(15 Jan 2020) On January 15th, 2019 Wiley was the first publisher to sign a transformational agreement with Projekt DEAL. We talked to Lorna Stimson, Publishing Director Germany, Wiley, about the implementation of the Projekt DEAL agreement at Wiley and wanted to hear about her experiences with hosting Projekt DEAL related events at eligible institutions across…
(24 Feb 2020) A mini roadside library in Mizoram’s capital Aizawl has gone viral on social media. This roadside library encourages reading habits and helps in building community by providing access to exchange free books. Read more from the New Indian Express here.
(20 Feb 2020) Librarians are increasingly the target of violence and anti-social behaviour in Auckland, according to a new report. There were 533 incidents where council staff called its security team, including 60 where police were involved, in the three months to December 2019. Read the full report here.
(20 Feb 2020) Libraries and bookstores have joined hands to build 18 mini-libraries in temporary hospitals in China’s Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, to lend “spiritual support” to patients there. The full story is here.
(25 Feb 2020) Interested cities and towns have until 25 June 2020 in order to submit their candidacies to be UNESCO World Book Capital 2020. IFLA encourages libraries to approach their local authorities to explore whether they can support a bid. The World Book Capital programme provides an opportunity to promote and celebrate cities and town which are…
(24 Feb 2020) The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen) invites applications and nominations for: 处长–图书馆 / Director of Library (Ref. 2020/004/01) The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen) is a new, independent university established through a Memorandum of Understanding between The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Shenzhen University and the Shenzhen…
(14 Feb 2020) Google’s corporate mission is “to organize the world’s information,” but it also bends it to its will. From Argentina to the United Kingdom to Iran, the world’s borders look different depending on where you’re viewing them from. That’s because Google — and other online mapmakers — simply change them. Here’s the story in…
(13 Feb 2020) The rise of preprint repositories has helped scientists worldwide to share results and get feedback quickly. But several platforms that serve researchers in emerging economies are struggling to raise money to stay afloat. One, which hosts research from Indonesia, has decided to close because of this funding shortfall. Nature has the full…
(19 Feb 2020) Israeli librarians finished first in a recent global competition, making 4,700 edits to Wikipedia pages in a three-week span. The campaign known on social media as #1Lib1Ref (“One Librarian, One Reference”), asks librarians from around the world to both update existing Wikipedia pages with valid references and create new posts altogether, in an…
(updated 14 Sep 2021) To fight against the epidemic of 2019 Novel Coronavirus, researchers around the world are working hard to bring pieces together for a clearer picture of the virus and possible solutions. To support this, academic publishers provide open access to related researches from their collections, including: AAAS ACS Adis Insight AIP Publishing…