(21 Oct 2022) About the role: The Client Services Manager is responsible for leading a holistic approach to development and delivery of services across the University’s online and campus based library services, ensuring appropriate frontline and online support for the research, learning and teaching needs of the University’s scholarly community. The Client Services Manager…
(20 October 2022) Important judicial decisions have been announced and legislative plans have been published in several key jurisdictions. Copyright Clearance Center continues to monitor the copyright landscape by sharing updates from the United States, South Africa, Australia, Japan, and United Kindom. Find out more here.
(20 Oct 2022) Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, today released an in-depth look at formal regional research assessment, co-authored by the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate, together with esteemed industry partners: Kate Williams, University of Melbourne; Jonathan Grant, Different Angles; Lutz Bornmann, Max Planck Institute and Martin Szomszor,…
(13 Oct 2022) SAGE has launched a free-to-read collection of research and other resources supporting library professionals as they make improvements in their library, across their institutions, and build their own leadership skills. Categories in the collection include: leadership and management fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion publishing and research support library innovation information literacy professional…
(20 Oct 2022) About the job: Key Responsibilities Develop and implement innovative user-centered services at the library space for the SUSS community. Develop policies, guidelines and procedures for service desk operations and circulation services. Oversee and manage the user and access services at the service desk. This includes planning for manpower, training, supervision and…
(19 Oct 2022) In this issue: What’s new in OA & scholarly publishing in Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand Open Access Week 2022 What’s new in OA & scholarly publishing globally Recent writing & resources on OA Upcoming events in OA & scholarly publishing Go direct to the full newsletter here
(14 Oct 2022) Researchers worldwide will need further assistance to help comply with an increasing number of open data mandates, according to the authors of a new report. The State of Open Data Report 2022 – the latest in an annual collaborative series from Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature – is released today (9:00am BST Thursday 13 October). Based on a…
A Nobel prizewinner is six times more likely than someone less well known to get a thumbs-up for acceptance, finds study. (11 Oct 2022) As a journal editor, Palan wanted to check on the impact of double-anonymized review in his journal. He approached Nobel prizewinner Vernon Smith to see whether he had a paper in the…
(7 Oct 2022) What impact does #BookTok have on the Canadian library circulation of backlist titles? Booknet Canada, a non-profit organization that develops technology, standards, and education to serve the Canadian book industry intends to find out with the help of LibraryData, Canadian library collection and circulation analysis tool. Data was gathered on the library…
(11 Oct 2022) As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in early 2020, librarians, archivists, and others with interest in preserving cultural heritage began documenting the personal, cultural, and societal impact of the global pandemic on their communities. These efforts included creating archival collections preserving physical, digital, and web-based records and information for use by students, scholars,…