September 2019 – Page 4

Kudos launches Kudos Pro, a ground-breaking new toolkit for maximizing engagement and impact of research

Research Support, ToolsSeptember 12, 2019

(10 Sep 2019) Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact through strategic communications management, has today announced the launch of Kudos Pro, a ground-breaking new toolkit for research groups, departments, faculties and institutes. Kudos Pro enables researchers to create and manage research communication plans (targeting multiple audiences, within and outside of academia); to share information…

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Harry Potter books yanked from Tennessee Catholic school library after priest warns they could conjure evil spirits

Information literacySeptember 12, 2019

(3 Sep 2019) A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school’s priest decided they could cause a reader to conjure evil spirits. The full story is here.

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Singapore Institute of Technology is to have a new smart campus

Asia Pacific, TechnologySeptember 12, 2019

This new campus, the first of its kind in South-east Asia, is visualised to be a ‘living lab’ which incorporates applied research and innovation for SIT and its partners. (11 Sep 2019) The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) will be having a new campus which will employ technology and innovation methods for managing the energy needs…

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Australia: CSIRO launches open-access virtual core library

Asia Pacific, DatabasesSeptember 12, 2019

(3 Sep 2019) From Australia: CSIRO has introduced the AuScope National Virtual Core Library (NVCL), a digitised collection of 10 million metres of drill core estimated to be archived in warehouses around Australia. Details can be found here.

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National Library creates Facebook time capsule to document New Zealand’s history

Asia Pacific, Data, LibrariesSeptember 12, 2019

(5 Sep 2019) In 100 years’ time, your Facebook profile could play a vital part in shaping New Zealand’s history. The National Library of New Zealand was calling for Kiwis to donate their Facebook data for inclusion in a digital time capsule available to researchers in the future. More can be found from Stuff here.

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Indonesia: S.E. Asian experts discuss book-based city promotion

Asia Pacific, Information literacySeptember 12, 2019

(11 Sep 2019) Literature is among the crucial elements for a city’s growth. UNESCO, for instance, initiates World Book Capital and City of Literature programs that highlight the importance of literacy to advance a city and generate sustainable urban development. Kuala Lumpur has been chosen as the 2020 World Book Capital, while in 2017 Bucheon…

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Carnegie-Whitney awards up to $5,000 for guides to library resources

Information literacy, LibrariesSeptember 11, 2019

(10 Sep 2019) The American Library Association Publishing Committee provides a grant of up to $5,000 for the preparation of print or electronic reading lists, indexes or other guides to library resources that promote reading or the use of library resources at any type of library. Funded projects have ranged from “A Resource Guide about Disabilities,…

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The BBC is unearthing thousands of classic moments from its archive

UncategorizedSeptember 11, 2019

(10 Sep 2019) The BBC is making thousands of fascinating clips from its archive available to watch on a new website – bbc.co.uk/archive More than 1,700 newly published videos are being made available for viewers to watch and enjoy, many of which hold a mirror up to our lives today and help paint a rich…

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Clarivate Analytics acquires the SequenceBase business to expand its search and analysis capabilities for the life sciences IP market

PublishersSeptember 10, 2019

(9 Sep 2019) Clarivate Analytics plc (NYSE:CCC;CCC.WS), a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, today announced that it has acquired the business of SequenceBase, a leader in providing patent sequence information and search technology to the biotech, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The acquisition will deliver an expanded solution to the…

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Research article: Lost or found? Discovering data needed for research

Data, Research SupportSeptember 10, 2019

(submitted 1 Sep 2019) Abstract: Finding or discovering data is a necessary precursor to being able to reuse data, although relatively little large-scale empirical evidence exists about how researchers discover, make sense of and (re)use data for research. This study presents evidence from the largest known survey investigating how researchers discover and use data that…

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