(31 Dec 2020) 2020 has been a tough year for all. The pandemic has made learning and services delayed, remote access became more important than ever, and we all acquired new ways of communication. Take a look at the top posts from [email protected] in 2020, there’s no doubt that COVID-19 is the main theme throughout…
(30 Dec 2020) This issue on Fun Facts on Numbers: the pandemic has dramatically changed the landscape of everyday life as well as research. Huge resources have been put in place trying to eliminate its impact. Do you know how many research funds, or grants, have been awarded to support COVID-19 research? Curious…
(22 Dec 2020) Recently Elsevier announced that it has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and that it is going to make the reference lists of articles openly available in Crossref. Ludo Waltman, one of the founders of the Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA), former Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s Journal of Informetrics, shares…
(18 Dec 2020) Amorn Petsom, Director, Office of Academic Resources of Chulalongkorn University Library introduces the newly opened Chula UltimateX Library in this video here.
Taiwan’s government plans to amend legislation to make it clear that companies must apply for approval before publishing books associated with the Chinese Communist Party and People’s Liberation Army. (28 Dec 2020) Taiwan’s government plans to regulate China’s state-affiliated publications by requiring local publishers to seek approval if they wish to bring these publications…
(21 Dec 2020) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday proposed setting up of a library in India dedicated to traditional Buddhist literature and scriptures, asserting that it would be a platform for research and dialogue. Addressing the 6th Indo-Japan Samwad Conference via video conferencing, Modi lauded the forum for doing great work to promote the…
(21 Dec 2020) Conservators at the National Library of Australia have unearthed one of the world’s oldest boxes of chocolates, dating back 120 years to the time of the Boer War. The souvenir chocolate tin was discovered at the bottom of a box of personal papers from the estate of Australian bush poet Andrew Barton…
(Dec 2020) Recently the National Library of the Philippines publishes “Impact Stories: Public Libraries’ Contribution to the Community Volume 2”. From the foreword of the book: “This book is especially relevant as we navigate the new normal environment and as we continue to establish the importance of public libraries in the country in these…
(29 Dec 2020) Manually flipping the pages of an e-book could soon be a thing of the past, what with a new feature coming to the fore where eye-tracking technology is used to turn a page. The feature has been introduced by the Millie’s Library, a South Korean e-book service provider that introduced the above…
(21 Dec 2020) Following the IFLA Key Initiative 4.1: Promoting libraries within the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development the award will help to advance the profession through illuminating the role of libraries and librarians in the advancement of sustainability standards and the promotion of specialized knowledge within professional practice. Guidelines for submissions…