By Ruth A Pagell* (27 Sep 2023) Ruth’s Ranking 56 Part 1 raised concerns over existing rankings and showed how THE Impact was addressing some of them. Part 2 continues the discussion. QS 2024 World Rankings changed metrics and weightings, causing controversy over changes in countries’ performance. Nature added a new subject, Health Sciences and…
(5 Sep 2023) Two years ago Auckland Libraries removed its fines for late returns. Since then, more than a million items have been returned after their due date, meaning millions of dollars of potential fines going unclaimed. But despite the loss of revenue, librarians say it has been an overwhelmingly positive change. Read…
(26 Sep 2023) After a worldwide survey with more than 20,000 votes cast, State Library Victoria came in as the 12th best in the world – now that’s nothing to sneeze at. The survey was conducted by passionate library advocate and Melbourne local Vincent Phan, who runs the popular bibliophile website 1000 Libraries. Here…
(31 Aug 2023) THE Davao City Library and Information Center (CLIC) won two awards from the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) and The Asia Foundation (TAF) on Friday, August 25, 2023. The awarding of the CLIC for the Public Library of the Year Award for the year 2022 and the Most Innovative Public Library…
(28 Aug 2023) The Seoul Metropolitan Library has received a Green Library Award from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The library on Aug. 27 said it placed third in this year’s awards on Aug. 22 for its Eco Project in Seoul Metropolitan Library for SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) at the 88th…
(26 Sep 2023) A translation believed to be the oldest Japanese-language text on Western science has been discovered at a German library. The translation — thought to date to the late-16th or early-17th century — rewords a Western book on cosmology compiled by a Spanish missionary active in Japan at the time. One expert…
(27 Sep 2023) What an incredible moment to reflect on. De Gruyter started in 1749 with a vision to promote, disseminate and protect knowledge. Decades later, that mission remains the same but so many other things have changed. We are amazed at how far we’ve come and so excited for what is still to happen.…
(18 Sep 2023) A group of large US science and education publishers are trying to get “notorious” online database Library Genesis – known by students as LibGen – kicked offline and claw back some of the cash they allege the owners made from copyright infringement. The suit, filed in a New York federal court [PDF], asks…
(21 Sep 2023) Beginning Oct. 1, 2023, the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will provide authors with a new option to satisfy funder requirements for zero-embargo green open access. Through this pathway, authors will be able to post accepted manuscripts with a CC BY license in open access repositories immediately upon acceptance. …
(15 Sep 2023) About the opportunity: The University Archives is a part of Archives and Records Management Services (ARMS) in the University Governance Office within the Vice-Chancellor & President’s Division. The primary goal of the Archives is the care and preservation of the University’s records of continuing value and making these records accessible for…