October 13, 2013

Extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed on Wikipedia

Information literacyOctober 13, 2013

(The Signpost 9 October 2013) An investigation by the English Wikipedia community into suspicious edits and sockpuppet activity has led to astonishing revelations that Wiki-PR, a multi-million-dollar US-based company, has created, edited, or maintained several thousand Wikipedia articles for paying clients using a sophisticated array of concealed user accounts. They have managed to do so…

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Vision for modern libraries in Myanmar

Asia Pacific, LibrariesOctober 13, 2013

(11 October 2013) Since Beyond Access hosted a Salon on library-driven development in Myanmar earlier this year, interest in using the country’s 5,000+ libraries for the purpose has only grown. Beyond Access is responding to this demand by gathering partners together for the Myanmar Library Visioning Project, to be implemented by the local NGO, Myanmar…

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Curator, Overseas Chinese Documentation & Research Center, Ohio University Libraries

JobsOctober 13, 2013

(12 October 2013) Repost. The curator manages the overseas Chinese and East Asian collections in the Center for International Collections, Alden Library. The curator also serves as the Secretariat of the World Confederation of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Chinese Studies and participates in the general work of the Center for International Collections. This…

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