(27 Aug 2022) In the decades of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, much of Southeast Asia was under Western colonial dominance. Most of the region was divided among the British, French, Dutch, Spanish, and American powers, supplanted by a brief period of Japanese influence following the outbreak of World War II in Europe and…
(26 Aug 2022) The National Library of the Philippines, in partnership with the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) – Center for Policy and Executive Development (CPED), invites you to a one-day program entitled “Webinar on Public Advocacy and Communication – Creating Effective Infographics” on 06 September 2022, from 8:30 AM – 4:00…
(24 Aug 2022) About the job: Working directly with the University’s academic staff and higher degree researchers you will provide advanced, high level services across research support, curriculum support and student learning. The role also offers an opportunity to further develop individual leadership capability by taking an active role in mentoring, overseeing and…
(22 Aug 2022) Taylor & Francis has announced the beginning of a 6-month pilot of Proofig image integrity software, as part of an ongoing program to prevent image duplication and manipulation in academic journal articles. Image duplication or manipulation is a serious form of misconduct which involves inappropriately duplicating, manipulating, or fabricating images. Even where image duplication…
(22 Aug 2022) In Aaron Tay‘s blog post, he shares: “My blog usually takes the view that most of our users do not start at the library homepage as a truism and since the beginning of the blog in 2009, I have covered tools that help users “get back” to library resources or at…
(23 Aug 2022) Academic libraries in Singapore support Open Access and Open Science trends in the world. Some of the trends can be seen in the ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit. Yeo Pin Pin, Head of Research Services of Singapore Management University Libraries shares how universities in Singapore are supporting OA. Read the full article here.
(23 Aug 2022) The author of a popular organic chemistry textbook is making it freely available to students after learning about a loophole in his copyright agreement with the publisher. John McMurry’s Organic Chemistry has been one of the best selling chemistry textbooks since it was first printed in 1984. Under his agreement with Cengage Learning, the book’s…
(24 Aug 2022) The latest National Diet Library Newsletter has been released, with table of contents as below: Selections from NDL collections Browsing Joruri books with YOSHINAGA Motonobu, NDL Director General (Part Two) Map Collections in the National Diet Library (3) Jutei bankoku zenzu Budget NDL Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 News from…
(15 Aug 2022) Elsevier has today launched a Monkeypox Information Center. The hub will be continually updated and provide free access to relevant research and clinical information on the Monkeypox virus from across Elsevier’s scientific and medical journals and clinical resources for healthcare professionals. This research and health information will be freely available from Elsevier platforms and…
(17 Aug 2022) For the first time, China has slightly edged out the United States in the number of most cited papers, a key measure of research impact, according to a Japanese science policy institute. The milestone provides fresh evidence that China’s scholarship, known for its burgeoning quantity, is catching up in quality as well. “People…