(29 April 2016, Canberra) The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) agrees with the Productivity Commission’s view that Australia’s intellectual property arrangements have lost sight of users. The Productivity Commission has today released the Intellectual Property Arrangements Draft Report. ALIA was pleased the Commission agrees with the library and information sector’s view on three key…
In rich and poor countries researchers turn to the Sci-Hub website (28 April 2016) Science has published an article by John Bohannon which quantifies the use of Sci-Hub, the go-to website for pirated scientific papers. He explores the cost of document delivery from legitimate services and why researchers turn to the free and copyright-busting alternatives.…
(23 April 2016) A consortium of internationally celebrated architects has been selected to design the $83.1 million State Library Victoria Vision 2020 redevelopment. Multi-award winning Australasian design firm Architectus will join forces with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, one of Scandinavia’s most recognised architectural practices, to transform the iconic building. Architectus is known for its delivery…
(28 April 2016) From 13 to 22 January , 2016, the National Diet Library (NDL) hosted a training program for Japanese Studies librarians living outside Japan. It was held at the Kansai-kan of the NDL in Kyoto, and 12 participants joined from five countries: France, Germany, Italy, the Republic of Korea, and the United States.…
(27 April 2016) The Library Association of Singapore invite proposals for the Smart Libraries for Tomorrow Conference to be held on September 20th 2016 at the Matrix Auditorium@Biopolis. The conference theme, Smart Libraries for Tomorrow : Disrupt and Innovate, enables the library community to showcase and demonstrate their contributions towards realising Singapore’s Smart Nation vision.…
23 Sepang 2016) Travelling can now be a more enjoyable experience at KL International Airport (KLIA) especially for book lovers. For those of you who fly regularly, you will now have a new lifestyle facility which grants every passenger with access to electronic books at no cost. This smart facility operates through the use of Bluetooth…
(25 April 2016, London, UK) Altmetric today announce the launch of Altmetric Badges for Books, enabling publishers to provide an at-a-glance summary of the online attention a published book and it’s individual chapters have received. Now available on content that is identified by ISBN (International Standard Book Number), the distinctive Altmetric donut badges and associated…
(21 April 2016, Yongxing Island) Xinhua reports that the first public library on China’s southernmost island city of Sansha opened on Thursday in the city’s only school. The school, which opened in November last year, has 28 students of kindergarten and primary-school age and 10 teachers. Established in July 2012, Sansha administers more than 200…
(20 April 2016, London) The US is the world’s largest contributor to high-quality scientific research papers, followed by China and Germany, according to the Nature Index 2016 Tables. Of the top ten countries in the Nature Index, only China has shown double digit compound annual growth between 2012 and 2015 with some of its universities…
(20 April 2016, Alexandria, VA) Alexander Street today announced the launch of Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Volume II, Islam, an extensive research database of the most influential thinkers of modern Islamic theology and tradition. The collection details Islam’s evolution from the late 19th century by examining printed works and rare documents by Muslim writers, both…
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