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Co-organizer: Library of Luminary Buddhist the Nationwide Digital Dissertation and Insititue Thesis Database Consortium Date: October 28, 2017 Organizer: National Central Library Venue: New Taipei City Library Co-organizer: National Central University Library Date: December 13, 2017 ■ 2017 Electronic Resources and Consortia Program: “Transforming Libraries: Venue: National Central University Library Share Your Views and Innovations” ■ In Love with Libraries: Sharing Session Organizer: CONCERT on the Use of Volunteer Services in Date: November 8-9, 2017 Libraries Venue: National Central Library Organizer: Library and Information Center of National Ilan University & Interlibrary Cooperation ■ 2017 Conference on Innovation in Library Services Association & Library Association of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Organizer: Office of Library and Information of Date: December 20, 2017 Cheng Shiu University & Office of Library & Venue: National Ilan University Information Services of TransWorld University Date: November 24, 2017 Venue: Cheng Shiu University ( 正修 ) News from Taiwan Libraries ■ Taiwan OCLC Governing Members ■ Pingtung County Government Renovates Consortium Its Main Library Organizer: National Taiwan University Library To provide a better reading space, the Pingtung Co-organizer: Apex Information Services Co., Ltd. ( 屏東) County government is renovating its & Flysheet Info-Aggregate Service Co., Ltd. main library. The main building will incorporate Date: December 6, 2017 indigenous totems, and establish special children’s, Venue: GIS NTU Convention Center teenage, senior citizen, multicultural, and Pingtung ■ Conference on Special Project Outcomes literature areas. The estimated completion date is and Research Development Trends in October 2018. Library and Information Science ■ Taichung to Build Taiwan’s First National Organizer: NCCU Graduate Institute of Library, Manga Museum and Archival Studies & E-learning Master Program On October 28, 2017, Taiwan’s Minister of of Library and Information Studies Culture and Taichung (台中) City signed a MOU Date: December 8, 2017 of cooperation. Their plan is to establish a National Venue: Technology Building Manga Museum in the city by 2020. It will combine ■ 2017 Annual Meeting of the Taiwan the use of new technologies such as augmented Digital Dissertation and Thesis reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), and will Consortium: The 2nd Conference of partner with the Taichung branch of the Taiwan National Central Library Newsletter Vol. 49 No.1 February 2018 15 Film Institute to promote the development of There will be lots of theme pavilions set up in the Taiwanese manga. area such as living, slow eating, military village culture, and the restoration of artifacts. An earth ■ A Former Military Village Is Transformed into a New Kind of Library in Hsinchu library combining a small farmer’s market and City edible landscaping is planned for the outside space. Jincheng (金城) New Village, formerly home The library’s innovative conceptual design will to dependents of military personnel, is being create a new venue for knowledge learning. Work is transformed into General Village Open Library scheduled for completion in October 2018. and Information Area in Hsinchu (新竹) city. usien Tsen nlis itor Treer ay arren artin aies itor Leo Lin ttenwww.nl.eu.twerioiallist14.tl 16 National Central Library Newsletter Vol. 49 No.1 February 2018.