(8 Jun 2021) The Library of Congress has acquired audio diaries featuring more than 200 frontline healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19, a collection that provides first-hand testimonies from hospitals and communities across the country as the public health crisis unfolded. The audio library was donated by The Nocturnists, a San Francisco-based independent medical…
(10 Jun 2021) The new site of Shanghai Archives has opened to the public free in the Pudong New Area. It is China’s biggest provincial-level archives. The site on Baiyang Road features an exhibition on Shanghai’s history since it opened its port in 1843 and visitors can search the archives free. Some 4.6 million…
(3 Jun 2021) Japan is a book lovers’ paradise. Home to internationally renowned authors such as Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto, Japan has plenty to offer both on the page and on the streets. Whether you’re in Tokyo’s book town, Jimbocho, or one of the manga cafés dotting the country, you’re never far away from some quality reading…
(9 Jun 2021) A report commissioned by cOAlition S and the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is a follow up on the outcomes of the Society Publishers Accelerating Open access and Plan S (SPA-OPS) project. Smaller independent publishers – for example, society publishers without a larger publishing partner, university presses, library…