(5 Jan 2023) Almost 70% of researchers based in Europe say that they have been involved in projects in the past three years that listed authors who did not contribute sufficiently to the work, according to a major survey. The survey also raises questions about whether academics in the United States are underestimating the prevalence of…
By Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya* (11 Jan 2023) In January 2019, I initiated a study on Continuing Professional Development (CPD)opportunities available to Library & Information Science (LIS) professionals in selected Asian countries. The focus was on countries that had conducted limited research on the LIS sector, and specifically, on CPD for LIS professionals. Country…
(3 Jan 2023) The three-day Indian Library Congress (ILC), which concluded in Kannur on Tuesday, decided to work towards establishing libraries across the country. Organising committee chairman V. Sivadasan, MP, presented the resolution that said that free access to a deliberative public space was a fundamental human right. He urged the authorities to increase public…