Asia-Pacific libraries directory

APSIG colleagues may remember the valuable publication Directory of libraries and archives in the Pacific islands, edited by Adrian Cunningham. First published by ALIA in 1997, the directory has been expanded and given new life as an online database by the National Library of Australia. Libraries of Asia and the Pacific Directory is a new and current information resource about libraries in the Asia-Pacific region.

The new site was unveiled in mid-May 2003 at http://www.nla.gov.au/lap and now gives libraries the ability to update and amend their own entries.

An initiative of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries of Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO), the website is supported by the NLA, but much of the current content has been provided by CDNLAO members. The site features a search facility, updated information pages, a form allowing libraries not in the database to add their details, as well as a password-controlled edit capability allowing libraries to add many details about themselves and their collections.

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