Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Opinion | A librarian in every Michigan school? Lawmakers make the case

by Adam Zemke, Darrin Camilleri, Christine Greig 

The world as we know it is changing — technology is expanding, transportation is evolving and working people today need different skills and abilities than workers 50 years ago. If Michigan is going to be competitive in the 21st Century economy, then it’s time we make sure today’s students receive the education they need to be tomorrow’s builders, thinkers and leaders.

To read full article follow the link..

https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-librarian-every-michigan-school-lawmakers-make-case

 ***shared by***
Dr.G.Stephen, 
Assistant Librarian, 
NIELIT-Itanagar Centre,
Arunachal Pradesh.

Designing Library Spaces for the Future - Webinar

Date & Time: June 28, 2018 3:00pm ,Singapore Time (UTC +08:00)

Join Caroline Pang, Director - Medical Library & Heritage Centre, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as she shares her experiences, challenges and tips in this journey of re conceptualizing the library. 


This webinar will benefit library professionals and leaders as well as those looking for ideas and inspiration to enhance their journey of designing or re conceptualizing their library space.

The proliferation of library electronic resources in recent years has contributed to libraries’ dwindling loan rates for their physical collections. Particularly low usage of print collections coupled with demand from school administrators and users to transform library spaces to user spaces has spurred libraries to re conceptualize the use of library spaces. Users desire libraries to offer more interactive, flexible, and collaborative spaces and have certain expectations of how their library’s space, technology, and services can best serve their needs. Libraries in turn are injecting lifestyle elements such as bookshops, museums, cafes, maker spaces and exhibitions to entice visitors to their spaces.......

Key Highlights:
  1. Designing a Library from Scratch – Learning from the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Experience
  2. Exploring User Experiences and Library Spaces
  3. Balancing Physical Security and Access.                                                                                

Digitised IASLIC Publication

IASLIC has Digitized two of its Old Publications.

New Trend in Scientific Communications by K Bhattacharyya [Published in 1962; IASLIC Publication No.1]

Documentation and Kurma-Avatara by S R Ranganathan [Address to IASLIC members at DRTC, Bangalore on 3 November 1970]

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