(3 November 2015) The Royal Commonwealth Society Collection is delighted to announce that work has begun on its project to conserve and digitize the archives of two Second World War civilian internment camps on Singapore, generously funded by a Research Resources Award from the Wellcome Trust. At the conclusion of the project in August 2017,…
(3 November 2015) Singapore Management University (SMU) Libraries is seeking an enthusiastic librarian to join a specialist team of librarians who contribute to research excellence at SMU. The position presents an exciting and challenging opportunity for librarians dedicated to service excellence in research support and adaptability to take on new skills and knowledge. The position…
(2 November 2015) Springer Nature will collaborate with ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) to provide the work of book authors, chapter authors and book editors with digital identifiers, ensuring the recognition of their work. These identifiers can be linked to the researcher’s contributions to enhance scientific discovery and collaboration within the research community. Springer…
(2 November 2015) The National Library of Philippines has announced with deep sorrow the passing of its Director Antonio Santos on 22nd October 2015 while on a business trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He had been the Director of the National Library of the Philippines for almost 4 years, and was the Law Librarian at the…
(2 November 2015) A New York District Court has granted Elsevier’s request for a preliminary injunction against several sites that host academic publications without permission. As a result the site’s operators are now ordered to quit offering access to infringing content, while the associated registries must suspend their domain names. Torrentfreak has the story.
(29 October 2015) India and France signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conserve, develop and publicize written heritage, at the National Library in Kolkata on the 28th of October. Smt Sreya Guha, Joint Secretary (Library) in the Ministry of Culture and Mr. Bruno Racine, President of the National Library of France signed the MoU…
(29 October 2015) More than 12 million patrons of Auckland Libraries — the largest library group in Australasia – can now access the libraries’ resources which include more than 100 databases and over 3.5 million items such as physical books, eBooks, and eAudio books, anytime, anywhere from any mobile device. More here.
(30 October 2015) Two library directors from universities in Yangon and Mandalay in Myanmar will visit the Lithuanian Research Library Consortium (LMBA), which is an EIFL partner consortium, to learn about consortium policies and practices. Dr Hlaing Hlaing Gyi, library director of the university of Yangon, and Hla Hla Win, director of the university library…
(30 October 2015) The Australian ORCID Consortium partnership has taken another step forward with the formal signing of the agreement at eResearch Australasia in Brisbane last week. 41 Australian institutions have now confirmed their intention to join the Consortium, which is expected to open in January 2016. The Australian Access Federation (AAF) has agreed to…
(31 October 2015) The 8th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF2016) will be held on 6-8 July 2016 at the Shanghai Library. Organized by the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai) and co-organized by the Shanghai Society for Library Science and the Shanghai Society for Scientific & Technical Information. The theme of…
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