Free resources for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
(updated 14 Sep 2021) To fight against the epidemic of 2019 Novel Coronavirus, researchers around the world are working hard to bring pieces together for a clearer picture of the…
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Audi and the challenge of cross-media plagiarism detection
(23 May 2022) Over the weekend, the German carmaker Audi became the center of a massive plagiarism controversy as a new video campaign was accused of ripping off content from a prominent Chinese…
OCLC releases more than 150 million WorldCat Entities as the foundation of a linked data infrastructure
(24 May 2022) OCLC has completed a project, funded in part by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, to develop a shared entity management infrastructure that supports linked data initiatives in…
Toward better recognition of authorship – next step for CRediT
(24 May 2022) From Scholarly Kitchen: “As you may have seen, the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (aka CRediT) was recently formalized as an ANSI/NISO standard, making it easier for organizations to…
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman is hiring Library Manager
(24 May 2022) About the job: Job Requirements: Master / Bachelor Degree in Library and Information Science / Library and Information Management or equivalent in a related field Highly…
Frequently asked questions about open access and their answers from research support staff
(11 May 2022) Open-access publishing is going mainstream. This is sometimes a requirement, but it is also perceived as complex. That’s understandable, considering that OA comes in so many definitions…
Resources: World Health Statistics 2022
(20 May 2022) The World Health Organization has published its latest comprehensive set of World Health Statistics to 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic – which led to an estimated 4.5…
Call for paper: CONSAL Conference 2022
(23 May 2022) The Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL) will hold its 18th Conference online on 29-30 November 2022. They are seeking inspiring papers which aim to address the…
La Trobe University is hiring University Librarian
(22 May 2022) La Trobe University invites applications for the position of University Librarian. Reporting to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), the University Librarian is responsible for supporting students, staff and communities…
Hong Kong: Investigation launched to examine the e-book lending service of public libraries
(13 May 2022) Readers have to wait over a year to borrow electronic books from public libraries as demand surged during their prolonged closure during the fifth Covid-19 wave, according to…
China: Three major universities quit international rankings
(11 May 2022) After years of receiving extra government funding to push selected top universities up international university rankings, three major Chinese universities will no longer participate in overseas rankings…
China launches antitrust probe into country’s largest academic database
(13 May 2022) China’s market regulator had launched an antitrust investigation into the country’s largest online academic database, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). The State Administration for Market Regulation…
New unauthorized content access broker identified by hosting platform
(May 2022) A new Sci-Hub-like content theft website (lib.mayiso.com) has come to the attention of the Silverchair Security Team (SST). Lib.Mayiso.com is a malicious for-profit actor operating in the scholarly publishing…
Presentations and video recordings from 2022 PAARL National Summer Conference are now available
(18 May 2022) The 2022 Philippine Association of Academic/Research Librarians (PAARL) National Summer Conference presentations and video recordings are now accessible. With the theme “Catalysts for Change: Transforming Library Services,…
Japan: NDL’s Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Individuals to launch
(19 May 2022) With the enforcement of the Act Partially Amending Japan’s Copyright Act (Act No. 52 of 2021), the NDL is now able to transmit digitized versions of out-of-print…
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