(15 Dec 2021) International Trade Association, ALPSP, has announced the launch of its new, extended training programme for 2022. With new courses recently created in response to member requests, the full training calendar now includes over 30 different topics specifically tailored to those working in scholarly publishing. Additional sessions introduced will focus on Building Strategies…
(20 Dec 2021) News from Retraction Watch: Our project augments this stream of reports about paper mills as we focus on the activities of International Publisher and the papers brokered through 123mi.ru. As part of this project we are curating a database of all the papers and authorship positions that have been advertised on…
(16 Dec 2021) Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE: BMY), the leading independent publisher, today announces that it has completed the purchase of ABC-CLIO LLC (“ABC-CLIO”). ABC-CLIO is an established academic publisher of reference, nonfiction, online curriculum and professional development materials in both print and digital formats for schools, academic libraries and public libraries, primarily in…
(17 Dec 2021) CONZUL (The Council of New Zealand University Libraries) has recently announced its strategic priorities for 2022-2025. Read more about the strategy here.
(15 Dec 2021) Flinders University Library is hiring below positions with a closing date of 12 Jan 2022. Library Specialist (Research Information) The position will lead on the development, consolidation and administration of Flinders digital repositories with a remit to research and develop new and innovative services for the Library’s users. The position will…
(16 Dec 2021) Meiji University began integrating services at its two manga libraries this spring in an effort to preserve Japan’s world- renowned manga culture. The Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subcultures, which has a total of about 410,000 items, boasts one of the largest collections of comic books in Japan. In…
(27 Dec 2021) Global English Editing has been digging deep into research to bring you fascinating facts about the world’s reading habits in 2021, all rolled into a handy infographic. In fact, stats show that people in the US read a quarter more books this year compared to 2020. While the pandemic may have helped some…
(13 Dec 2021) Scholarcy has recently partnered with Science Says to index millions of evidence-based facts from food science research papers, making the latest discoveries in this field more accessible to a broad community of readers. Scholarcy’s knowledge extraction technology identifies the important facts, claims and findings from research papers and presents these as easy-to-read, bite-sized synopses.…
By Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya* (27 Dec 2021) At the 10th A-LIEP conference Apple Jusayan and Rhea Rowena Apolinario of the School of Library of Information Studies, University of the Philippines – Diliman, presented a paper on Developing a Makerspace for the Marikina Public Library: A Journey in Artisan Shoemaking. The authors’ vision is…
(18 Dec 2021) Australia’s first children’s art library will be established in the Art Gallery of NSW, part of refurbishment plans for the original Walter Liberty Vernon-designed building. The library for young artistic minds will open in mid-2022, bearing the name of its philanthropic donor, who for the moment remains a mystery. The literary…