(23 Nov 2020) A new project at the University of Melbourne is trying to save old Australian books from being lost to history, by bringing together authors and libraries to create digital ebook versions of older works. In what could be a world-first, the project will also contribute to data collection that will allow…
(18 Nov 2020) Position title: Library Consultant (short-term) Report to: Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief and the ODC Management Team Contract duration: 15 December 2020 to 15 March 2021 Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with its partners, is exploring a pilot project to set up new school libraries under the Open Development Library (ODL) Program. The initial…
(11 Nov 2020) After eliminating overdue fees late last year, Chicago Public Library employees saw something that made everyone smile: a jump in the return of books overdue for six months or more. About 1,650 long-overdue books were returned in each of the five months after fines were eliminated Oct. 1, 2019. Before then,…
(Nov 2020) News from the Philippines Association of Academic/Research Librarians: The 2020 PAARL Awards is now open for nominations for the following categories: • Academic Librarian of the Year • Outstanding Academic/Research Library of the Year Award • Outstanding Library Program Award • Innovative Library Design Award Please submit your nominations not later than…
(18 Nov 2020) The Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources (JUSTICE) and Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, have signed an agreement on a new three-year proposal for subscription publishing with measures to support Japan’s open access (OA) goals, effective January 1, 2021. This is the first such agreement for Elsevier in Japan…
(16 Nov 2020) Today, the World Bank published the 2020 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals. This year’s Atlas is a web publication that guides readers through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using interactive storytelling and innovative data visualizations. Taking a storytelling approach, this year’s Atlas explores selected targets for each goal, and highlights trends towards…
(Nov 2020) The world’s most prosperous economies are also among the most innovative and that innovation is driven first and foremost by research. This year’s G20 summit is one of the world’s few forums for international co-operation taking place and the expectations are rightly high that the expertise and resources of its members should play a…
(11 Nov 2020) From Aaron Tay’s Musings about librarianship: “In terms of cross disciplinary citation indexes that are used for discovery, everyone knows of the two incumbents — Web of Science and Scopus(2004). Joined by the large web scale Google Scholar (2004), these three reigned as the “Big 3” of citation indexes for roughly a decade more or less…
(16 Nov 2020) Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has released their joint report ‘Research Fronts 2020’ to identify the hottest and emerging areas in scientific research. The seventh annual collaborative report between Clarivate and CAS was launched at…
(14 November 2020) Australia’s peak national library bodies want to see the federal government adopt a policy and strategy for combating misinformation and disinformation among individuals of all ages. The Australian Libraries and Information Association (ALIA), National and State Libraries Australia (NSLA) and National Archives of Australia all spoke of the looming threat of…