October 11, 2016

ASTM Publications joins OpenAthens Access Management Federation

Databases, Open AccessOctober 11, 2016

(11 October 2016) OpenAthens has today announced that ASTM International the Pennsylvania, USA-based publisher of international standards, manuals, scholarly publications and e-learning courses has joined the OpenAthens access management federation. This move provides straightforward and secure access to ASTM International’s wide library of over 12,000 standards and related products, trusted globally by individuals and organizations…

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IFAR announces major enhancements to its free catalogues raisonnés database

DatabasesOctober 11, 2016

(6 October 2016) The International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR)—the leading organization addressing critical art-world issues regarding attribution, authenticity, and provenance—announced today the launch of new enhancements to its online Catalogues Raisonnés Database. New features and functionality include external links to the complete or partial digitized text of published catalogues raisonnés available on Google Books,…

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The Archive of Yogyakarta digitised

Asia Pacific, Databases, DigitizationOctober 11, 2016

(10 October 2016) The Archive of Yogyakarta refers to a collection of some four hundred manuscript documents in Javanese dating from 1772 to 1813, originating from the court of Yogyakarta. A highly important source for the political, economic, social, administrative and legal history of central Java in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the archive…

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Outlook report highlights data monetization as the number-one growth opportunity in 2017

DataOctober 11, 2016

(6 October 2016, Burlingame, CA and London, UK) From individualized medical treatment to targeted mobile ad buys, the burgeoning number of applications for machine driven data analytics solutions offer a revenue goldmine for the $1.5 trillion information industry, according to Outsell, Inc. Today, the research and advisory firm released its Information Industry Outlook 2017 report,…

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Shakespeare folio to show in Hong Kong

Asia Pacific, UncategorizedOctober 11, 2016

(10 October 2016) In commemoration of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s (1564-1616) death, a copy of the English writer’s collection First Folio will be displayed at a free public exhibition from October 26 to 29 in Hong Kong. The First Folio was collated seven years after the Bard’s passing by fellow actors and friends…

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Under court pressure, Aligarh Muslim University agrees to open library to women

Asia Pacific, LibrariesOctober 11, 2016

(9 October 2016, Lucknow) Under pressure from the Allahabad High Court, India, the Aligarh Muslim University has agreed to open its Maulana Azad library – one of the best in Asia – to women students and provide extra security in the area. The court’s order came today during the hearing of an appeal that said women…

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