(26 Nov 2022) The country is celebrating National Book Week from November 24 to 30 amid the struggle to arrest Filipino learners’ dwindling reading proficiency. Even before the pandemic struck, international large-scale assessments showed that learners were already struggling to meet the minimum required proficiency in reading, according to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the…
(25 Nov 2022) The IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL) Standing Committee held its “The call to action: academic libraries responses to the SDGs” webinar on 2 November 2022. You’ll be able to access the related video recording here, and the slides presented by the speakers here: presentation N°1 (Denmark), presentation N°2 (Australia) About the webinar: The United…
(27 Nov 2022) About the role: As the Senior Librarian, Library Services and Spaces, you have one of four corresponding roles, reporting to the Manager, Library Services and Spaces. Your role is responsible for ensuring that Scholarly Services is equipped to deliver a superior scholarly and digital experience for staff and students, by ensuring…
(21 Nov 2022) The phenomenon of predatory publishing is well known following the work of Jeffrey Beall and others in highlighting and popularising the issue. In a new book titled The Predator Effect, Simon Linacre draws on his experience in tackling deceptive publishing practices, and urges the scholarly communications industry to focus, less on predatory…
(25 Nov 2022) About the job: The Manager Site Services coordinates and develop services and facilities available at the assigned Library sites to ensure that they support students, staff and the community with access to quality services and resources that enhance the learning, teaching and research experience. The job holder will collaborate with the Associate…
(27 Nov 2022) In the past decade, various online tools and Open Source software that can be useful in Southeast Asian librarianship have been developed. This article looks at a selection of online tools that are available to help in areas like cataloging and creation of Romanised versions of Southeast Asian scripts, text recognition, text…
(23 Nov 2022) scite, an award-winning tool that helps students and researchers discover and understand research findings more efficiently through Smart Citations, has partnered with SPIE, the international society for photonics and optics, to enhance the citation experience on the SPIE Digital Library. Pioneered by scite, Smart Citations go beyond traditional citations by showing…
(22 Nov 2022) The Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) Library seeks a resourceful, self-motivated and service-oriented individual to manage and oversee its user services to provide excellent services to the SUSS community. The successful candidate will also provide curricular, research support and instructional support. He or she will be part of a lean team,…
(17 Nov 2022) Wolters Kluwer Health and NEJM Group have entered into an exclusive partnership to ensure that more researchers and clinicians around the world can access the growing family of NEJM Group journals. Building on years of collaboration, this expanded partnership positions NEJM Group journals for sustained global growth through Wolters Kluwer’s Ovid® medical…
(15 Nov 2022) Ever try to read a physical book passed down in your family from 100 years ago? Probably worked well. Ever try reading an ebook you paid for 10 years ago? Probably a different experience. From the leasing business model of mega publishers to physical device evolution to format obsolescence, digital books are…