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Oxford University Press and Qatar National Library sign Read and Publish agreement
(3 Oct 2022) Oxford University Press (OUP) and Qatar National Library have announced a new three-year Read and Publish agreement. The agreement is significant as it will provide 50 institutions with online access to…
Special Report: Russia and Rankings: Statements from members of the rankings supply chain
By Ruth A. Pagell* (6 Oct 2022) Generations ago, when I was in college, I took Russian as my language requirement. In 1979, I had the opportunity to travel to…
New partnership between Charlesworth Group and Writefull
(4 Oct 2022) Aligning with the strategic importance of improving submission quality, the Charlesworth Group and Writefull have now partnered to offer authors Writefull for free within the Charlesworth AI Paper…
CJK Translations of Scholarly Kitchen’s OSTP OA policy discussion are now available
(5 Oct 2022) From Scholarly Kitchen: In 2021, TSK reached over 100,000 readers based in Asia and over 20,000 readers used a browser-based translation into Chinese. China, Japan, and…
EBSCO Information Services releases Serials Price Projection Report for 2023
(29 Sep 2022) EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has published the 2023 Serials Price Projection Report. This year’s report projects that the overall effective publisher price increases for academic and academic medical…
Zlibrary site blocked in France
(5 Oct 2022) Z-Library has over 11.2 million eBooks and almost 85 million articles available on their website. However, viewed from the perspective of publishers, Z-Library is not only unfair…
New Zealand: Reflecting on 30 years of the Cartoon Archive
(22 Sep 2022) The New Zealand Cartoon and Comics Archive includes over 60,000 cartoons reflecting New Zealand society and politics. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Cartoon Archive.…
Singapore University of Social Sciences is hiring Librarian, Collections
(4 Oct 2022) The Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) Library seeks a resourceful, self-motivated and service-oriented individual to acquire and manage primarily electronic resources. The successful candidate will also provide…
Google’s ‘Search On 2022’ releases with new features
(28 Sep 2022) Google’s Search On returned for its third year with the latest features and tools that make it more natural and intuitive to find what you’re looking for,…
Applications for the Chevening Fellowship 2023-2024 are open
(30 Sep 2022) Applications for the Chevening Fellowship 2023-2024 “Shan Collections at the British Library” are still open until 1 November 2022 for individuals from Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and…
Ruth’s Rankings 52: East Asian universities in print and in rankings
By Ruth A. Pagell* (4 Oct 2022) Article 52 has two parts and a separate special report that has links to statements players in the bibliometric supply chain made…
Australia: NHMRC’s revised Open Access Policy released
(20 Sep 2022) The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is the first Australian funding agency to introduce the requirement that scholarly publications arising from the research it funds be…
Asia likely to follow U.S. on open access, expert predicted
(23 Sep 2022) Asian research powerhouses will introduce open-access mandates within the next “two to three” years, experts have predicted, in the wake of last month’s landmark order by the Biden…
What does a university need to be digitally successful?
(7 Sep 2022) What might higher education look like in ten years? Education is fundamentally a human activity so, while technology will undoubtedly become ever more prevalent, it will not replace people.…
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