(23 Jan 2022) The National Central Library of Taiwan (NCL) has completed the digitization of over 30,000 pages of rare Chinese books in collaboration with the libraries of Oxford University and Stanford University, the NCL said in a statement issued Sunday. The cooperation with the Stanford University Libraries focuses on the digitization of a…
(20 Jan 2022) The 98-year-old National Library was built in 1924 by the French-colonial government in Indochina. In 1954 – after Cambodia gained independence from France – the library was renamed from the Central Library to the National Library of Cambodia (NLC). Currently, the library has over 120,000 books, sastra and palm leaf manuscripts, documents…
By Ruth A. Pagell* U.S. News includes four universities from Singapore No Asian university is in the top 10 in U.S. News Global or NTU Scientific Papers QS Asia increases its number of Hong Kong Universities to nine 70% of Nature’s young universities are from Asia or Oceania Taiwan is attracting more international students Clarivate…
(20 Jan 2022) ChronosHub has announced a collaboration with the American Chemical Society (ACS). The ACS Journal Finder will make institutional and consortial open access agreements and funders’ open access policies more transparent for authors. ChronosHub assisted ACS with a public journal finder tool that includes all of ACS’ more than 75 journals, now live…
(22 Jan 2022) We are pleased to announce the 1st session of the 2022 LAS-NLB Professional Sharing (Online). We invite you to present and/or participate in this webinar. Date: Fri, 1 April 2022 Time: 2–5 pm Venue: Virtual meeting (link to be…
(21 Jan 2022) Gale, part of a Cengage Group, has expanded Gale Digital Scholar Lab with new and improved features that provide digital humanities (DH) researchers with a better user experience. With a new interface and redesigned analysis tools, Gale Digital Scholar Lab now provides a more consistent and streamlined experience for DH researchers that supports usability, accessibility, as well…
(14 Jan 2022) Coursera is partnering with K-MOOC and the National Institute for Lifelong Education (NILE) to launch a nationwide upskilling program in South Korea. The initiative will help over 200,000 adult learners develop the high-demand digital skills needed to advance their education and careers in the new economy and embrace lifelong learning amid rapid…
(13 Jan 2022) 2021 is just behind us. Since January is “the Monday of the months”, as F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, it’s a good time to take stock of what happened at OpenCitations during the past year. Among the numerous events, achievements and challenges that 2021 brought with it, we want to highlight…
(10 Jan 2022) This time of year is often filled with preparation for orientation and introduction to your library and services. The prospect of having to create an array of interesting and eye-catching resources (both physical and online) can be overwhelming. Open Access Australasia is here to help! You can view, download and adapt…
(17 Jan 2022) ResearchGate and IOP Publishing (IOPP) have announced a collaboration agreement to explore ways to support the scientific community through syndication of IOPP peer-reviewed scholarly content on ResearchGate’s platform. ResearchGate is a scholarly social networking site on which over 20 million scientists and researchers share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators. …