October 8, 2016

Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies joins eLibrary Myanmar project

Asia Pacific, Databases, Libraries, PublishersOctober 8, 2016

(5 October 2016) The Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies, which researches international relations and foreign policy issues, and whose foreign policy and strategy recommendations help guide Myanmar’s bilateral and multilateral relations, has joined the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project. In addition to making important contributions to foreign policy formulation, the institute’s work aims to…

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Copyright Clearance Center’s subsidiary RightsDirect hosting complimentary copyright education events in India

Asia Pacific, Copyright, EventOctober 8, 2016

(5 October 2016, Danvers, Mass.) RightsDirect, a wholly owned subsidiary of Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), is hosting complimentary copyright compliance education events in India on Tuesday 25 October, at the Jnana Jyothi Auditorium of the University of Bangalore and Thursday 27 October, at the Sofitel Mumbai BKC. RightsDirect provides licensing and information management solutions…

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Oral history collection management: An annotated checklist for archives and libraries

LibrariesOctober 8, 2016

(5 October 2016) This high-level checklist was created by Bertram Lyons for a program coordinated by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts on collecting and preserving oral history materials in libraries, museums, and archives. This checklist does not consider the act of recording oral histories as a collector or interviewer; it documents basic principles…

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Macquarie University hiring Collections & Discovery Services Librarian

Asia Pacific, Jobs, LibrariesOctober 8, 2016

(7 October 2016) The Collections and Discovery Services Librarian develops implements and delivers services in procurement, metadata, copyright/license management, discovery and collection assessment. This role is involved in the provision on conversion services for students with print disabilities. The Collections and Discovery Services Librarian is a member of the Collections and Content Development portfolio, which…

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Delay in appointments hits Kolkata National Library

Asia Pacific, Jobs, LibrariesOctober 8, 2016

(8 October 2016) Even as it faces acute staff shortage, National Library authorities are allegedly sitting for decades on the appointment of about 18 candidates on compassionate grounds. Such appointments are usually given to a dependent family member when a government employee dies while in service or retires on medical grounds. As reported by The…

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Red Market Library offers 24-hour service on a trial basis the whole year

Asia Pacific, LibrariesOctober 8, 2016

(7 October 2016) The Red Market Library, under the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), offers 24-hour service on a trial basis from 7 October. During the trial operation, residents can access the Library by scanning the Macao SAR Resident Identity Cards or Non-resident Worker’s Identification Cards on the self-registration system at the entrance daily from 8pm…

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Dramatic growth of open access

Open AccessOctober 8, 2016

(6 October 2016) As of 6 October 2016, a Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) search includes over 100 million documents! Globally the collections of open access archives are now collectively an order of magnitude larger than the 10 million articles and books claimed by Elsevier for Science Direct. Congratulations to BASE and everyone in the…

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Open access articles grow at twice the rate of all published research

Open AccessOctober 8, 2016

(6 October 2016, Rockville, Md.) The number of open access (OA) research articles published annually is growing at double the rate of the complete spectrum of research articles — this according to the most recent report from media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information. The report, Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020, found that open access…

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Private libraries catching on in cities across Japan

Asia Pacific, LibrariesOctober 8, 2016

(4 October 2016) Private libraries are popping up in cities across Japan writes Kenji Iwaasa of Yomiuri Shimbun. Run by private individuals or organizations, many of these spaces allow visitors to freely eat and drink, as well as organize events to promote interaction among their users. Their appeal seems to stem from providing a level…

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