(15 October 2014) The State Library of Queensland has opened up free access to 60 000 high-resolution out-of-copyright and Creative Commons licensed photographs. The high-resolution TIFF images, which can be downloaded from the SLQ catalogue, contain a range of historic and contemporary images of Queensland people, places and events. “We believe wholeheartedly in making our…
(16 October 2014, London) RCN Publishing announced today that it is ending its long standing arrangements to provide access to current full text journal content via third party database and aggregation services. The decision to end these arrangements is in keeping with RCN Publishing’s policy to serve users directly, providing access via its own journals…
The British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme is accepting applications for the next round of funding – find out here how to apply. Grants may be awarded to individual researchers to identify collections that can be preserved for fruitful use. The original archives and the master digital copies will be transferred to a safe archival home in…
(15 October 2014) The librarian will manage the planning, administrative, maintenance and budgetary functions of library and information Services. The Librarian will ensure the availability of materials for all users for their academic and professional work through an efficient library system. SLISjobs has a full description of the post.
(16 May 2014) The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will promote open access to scientific articles generated from publicly funded research, the academy announced in Beijing. In a statement, CAS said it will require its researchers and graduate students to deposit final, peer-reviewed manuscripts of research articles into the open access repositories of their respective…
(14 October 2014) The International Publishers Association website reports on a comprehensive guide to market conditions for publishing across the dynamic ASEAN region. Stan Gunn from Edge Ventures assesses the piracy challenge and conditions for bookstores, reveals which national markets and sectors are best poised for growth and assesses changes in book buying and reading…
(14 October 2014) Nominations for President-Elect August 2015-August 2017 (President 2017-2019) and Members of the Governing Board of IFLA (August 2015-August 2017) are sought by IFLA. The deadline for submissions is 11 February 2015. Visit here for a lot more detail.
(13 October 2014) It’s a public domain celebration! The Digital Public Library of America and DigitalNZ are very excited to announce the launch of GIF IT UP, an international competition over the next six weeks to find the best GIFs reusing public domain and openly licensed digital video, images, text, and other material available via our search portals. The winners…
(14 October 2014) DataCite and Open Data Institute are joining forces to help make open data underpinning open research more reusable to drive science and innovation. Ultimately, to reuse data effectively, the conditions for reuse must be transparent and linked, and the innovators leading these efforts must be in a position to determine and then…
(6 October 2014) As the United Nations reflects on the future of global development and the post-2015 agenda, access to information must be recognised as critical to supporting governments to achieve development goals, and enabling citizens to make informed decisions to improve their own lives. IFLA, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, believes that libraries…
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