awards, CONSAL, professional awards, Thailand, Asia and Oceania
- An Eulogy for Prof Gary Gorman
Eulogy presented at Gary's funeral - 25 August 2015 Gary was a very good friend of mine - but as I found out preparing this eulogy that there were some very interesting things...
News - 26 August 2015
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Eulogy, Gary Gorman, Asia and Oceania
- Sad Announcement - Prof Gary Gorman
As those of you who were associated with him know, Gary was deeply involved in IFLA activities, in particular in the Asia and Oceania Section and the ALP programme. He served on the...
News - 26 August 2015
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Death announcement, Gary Gorman, Asia and Oceania
- IFLA at the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum
IFLA attended the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) from 1 -3 July 2015 in Macau. During these meetings IFLA organized a workshop on “Access to ICTs to Further...
News - 31 July 2015
Tags: Access to information, Asia and Oceania, Development
- ICOMOS-IFLA ISCCL 2015 Annual Meeting and International Symposium
Re-thinking Lifescape: Linking Landscape to Everyday Life 1-6 November 2015 I Haenyeo Museum & Jeju Stone Park, Jeju, Korea Call for Abstracts The International...
News - 23 July 2015
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Conferences, Conservation, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Symposium, Asia and Oceania
- Sustainable Audio-visual Collections Through Collaboration - Singapore 7-9 March, 2016
The Joint Technical Symposium (JTS) explores the technical issues affecting the long term survival and accessibility of audio-visual collections. JTS is an international symposium and...
News - 13 July 2015
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Symposium, Asia and Oceania
- Librarian Honored for Promoting Access to Pacific and Indigenous Languages
Eleanor Kleiber, right, receives the American Library Association Hawaiʻi Student Chapter’s Sarah K Vann Professional Service Award. (Photo by Andrew B. Wertheimer)...
News - 4 June 2015
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Awards, Success stories, Asia and Oceania
- Brill donates over 500 frontlist titles to University College in India in partnership with SPi Global
Brill, the international scholarly publisher, donated over 500 books to Loyola College in Chennai, India as part of its Adopt a Library Program. The donation of scholarly books covers...
News - 13 May 2015
Tags: Access to knowledge, Asia and Oceania, Brill, Cooperation, Donations, Asia and Oceania
- Bringing Books to Libraries in Myanmar
In the past few months, the National Library Board of Singapore, the Library Association of Singapore, the National Library of Myanmar and the Library Association of Myanmar have been...
News - 10 April 2015
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Collection development, Donations, Asia and Oceania
- International Conference on National Library: Harnessing Information to Empower the Nations; 5–6 August 2015 – Colombo, Sri Lanka
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Library, the National Library and Documentation Services Board of Sri Lanka has planned an International Conference with the main objective...
News - 1 April 2015
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Call for Papers, Conferences, International conference, National Library, Asia and Oceania
- Lao Collection at the British Library Now Fully Catalogued
The British Library holds a small but significant collection of Lao material, consisting of manuscripts, rare printed books, periodicals and post cards. The oldest items in Lao...
News - 13 March 2015
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Online public access catalogues, Asia and Oceania
- IFLA Asia and Oceania Section Handbook
This Handbook supplements the IFLA RSCAO webpage with its primary aim being to serve as an internal working document for members of the RSCAO Committee. The Committee is made up of...
Publication - 6 March 2015
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Handbook, Publications, Asia and Oceania, Publications
- Funding Agencies
Funding Agencies and Organisations in Asia and Oceania Region This research provides a listing of funding agencies and organisations in the Asia and Oceania region that provide funding for...
Publication - 24 February 2014
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Funding, funding, project funding, Asia and Oceania, Reports
- IFLA-RSCAO Mid Term Meeting & International Seminar on Library Consortium & Community Engagement
The IFLA Regional Standing Committee for Asia and Oceania Section will be holding its annual Mid-Term Meeting from 17 - 18 February 2014 at the Pertonas Pertoleum Resource Center, Kuala Lumpur...
Event - 12 February 2014
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Meetings, Midterm Meeting, Asia and Oceania
- SIMPLIFIED Chinese translation of ACD Electronic resource guide now available!
Dear Colleagues, You may remember that in the course of this summer the IFLA Acquisition & Collection Development Section (ACD) published some new translations of its widely read...
News - 11 September 2013
Tags: Acquisitions, Asia and Oceania, China, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, Macao Special Administrative Region, Collection development, Malaysia, Singapore, Acquisition and Collection Development
- Chinese translation of ACD's Electronic Resource Guide Now available!
Dear Colleagues, After the Russian, French, Arabic, Polish, Spanish and Bulgarian versions, we are now proud to introduce the Chinese version: access the Chinese translation...
News - 31 July 2013
Tags: Acquisitions, Asia and Oceania, China, Singapore, United States of America, Acquisition and Collection Development
- ALP News: Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) Programme
Library associations are key institutions in the library and information sector around the world. Library associations are advocates for equitable access to information, and help to build strong,...
News - 4 April 2013
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Associations, Asia and Oceania
- RBM and AO Sections' Call for Papers Extended to 28 February 2013
Rare Books and Manuscripts Section with Asia and Oceania Section “Rare and special collections in the Asian or Oceanian context” Call for Papers Extended to 28...
News - 19 February 2013
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
- Community libraries to support community needs
BSLA Case Study - 12 July 2011
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Associations, Building Strong Library Associations, China
- Asia and Oceania Section Newsletter
June 2014 | December 2014 June 2013 | December 2013 June 2012 | December 2012 June 2011 | December 2011 June 2010 | December 2010...
Publication - 13 January 2010
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Publications, Asia and Oceania, Newsletters