July 17, 2014 – Access

First Indian newspaper digitized

Asia Pacific, DigitizationJuly 17, 2014

(15 July 2014) The first published newspaper in India is digitized and now provided for online use from the holdings of the library of the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University. The newspaper is called Hicky´s Bengal Gazette (1780-1782), which was published by James Augustus Hicky (1739/40-1802) from 28 January 1780 in Calcutta. It reported weekly…

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Open Access Week competition now open

Open AccessJuly 17, 2014

(16 July 2014) INASP has announced the 2014 Open Access Week competition, an annual INASP/UNESCO collaboration aimed at showcasing the Open Access activities of universities and research institutions within developing and emerging countries. Want to compete? Here has the details.

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Flinders hiring University Librarian

Asia Pacific, Jobs, LibrariesJuly 17, 2014

(16 July 2014) Australia’s Flinders University is advertising for a University Librarian. The closing date is 8 August 2014. For full details visit the university website.

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