(17 December 2014) Singapore’s SAFTI Military Institute is looking for an experienced Librarian for SAFTI MI Library. The SAFTI Military Institute Library was formed in September 1994 with the merger of the former SAFTI Library at Pasir Laba Camp and the Singapore Command and Staff College (SCSC) Library. The LAS website has the details.
(12 December 2014) There will be no extension to authorisation liability under the online copyright infringement proposals outlined this week by the Communications Minister and Attorney-General. “This is excellent news for libraries” said Trish Hepworth, the law and policy advisor for the Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC). “The original proposal to extend authorisation liability would…
(16 December 2014) The American Astronomical Society (AAS) and IOP Publishing (IOP) have created a new electronic book publishing partnership as part of the AAS’s mission to enhance and share humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe. The program will combine IOP’s award-winning eBook publishing with the expertise of the AAS community to foster a deeper…
(16 December 2014) Journal publishing models are changing rapidly, especially in the UK. This Jisc podcast looks at the pressing need for institutions to track the true cost of article processing charges (APCs) so they can manage their transition to open access from a position of authority and monitor their costs effectively. A link to…
(15 December 2014) The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian’s museums of Asian art, will release their entire collections online 1 January 2015, providing unprecedented access to one of the world’s most important holdings of Asian and American art. The vast majority of the 40,000 artworks have never before been…
(15 December 2014, Emeryville, CA) Innovative announced today that Malaysia’s Pagoh Education Hub (PEH) and Pagoh Polytechnic have selected Virtua and Vital. Their libraries will hold approximately 50,000 and 30,000 items respectively and will be implementing their first automation systems. Both are under construction and are due to open in 2015. “Innovative prides itself in…
(11 December 2014, Boston, Oxford) Credo has announced new partnerships with six renowned reference publishers and the launch of several new Publisher and Subject Collections. Highly respected publishers ABDO, National Geographic Books, Baker Publishing Group and Crossway are the latest to partner with Credo to offer their top tier reference content to libraries. New Publisher…
Thailand’s HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center leads hospitals first deploying mhealth resource (11 December 2014) Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today the Asian launch of UpToDate® Anywhere and its first deployment in Asia by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center…
(12 December 2014) The Digital Public Library of America has announced the winners of it GIF IT UP competition. The winner of the animals category was Lillie Le Dorre, from Wellington, New Zealand, with her precocious typing dog. Source material courtesy Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga. See her entry and other winners…
(11 December 2014, Ithaca, N.Y.) Building on a successful 2012-2013 internship program that trained staff from four leading academic libraries in Beijing, Cornell University Library has received an $186,000 award from the Henry Luce Foundation to offer another round of the library collections preservation workshop to a wider audience and extend the reach of the…
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