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India: Kolkata launches ‘tram library’
(26 Sept 2020) Kolkata has combined its two major attractions — tram and College Street — and created a unique attraction during the pandemic. The city popular for its libraries and…
Malaysia: IIUM scores three firsts on Sustainability Institution Award
(15 Jul 2020) IIUM (International Islamic University of Malaysia) created history last week when it was awarded the prestigious Green Gown International Award for the 2020 Sustainability Institution of the…
IOP Publishing launches first-of-its-kind peer review certification programme
(22 Sept 2020) IOP Publishing (IOPP) is revolutionising peer review learning with the launch of the world’s first peer review certification programme dedicated to the physical sciences. ‘Peer review excellence:…
Initiative for Open Abstracts calls for unrestricted availability of abstracts to boost discovery of research
(24 Sept 2020) The Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA) calls on all scholarly publishers to open the abstracts of their publications, and specifically to distribute them through Crossref, in order to facilitate large-scale access…
Analysis by Elsevier maps research to advance the SDGs
(22 Sept 2020) Elsevier’s new report – The Power of Data to Advance the SDGs – offers unique insights and initiatives, many developed together with partners, to map the state of research within each…
Clarivate releases report on current trends in indigenous research across APAC region
(22 Sept 2020) Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CCC), a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, has released a regional landscape report highlighting the current trends in indigenous…
ALA resource site assists libraries with UN Sustainable Development Goals
(22 Sept 2020) The American Library Association’s Task Force on the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has updated its website with new resources to help libraries highlight their efforts to…
Data of New Zealand newspapers is now open to public
(22 Sept 2020) Papers Past is the National Library’s fully text searchable website containing over 150 newspapers from New Zealand and the Pacific, as well as magazines, journals and government reports.…
US Publishing industry calls out Amazon’s ‘concentrated power’ in the market
(17 Aug 2020) The leading American professional associations for authors, publishers, and booksellers write to the House Antitrust Subcommittee about what they call Amazon’s ‘scale of operation’ and ‘share of…
Choice publishes white paper exploring the changes ebooks have brought to collection development in academic libraries
(17 Sept 2020) Choice has announced the publication of the seventh in a series of white papers designed to provide actionable intelligence around topics of importance to the academic library community.…
The University of Adelaide is hiring Special Collections Manager
(21 Sept 2020) The University of Adelaide is hiring Special Collections Manager: Great opportunity with this exciting position to lead a GLAM team of collection experts to preserve and…
National Library of Australia is hiring – various positions
(21 Sept 2020) From National Library of Australia: The Library is evolving to meet the demands of the 21st century, with a recent review providing a blueprint for building…
More than 733M citations now available in COCI
(7 Sept 2020) The bi-monthly release of COCI, the OpenCitations Index of Crossref open DOI-to-DOI citations has been published. In this latest release (dated 6 September 2020), COCI has been…
Scholar Button browser extension update
(13 Sept 2020) Scholar Button, released in 2015, provides easy access to Google Scholar from any webpage. You can use it to find fulltext on the web or in your…
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