(4 Feb 2022) Iratxe Puebla, Director of Strategic Initiatives & Community at ASAPbio, shares her tips to help preprint authors scrutinize invitations to submit their next paper to a journal. Think.Check.Submit has the article here.
(1 Feb 2022) Archives New Zealand will get a new building in Wellington by 2026. After a review found more than 60 per cent of Archives New Zealand and National Library buildings in the North Island were not fit for purpose, and with the National Library being close to capacity and Archives’ Wellington headquarters already…
(27 Jan 2022) Singapore’s public libraries have been adopting data analytics and AI to develop more immersive and personalised visitor experiences. They have also introduced robots and automation to simplify and shrink the workload of librarians. Ramachandran Narayanan, Director and Deputy Chief Information Officer, National Library Board (NLB), Singapore highlights the tech tools that are…
(8 Feb 2022) Global research and education leader Wiley today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on open access publishing with the library directors of Tohoku University, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, and Tokyo University of Science. This MoU is intended to be the basis for…
(30 Jan 2022) From New York Times: Parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades. The American Library Association said in a preliminary report that it received an “unprecedented” 330 reports of book challenges, each of which can include multiple books, last…
(9 Feb 2022) The Singapore Journal of Library and Information Management (SJLIM) is currently inviting submissions for its 2022 issue, with the theme “The Post-Pandemic Library Era”. We are interested in submissions outlining research as well as practice projects. Opinion pieces and commentaries are also welcome. We accept submissions on all aspects of librarianship that relate…
(3 Feb 2022) The Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe (CCSD) of France and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) have announced their formal collaboration to launch a directory of open access preprint repositories. Preprints are becoming an increasingly important part of the research communications landscape. Posting preprints allows researchers to share their research freely and rapidly with…
(7 Feb 2022) The international subscription service Scribd has on Friday (February 4) announced that it’s making banned books available to read without charge–and without a credit card or other commitment required. The editorial team has curated a list of “Books Being Banned Right Now,” and the site also carries another, “List of Frequently…
(7 Feb 2022) This update promises a slower, closer look at one of the NUS Libraries’ collections; and in the spirit of Chinese New Year, features the Wan Boo Sow Chinese Library, housed on the fifth and sixth floors. Find out more from the original article with photos here.
(18 Jan 2022) Elsevier announced a pilot project in which the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley will syndicate selected content to the ScienceDirect platform. The articles will appear in search and browse listings. In the pilot, more than 70,000 articles in 35 journals in organic chemistry and transportation…