(9 Apr 2020) The IFLA Governing Board and Irish National Committee have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 World Library and Information Congress (WLIC). Dublin will instead welcome the 2022 Congress, following confirmation that the New Zealand International Convention Centre in Auckland – the previous planned venue – is unlikely to be ready on…
New white paper analyses data from Springer Nature authors and interviews with institutions to better understand the fragmented and varied funding currently available for article processing charges (APCs) (6 Apr 2020) A new report published by Springer Nature indicates that a better understanding of the sources of funding for article processing charges (APCs) could accelerate…
(8 Apr 2020) cOAlition S endorses several strategies to encourage subscription publishers to transition to full and immediate Open Access (OA), with a business model where fees are levied for providing publishing services rather than subscription fees for reading. Under this model all published research articles can be freely accessed, read and built upon. Referred…
(updated 30 Apr 2020) Given the movement of people are restricted during this extreme moment without having resources as normal, iGroup is rolling out a series of webinar to help researchers to continue learning while at home, with the theme “To do your research work @ home: read-write-draw-promote” Series of webinars as follows: Read the…
Here’s the complete list of Ruth’s Rankings and News Updates on Librarylearningspace.com: Introduction: Unwinding the Web of International Research Rankings A Brief History of Rankings and Higher Education Policy Bibliometrics: What We Count and How We Count The Big Two: Thomson Reuters and Scopus Comparing Times Higher Education (THE) and QS Rankings Scholarly Rankings from…
(25 Mar 2020) With museums and galleries closing in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, cultural institutions are trying to be innovative to offer activities in line with the “social distancing” guidelines. While 2,500 world-class museums are offering virtual tours on Google’s Arts & Culture pages, the New York Academy of Medicine has invited libraries and…
(6 Apr 2020) On April 3, Arlington Public Library published the first issue of Quaranzine, a weekly online collection of works by local artists responding to the coronavirus pandemic. “Creative expression is a really valuable tool I have for working through my own thought processes and anxiety,” says Laribee, who is also a portrait artist.…
(4 Apr 2020) The day before New Zealand entered a four-week lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Auckland Libraries recorded its highest number of online memberships seen in a single day since the service began in October. The libraries normally averages 64 new eMemberships a day, but last Wednesday 200 Aucklanders joined to access eBooks, audiobooks, streaming files and online databases,…
By Ruth A. Pagell* (7 Apr 2020) The first quarter of the year is a slow time for updated rankings. Three new updates are QS’ subject rankings and THE’s Japan Universities and Emerging Economies. Two articles in the Nature Index blog are of bibliometric interest. How do subject rankings in QS compare with those in THE,…
(6 Apr 2020) In response to the global COVID-19 situation, SPIE has developed an interactive conference space using its SPIE Digital Library platform. SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, will be holding its inaugural Digital Forum during the week of 6-10 April. SPIE Photonics Europe 2020, which was set to run in Strasbourg, France,…
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