(4 March 2019) National Library Board (NLB) members will be able to borrow up to 16 physical items from April this year. Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information Sim Ann said in her Committee of Supply debate speech on Monday (Mar 4) that for many years, NLB has doubled the loan quota of…
(7 Mar 2019) Applications are invited for: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library Sub-Librarian (carrying the job title of ‘Head of Digital Scholarship Services’) (Ref. 190000CQ) (Closing date: April 19, 2019) The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Library, a leading research library in East Asia, is seeking an academic librarian to play a leading…
(7 Mar 2019) Southern Cross University is hiring Library Manager, with the closing date of Tuesday, 19 March 2019 at 9.00am AEDT About the role The successful applicant will be responsible for the planning, development and management of the effective delivery of Library services to University, and the provision of advice to the Director, Library Services…
(6 Mar 2019) Advance today announced the acquisition of Turnitin, a leading provider of education technology for academic integrity and writing solutions, from an investment entity affiliated with Insight Venture Partners, GIC and their co-investors. Turnitin’s proprietary software promotes student authenticity, instructor effectiveness, and better educational outcomes. Through machine learning, computer vision, and advanced artificial intelligence,…
(26 February 2019) The National Archival and Library Institutions Ministerial Group (NALI) is beginning to reveal some of its thinking about the future of Archives New Zealand and the National Library of New Zealand. In an email released just before Christmas the two Ministers in charge of the NALI Review process said amongst other things:…
(5 Mar 2019) A full report and the anonymized data set are now available; some of the learning points for ORCID include: Disambiguation of researchers was the top reason given for joining ORCID, and most respondents focus on using ORCID to help researchers. However, user adoption is seen as the biggest challenge to implementing ORCID Access to the member API…
(4 Mar 2019) iParadigms, creators of Turnitin, today announced the company has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ephorus, the European leader in plagiarism prevention with more than 5,000 customers in over 45 countries. The agreement will allow the two companies to strengthen their plagiarism prevention databases, build out European data centers and accelerate innovation around…
(21 Feb 2019) OpenStax, a nonprofit based at Rice University that publishes free online peer-reviewed textbooks, reports that more than two million students at U.S. colleges used at least one of its textbooks during the 2017-2018 school year. The nonprofit also estimates that students saved $177 million using the free textbooks in the 2017-2018 year. The…
(3 March 2019) A rare and exciting senior leadership opportunity has arisen within our Library at the University of South Australia. The Library supports the University’s teaching learning and research mission through the provision of relevant information resources and associated support services. Access to Library resources and services is both virtual, anywhere, anytime and any device…
(27 February 2019) China has vowed to improve the quality and efficiency of its rural libraries through reform and innovation efforts, according to an action plan released by central authorities, Trend reports referring to China Daily. Among the measures, supplies of e-reading products and services will be increased at rural libraries, and reading activities of…
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