(9 October 2014) READ Nepal reports that nearly two thousand Nepalis came together in the historic village of Panauti this past August, walking through rain-flooded streets lined with flower-filled copper vessels, passing oil lamps laid ready with their wicks, and children in traditional Newari dress. They were there to celebrate their pride and passion for…
(17 November 2014, Farmington Hills) Recognizing the benefit of data analysis for the digital humanities field, Gale, part of Cengage Learning, will make available content from its Gale Digital Collections to academic researchers for data mining and textual analysis purposes. Data mining and textual analysis – the process by which text or datasets are crawled…
(17 November 2014) If you’re new to open access or need a succinct summary of its ins and outs, visit the Australian Open Access Support Group. A recent post covers what it is, the importance of open access, how it is delivered, and more.
(17 November 2014) “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” – Nelson Mandela Learning about human rights violations is often a complex and labor-intensive process: it is difficult for students and scholars to find documentation that represents multiple perspectives and addresses the full scope of the events. Human Rights Studies…
(17 November 2014, Emeryville, CA) Innovative announced today that Auckland Libraries (New Zealand) will upgrade to the Sierra Library Services Platform from Innovative’s Millennium ILS. With over 470,000 registered card holders and 55 branches, it is the largest public library system in Australasia. Auckland Libraries holds 3.5 million items with an annual circulation of 17…
(17 November 2014) The new webpages, a collaborative project between the ANU Library, ANU Research Services, and ANU Research Skills and Training, have been designed to: Introduce students and researchers to existing data management services at ANU. Highlight the legal, institutional and funding issues related to data and its appropriate management. Showcase what tools are available…
(14 November 2014) The IFLA Governing Board bestows Honours and Awards to recognise individuals contributing to IFLA and the international library and information services sector. All authorized representatives of Members and Personal Affiliates are eligible to make nominations. The nominations are for Honorary Fellow, IFLA Medal, and IFLA Scroll of Appreciation. Details are here including…
(13 November 2014) eduroam – the worldwide single sign-on secure network which provides wifi connectivity access for education and research – reached more than 600,000 internet-enabled devices in the UK last month. During October a total of 608,131 devices were successfully authenticated using the eduroam national infrastructure, which is managed through the Janet network provided…
(13 November 2014) The BL’s Digital Scholarship team has recently conducted a survey aimed to collect data from BL users about awareness and adoption of digital tools and content in their research practice. A total of 1,649 participants took part in the survey designed to contribute to a clear insight into current digital research trends…
(4 November 2014) The growing contribution to science of Chinese institutions such as Chinese Academy of Sciences is one striking pattern revealed in the Nature Index, launched today. High quality science outputs of 20,000 institutions worldwide can now be easily analysed with the new Nature Index. A freely accessible website is available at natureindex.com and…
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