New Digital Research Report by Martin Szomszor and Jonathan Adams highlights the need for a reference database of research organisations (2 March 2017) The latest Digital Research Report, Discovery and Analysis of Global Research Trends Using GRID, is published today by Digital Science. Using data from the open access journal PLOS ONE, the authors highlight…
(1 March 2017, Chicago, IL) Scholastica, a peer review and open access (OA) publishing platform for academic journals, announces Democratizing Academic Journals: Technology, Services, and Open Access, a new white paper on the state of academic journal publishing. The paper proposes an upending of the corporate publisher paradigm to make OA journal publishing sustainable. The…
(1 March 2017, Seoul, Korea) Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has gone live with the Ex Libris Alma® library management platform. The Alma service is integrated with the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution, which POSTECH has been using for several years. Ranked as the top university in Korea by the…
(1 March 2017) The poster that the International Federation Of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) produced on, How to spot fake news (shown here) is available in many languages, including Japanese, Latvian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian. In each case there is a jpg and a pdf, and IFLA are happy for people to…
(2 March 2017) Version 2.0 went live on 1 March, with a more user-friendly design, new content and new features. What major technical changes have been made? The responsiveness of the portal has been improved, allowing users to seamlessly use the portal on each of their devices! New languages on the Portal: did you know that…
(27 February 2017) Eugene Garfield, who launched the field of citation analysis, died yesterday (February 26) in Pennsylvania. He was 91. Garfield founded the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in 1955. In addition to the ISI’s Science Citation Index, a system used to chart connections between pieces of scientific literature that later became accessible electronically…
(28 February 2017) STAT!Ref has an online study tool for board certification called BoardVitals. BoardVitals brings together content from major publishers, universities, and top healthcare professionals into a single platform, creating the largest training ecosystem in health and medicine. This powerful and affordable board review tool doesn’t just provide a question bank, it is a…
(27 February 2017) Applications are invited for appointment as Research and Data Services Librarian (at the rank of Assistant Librarian I) in the University Libraries, to commence as soon as possible, on a fixed-term basis of two years, with the possibility of renewal. The job description is here. Closes 18 March 2017.
(26 February 2017) The first Annual General Assembly of MLA for 2017 was held on 7th February 2016 at the National Library, Training Institute. 24 people attended the meeting including members and non-members. The main purpose of the meeting: Sharing of the activities accomplished in 2016 Awarding appreciation letter for the people who contributed MLA in 2016…
(27 February 2017) Leading a vibrant, positive and energised team, you will combine your excellent communication and customer service skills to provide a quality library service. Developing and applying innovative strategies for the the provision of programs and activities for the community, collection maintenance and planning and providing training for staff and customers are key…
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