The University of the Philippines in the Visayas Library is set to launch an Institutional Repository. In line with this goal, the Library conducted a three-day training-workshop for library st…
Philippine Senator Sherwin Gatchalian recently proposed Senate Bill No. 477 or the Philippine Online Library Act. This bill proposes the creation of a Philippine Online Library that houses free e…
The University of the Philippines Library Science Alumni Association (UP LSAA) will be conducting a three-part webinar series, "Research, Innovation, Synergy, Empowerment (RISE)". This …
An online Presidential library dedicated to former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos is set to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2022. This would be the first digital Presidential library in…
S haring my setup for library digitization for an institutional repository in an academic library. I show the scanners and equipment I am using for digitization, processes such as optical charact…
Alinet or the Academic Libraries Information Network in Mindanao, Inc. in partnership with PLAI-Northern Mindanao Librarians Council (PLAI-NMRLC) and Regalo Touching Lives (RTL) will be conductin…
Logo of the Metropolitan Museum of Art You might know The Met from the Met Gala held every year. The MET or New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest and one of the most-visited a…
Most Rev. Bishop Abel Apigo of the Diocese of Mati and ADDU EVP Bong Eliab. The San Salvador del Mundo Church in Caraga, Davao Oriental is digitizing its important historical documents. This projec…
Commission of Human Rights (CHR) launched the Philippine Observatory on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities or PhORPD last July 16, 2021. This is an electronic library of data regarding the hu…
Forester Glenn Estudillo working on wood samples, photo from DOST-FPRDI The Department of Science and Technology - Forest Products Research and Development Institute’s (DOST-FPRDI) is preparing to …
Globe Telecom recently announced that free data access to selected educational websites in the Philippines has been extended until 2022. Since 2020, these websites could be accessible through Globe…
Spirit of America digital collection [ website ] Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Libraries launch the Marvin & Sybil Winer 'Spirit of America' digital collection The collection was d…
The British Library is making 40,000 historical maps in its collection available for free online. The maps are part of the Topographical Collection of King George III or the "K. Top" Coll…
Image by Alex Myers from Pixabay NASA's Hubble Space Telescope with the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in the US has began a new project to survey and catalog nearby stars in the Mi…
Stephen Alayon (photo used with permission) Stephen Alayon is one of 2020's Outstanding Professional Awardees for the year 2020 for the Business, Education, and Social Services Sector. He is th…
COMPETITORS, COMPARATORS, COMPLEMENTS? DIGITAL LIBRARIES AND INTERNET GIANTS The last of 3 of webinars for the #EmergingInternationalVoices project of IFLA and Goethe-Institut. There have been many…
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