(17 Jun 2026) Almaty, Kazakhstan – Abai University hosted a meeting with representatives from the international companies “IES Research” and “Mikro Information”. The event was attended by the heads and…
Contributed by: Shameem Nilofar, University Librarian, SMU Libraries Rajen Munoo, Advisor Learning Programs and Global Relations, SMU Libraries With Inputs from: Dr Ida Fajar Priyanto, Ph.D. Advisor FPPTI East…
(21 Jun 2026) The new $100 million underground library Phrontisterion is now open at Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art (Mona). A decade in the making, the project fulfils…
(10 Jun 2026) Seoul is turning its open-air libraries into hybrid reading rooms, turning a QR code into a gateway to thousands of e-books under a new pilot program launched with…
(26 Jun 2026) Japanese Emperor Naruhito and King Philippe visited the KU Leuven University Library on Wednesday afternoon as part of the Japanese imperial couple’s state visit to Belgium, marking…
(26 Jun 2026) Choice is pleased to announce a new email-based micro-course on AI for academic libraries. Building on last year’s popular eight-module series, “AI Literacy Essentials for Academic Libraries”, this…
(24 Jun 2026) SCOAP3 has released the results of its 2026 Open Science Elements evaluation, marking the second assessment conducted under Phase 4 of the initiative. The annual evaluation measures how participating…
(26 Jun 2026) UNESCO has introduced the Open Science Platform, a digital tool designed to promote open access to its scientific knowledge and research outputs while tracking global progress on open science.…
(16 Jun 2026) On March 24, 2026, in response to a lawsuit by seventeen academics, a German Court ruled that a mandatory article manuscript deposit requirement imposed by the German State of…
(15 Jun 2026) This study evaluates the performance of four generative AI models—ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, and Copilot—in generating descriptive metadata for bibliographic resources. Models were tested on a small, diverse…
(24 Jun 2026) CAUL has released its inaugural Annual Impact Report, highlighting how member libraries are collaborating across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to advance open scholarship and research infrastructure.…
(Jun 2026) Scholarly communication is at a crossroads. The pressures bearing down on the global knowledge commons are converging at once. Scholarly infrastructure has become dangerously concentrated in the hands of…
(23 Jun 2026) Springer Nature today announced that it is divesting its consumer media businesses – Scientific American in the United States and Spektrum der Wissenschaft in Germany. The strategic transaction…
(23 Jun 2026) A coalition of leaders from across the world’s libraries, publishers, and research-information community today launched the TrustMarc Initiative, an open, standards-driven framework that makes the trust behind digital…
(25 Jun 2026) The company says the platform differs from general-purpose AI tools by grounding outputs in peer-reviewed literature, providing traceable citations, and enabling researchers to verify and approve every recommended…
