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Fair Open Access Principles for journals Read More... 19th-century book of life-sized bird paintings reprinted Read More... Connecting Myanmar libraries to global academia Read More... What students think about La Trobe University Library Read More... US Ambassador launches UMS American Corner Read More...

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The LEARN project. Report on the end of project conference and launch of the LEARN Toolkit Read More... Kudos and Editage partner to help researchers summarize work in plain language to enhance its discoverability Read More... NTU hiring Assistant Director – Scholarly Communication Group Read More... Research evaluation and data science for libraries Read More... Submissions invited for proposals to receive funding for projects to advance understanding of alternative research metrics Read More...

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Collaboration is essential for the Future of the Academic Book, finds Academic Book of the Future Report Read More... New Oriental Education leads $13m in Chinese children’s stories content start-up Read More... China Reading launches Qidian International, the leading international digital reading platform for China’s independent writers Read More... UK readers abandon eBooks at an alarming rate Read More... eBooks usage 2016 at Cambridge: a glance at the figures Read More... Launch of “Rights, Action and Social Responsibility” initiative Read More...

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Digital Literacies Learning Designer being hired by Macquarie University Read More... Scholars win Public Policy Research Fund for critical news literacy research Read More... Trends in Singapore’s academic libraries Read More... Introducing La Trobe’s Digital Literacies Framework Read More... Deakin University hiring Manager Digital Literacy Programs Read More... ACRL Global Perspectives on Information Literacy Read More...

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10,000 additional photographs and cartoons from Condé Nast at ArtStor Read More... Online Chinese Christianity Collection Read More... Two open access repositories launched in Myanmar Read More... International Accord strengthens ties between repository networks worldwide Read More... More than 35,000 additional photojournalism images from Magnum Photos via ArtStor Read More...

Conferences

Call for Hosting International Congress of Medical Librarianship (ICML) 2021

(7 June 2017) The IFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section (HBS) invites expressions of interest to host the 13th International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML) in 2021. The ICML takes place in a city selected through a competitive process. The Congress normally attracts 500+ [Read more...]

13th AUNILO Meeting announced

(2 June 2017) The 13th AUNILO Meeting will be held from 7–9 August 2017 at Mahidol University, Thailand hosted by Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center Mahidol University, Thailand. The theme for this meeting is ASEAN Digital Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Academic [Read more...]

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Asia Pacific

Fair Open Access Principles for journals

19th-century book of life-sized bird paintings reprinted

Connecting Myanmar libraries to global academia

What students think about La Trobe University Library

US Ambassador launches UMS American Corner

Data Collections

The LEARN project. Report on the end of project conference and launch of the LEARN Toolkit

Kudos and Editage partner to help researchers summarize work in plain language to enhance its discoverability

NTU hiring Assistant Director – Scholarly Communication Group

Research evaluation and data science for libraries

Submissions invited for proposals to receive funding for projects to advance understanding of alternative research metrics

eBooks

Collaboration is essential for the Future of the Academic Book, finds Academic Book of the Future Report

New Oriental Education leads $13m in Chinese children’s stories content start-up

China Reading launches Qidian International, the leading international digital reading platform for China’s independent writers

UK readers abandon eBooks at an alarming rate

eBooks usage 2016 at Cambridge: a glance at the figures

Launch of “Rights, Action and Social Responsibility” initiative

Information Literacy

Digital Literacies Learning Designer being hired by Macquarie University

Scholars win Public Policy Research Fund for critical news literacy research

Trends in Singapore’s academic libraries

Introducing La Trobe’s Digital Literacies Framework

Deakin University hiring Manager Digital Literacy Programs

ACRL Global Perspectives on Information Literacy

Online Learning

Skillsoft’s 2017 APAC Perspectives Conference

New product: Med Insight LT PALMs

Time To Know introduces its insight-driven education solution at APAC Regional Sales Conference

BoardVitals, a powerful board review tool for physicians

Slides and recording of COAR webinar on Publishing Controlled Vocabularies for Access and Reuse

Databases

10,000 additional photographs and cartoons from Condé Nast at ArtStor

Online Chinese Christianity Collection

Two open access repositories launched in Myanmar

International Accord strengthens ties between repository networks worldwide

More than 35,000 additional photojournalism images from Magnum Photos via ArtStor

Conferences

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