Kenya’s Publishers Face Parliamentary Deposit Mandate
Kenya’s 2025 Bill adds Parliament to legal deposit requirements. The UK, US, Canada and many countries have similar mandatory submission rules for national libraries.
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Category: Libraries
Morocco’s National Library Embraces Digitisation – A Leap Forward for Publishing
The agreement marks a pivotal moment for the publishing and cultural sectors, aiming to make the library’s resources more accessible to citizens across the Kingdom.
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Reviving Reading Culture: Lessons from Malaysia’s Book Giveaway
One of the unexplored intrigues in modern publishing is how western publishing uses remaindered outlets like BooksXcess to produce way more books than they can ever hope to sell in the home markets at regular price.
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Digitisation at Pakistan’s National Library: Preserving Heritage Amid Challenges
The National Library’s efforts, widely praised for promoting education, art, and cultural heritage, represent a vital endeavour in safeguarding Pakistan’s intellectual resources and making them accessible to the nation’s scholars.
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Embracing the Digital Age: Lessons from Latvia’s Publishing and Library Revolution
Moving forward without engaging with AI is to miss a huge opportunity to level the paying field.
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Qatar seems to wilfully misunderstand books and technology. They work together, not against one another
Most of history’s civilisations rose, flourished and fell without a book in sight, and when books finally became a thing, many books were a means to oppress and deliver destruction, not to build. “Mein Kampf”, anyone?
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India’s “Festival of Libraries 2023” runs Aug 5-6 in New Delhi
Sadly such divisions and Luddite thinking will continue prevent India from taking its rightful...
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American Library Association confirms its future will be hybrid as 3rd online ALA event announced for June
This is just one more example of how the industry has turned adversity to advantage, embracing...
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Qatar National Library joins Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services
“The treasures contained in our Library, its content, its modernity, its advanced...
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Morocco’s National Library goes digital as country locked down
Morocco is among the many countries closing libraries to help contain the Coronavirus threat, and...
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Visiting public libraries in the USA is twice as popular as going to the movies, despite record-breaking digital library downloads
With an average 10.5 trips to the library in 2019, the latest Gallup poll tells us library visits...
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STEM study hub project launched by Ghana Library Authority with Book Aid International
Science, tech, engineering & maths (STEM) are key components of any 21st century national...
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