(7 Mar 2021) For academic and research libraries the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a significant shift of resources towards supporting digital online access to resources. As a result, the prohibitive cost of some of these resources, notably e-textbooks, has become a flashpoint, even breaking into mainstream media and public debate. Here, Johanna Anderson, Paul Ayris and…
(25 Feb 2021) At a recent public hearing, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) called for the Australian Government to modernise current library lending rights schemes, with additional funding for a digital lending right to include ebooks and audiobooks. Appearing with the Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC) and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA)…
The company states policy in response to inquiry by several Republican senators over recent removal of book by conservative author. (11 Mar 2021) Amazon. com Inc. said it recently removed a three-year-old book about transgender issues from its platforms because it decided not to sell books that frame transgender and other sexual identities as mental…
(10 Mar 2021) In Sweden, a national code takes 44,000 words to define research misconduct and discuss scientific values. Next door, Norway’s equivalent is a brisk 900 words, little more than in this news article. And it’s not just the size of the codes that differs across Europe: A new analysis of scientific integrity policies in…
(7 Mar 2021) Indology and Tamil studies at Cologne University, Germany has decided to discontinue the Tamil studies department’s course in 2018 due to lack of funds. The language has been taught at the institution since 1963 and the Tamil library is one of the largest outside India with more than 40,000 books. In an…
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Amazon is the only US publisher that does not sell e-books or audiobooks to libraries. Amazon has published thousands of e-books since 2009. Public libraries are a way for Americans to access books and media, some of which are paywalled by Amazon. (11 Mar 2021) Amazon does not sell its thousands of e-books or tens…
Japan’s National Diet Library has 4.45 million items in its digital quake database, including over a million photos; physical artefacts are in regional museums Curators are working to make the items easily available to the general public and to preserve remnants of the disaster before they are lost (10 Mar 2021) In Japan, efforts…
(6 Mar 2021) 6 March 2021 marks the annual Open Data Day. This international celebration brings together a wide range of stakeholders – from librarians and public servants to developers and statisticians – to showcase creative uses and benefits of open data to drive development and help address today’s societal challenges. In light of libraries’…
(3 Mar 2021) St Agnes College has become the first college under Mangalore University, to tag library books with RFIDs. Over 62,000 books have been tagged. Pegged at a cost of Rs 20 lakh, the new RFID tag will replace the old bar code system at the college library. Read more from the original…