(31 Mar 2023) About the job: The appointee will establish, co-ordinate and implement a comprehensive library services for the university. Leading the development and timely delivery of the Library’s strategic plans, policies and services consistent with the university mission; Providing direction to university administration in deployment of library services to support teaching, learning, research, administration…
(8 April 2023) With more than 12 million books in its archive, Z-Library advertised itself as the largest repository of pirated books on the Internet. The site has millions of regular readers who find a wealth of free knowledge and entertainment at their fingertips. This success was briefly interrupted late last year when…
(6 Apr 2023) Typos, acronyms and authors’ names all present issues when trawling the literature. Can next-generation search engines do better? Traditional search engines crawl data based on words, making metadata and search strings equally crucial in finding academic content. More sophisticated AI tools may be able to alter the situation, but technology has its…
(31 Mar 2023) In this Scholarly Kitchen post, Avi Staiman, the founder and CEO of Academic Language Experts, shares his thoughts on the value that ChatGPT can bring to scholarly communication, and prompt readers to dive deep into fundamental questions on research and academic writing. Read the article here.
(9 Apr 2023) The National Taiwan Library accepted a commission to restore a 500-year-old handwritten version of the Quran. The ancient text was given to Tzu Chi Buddhist Humanitarian Foundation Master Cheng Yen (證嚴) by a Tzu Chi Turkish volunteer, Faisal Hu (胡光中), over two years ago, per CNA. A 15-year-experienced book restorer at Taiwan Book…
(30 Mar 2023) The Ithaka S+R Library Survey has examined leadership and strategic perspectives in the field by surveying library deans and directors nationally on a triennial basis since 2010. The research project’s overarching goals are to provide the library community with a valuable data source to inform decision making and track the emerging opportunities and…
Academics from 107 low- and middle-income countries will be able to publish their research open access in Cambridge journals at no cost to them. (11 Apr 2023) The Cambridge Open Equity Initiative allows scholars to reach the widest possible audience by making open access a free option for them. The publisher is seeking support for the…