(1 Mar 2022) Job title: Head, User & Information Services Cluster (at the rank of Senior Assistant Librarian) (PR0549/21-22) The Hong Kong Baptist University Library now invites applications for a dynamic, collaborative, and results-driven professional to lead and inspire its User & Information Services Cluster. Reporting to the Deputy University Librarian, the appointee will…
(1 Mar 2022) The 12th conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) will take place at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), on the new Campus Condorcet at Paris-Aubervilliers, France, from 28 June to 1 July 2022. One of the panels is organised by Marije Plomp (Leiden University Libraries) and Jana Igunma (British Library) on behalf of the Southeast…
What university founded in 1257 is among the world’s top young universities? (Table 1 in the Appendix has the answer.) What Thai company appears in green and patent rankings? What higher education center offers relevant free webinars? By Ruth A. Pagell* I spent the beginning of 2022 away from rankings, doing research with a…
(25 Feb 2022) Download figures for Sci-Hub, the popular but controversial website that hosts pirated copies of scientific papers, reveal where people are using the site most. The statistics show that users accessing Sci-Hub from China are by far the most active — and that with more than 25 million downloads, usage in China outstrips the…
(28 Feb 2022) The Delhi government is all set to develop a “Science Innovation Hub” to promote scientific culture among students. The club consists of an auditorium, a library, a planetarium, a museum with science and technological objects etc. More details can be found from the original news here.