(28 January 2014) The first open access articles sponsored by the SCOAP3 international initiative are now available. Almost 400 articles have already appeared in the first three weeks of 2014 in the journals of participating publishers The first 2014 issues of four large High-Energy Physics journals have fully ‘flipped’ to Open Access; High-Energy-Physics content in two…
“Books on Japan” on the web provides bibliographic information of books on Japan in Western languages processed by the National Diet Library (NDL) in and after 2002 on a quarterly basis (issued in January, April, July and October). The data appearing during a year will be accumulated and combined next year. More here.
(27 January 2014) Today marks the start of the procurement process for a single cloud hosted library management system for higher education institutions in Wales, together with the National Library of Wales and the NHS libraries in Wales. An EU notice has been published and a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) is available for interested suppliers. The…
(Palo Alto, Calif., 24 January 2014) When it comes to eBooks, social sciences far outperform humanities and STM in the percentage of titles used and the average amount of use per book. However, users working with eBooks on STM subjects tend to be more active with their books in each session, downloading or printing content,…
Want to build your professional network and learn about librarianship around the world? Love the idea of professional travel but just don’t have the budget? The International Librarians Network (ILN) is for you. There is no doubt that innovation and inspiration can cross borders, and that building up our networks beyond our home countries can…
(24 January 2014) The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the British Library are launching a two-year research project which will explore the future of academic books in the context of open access publishing and continuing digital change. The project will look into implications of open access developments for researchers and readers, including potential…
(24 January 2014) Brian Resnick writes in The Atlantic Cities that the library of the 21st century is a community workshop, a hub filled with the tools of the knowledge economy. It has books. But it also has 3D printers and sewing machines. Citing Chattanooga public library as an example, the library cleared out its…
(24 January 2014) The symposium takes place 19-20 June in South Korea. Details here:
LibraryBox is an inexpensive portable private digital distribution device that can deliver non-DRM digital files to any device with wifi and a browser, even in areas without internet access. After more than 2 years of development and a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, libraries and other organisations finally have the opportunity to purchase a LibraryBox at…
(24 January 2014) ARL has reported that on 22 January, Tiltfactor Laboratory at Dartmouth College launched Metadata Games, a digital gaming platform for gathering data on photo, audio, and moving image artifacts. The platform encourages players to explore humanities content while contributing to vital records. Metadata Games enables archivists, librarians, data scientists, and others to…
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