(17 Aug 2022) The Cabinet [of India] chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the “Widening access of the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) database to users, besides patent offices”. The opening up of the TKDL database to users is an ambitious and forward-looking action by the Government of India. This will…
Without a fuller embrace of repositories, the transition with be slow, partial and siloed, says Kathleen Shearer, executive director of COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) (9 Aug 2022) The Plan S requirement for immediate open access has further fuelled the debate. In a recent article published in Times Higher Education, Springer Nature’s chief publishing…
(12 Aug 2022) This blog post is one of the series celebrating Aotearoa NZ School Library Week from 8 to 12 August 2022, sharing great library services from St Bernard’s College and Waimairi School’s library, with interviews and photos. Read the full story here.
(11 Aug 2022) Misinformation isn’t a new problem, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, especially on the internet. Alex Mahadevan, director of MediaWise at the Poynter Institute, wanted to learn more about how people across generational lines verify information and decide what to trust and share online. The survey found that…
(13 Aug 2022) While American publishers like Wiley and Elsevier have been pursuing a case in the Delhi High Court against two similar platforms – Library Genesis and Sci-Hub – it is unclear which court ordered the block on these sites. Z-Library is said to be a ‘mirror’ of Library Genesis, but appears to have a larger…
(4 Aug 2022) The aim is to be plastic-free, to see equipment reconditioned and reused, to build public awareness of ecological issues as well as save paper… All around the world libraries are going green. The book industry is going green, and not just in publishing houses or bookstores. For seven consecutive years, the International…
(11 Aug 2022) The Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) announced yesterday that it has fully equipped its five regional archive centres and the Queen Mother Library (QML) with all the necessary equipment, thus giving full access to students and researchers to its resources on Khmer Rouge history. DC-Cam announced the opening of Anlong Veng Peace…
(14 Aug 2022) The National Library of Malaysia (PNM) is targeting 81 rural libraries nationwide to participate in the “Dariku Untukmu” Programme in an effort to promote the reading culture among school children in rural areas. Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) Datuk Seri Dr. R Santhara Kumar said apart from promoting…
(29 Jul 2022) The U.S. National Institutes of Health sponsored a meeting in April 2021 to consider how to increase the scientific culture of data sharing. The editors of this special section of Harvard Data Science Review on the meeting asked three prominent scientists to provide perspectives from Europe on data sharing and management and about…
(10 Aug 2022) Data communities provide social and practical incentives for scientists to voluntarily share and reuse data with colleagues. In order for data communities to emerge and grow, they need support. Information professionals, such as data librarians and research computing specialists, can advise data communities on best practices for data sharing and help them create…