(5 February 2015, Alexandria, VA) Alexander Street Press has partnered with CBS News to release 60 MINUTES, 1997–2014, an exclusive database from one of the most successful programs in American television history. The forthcoming online resource was announced this week at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Chicago with a video introduction from Emmy-winning 60 MINUTES…
(4 February 2015) Altmetric has reported in its blog that it has added Wikipedia to sources it tracks. Mentions of articles in Wikipedia will be reflected in a new ‘Wikipeda’ tab on the Altmetrics details page. To find out how it works visit the illustrated blog post here.
(4 February 2015) The Digital Preservation Coalition is offering two fully funded scholarships to attend the upcoming March 2015 instance of ULCC’s intermediate level Digital Preservation Training Programme – The Practice of Digital Preservation at Senate House, University of London, London. The Digital Preservation Training Programme (DPTP) is designed for all those working in institutional…
(3 February 2015, Beijing) The inaugural and newly-released 2015 Best Chinese University Ranking report, based on ShanghaiRanking Consultancy (SRC)‘s evaluation, is anchored on Elsevier’s Scopus research database and powered by metrics from SciVal analytics – both part of the Elsevier Research Intelligence portfolio. The report provides a detailed look at key research performance indicators of…
(4 February 2015) Thad McIlroy looks at what mobile technology means for publishers. Along the way he discovers that the number of smartphones has left PCs way behind. He also looks at Apple vs. Android, and tablets whose story is altogether different. Publishing Perspectives has the illustrated article.
(2 February 2015) The new MORE (Maney Online Research E-journal) Digital Archives include the back-file content of 80 journals and offer instant online access to a wealth of significant, historical research and scholarly excellence, much of which has been published by academic and professional societies. Now available as a one-off purchase to higher education institutions,…
(1 February 2015) 2015 is officially the International Map Year. So the University of Auckland Library has a blog on maps beginning with ‘good’ map design. By following a link you get to see some terrific maps and commentary, one for each day of the year. The maps exemplify the design, science and art behind…
(28 January 2015) In order to manage, preserve and archive research data, the Library of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, will host a 3-day Data Curation Training Program 25-27 February 2015. It is co-organized by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and the Division…
(2 February 2015, Canberra) In the lead up to Library Lovers’ Day on 14 February, The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) today launched FAIR which campaigns for a fair, open and democratic society where information belongs to everyone. FAIR stands for Freedom of Access to Information and Resources. The website is: fair.alia.org.au It will…
(1 February 2015) Amazon has ironed out an agreement with the University of Massachusetts to take over the schools textbook business from Follett. Starting this fall students will be able to order print books and have them delivered for free to their homes or an Amazon-staffed storefront in the campus center that’s set to open in June. The…
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