(12 Oct 2023) The State of AI Report analyses the most interesting developments in AI. Produced by AI investors Nathan Benaich and the Air Street Capital team, the report aim to trigger an informed conversation about the state of AI and its implication for the future. Now in its sixth year, the State of…
(18 Oct 2023) About the opportunity: As a Metadata Services Librarian, you will provide specialist skills for describing unique or complex resources created and/or managed by the Library (electronic, print, digital and data) using standard metadata schemas, including MARC, RDA and Dublin Core to ensure resource discoverability and access irrespective of location, media or form.…
(17 Oct 2023) About the job: Reporting to the Associate Director, Library and Study Skills, the Team Leader will oversee the Resource Services team, ensuring a high-quality, accessible library collection aligned with industry best practices. Your leadership will cultivate a collaborative and innovative culture, addressing training needs and driving continuous improvement. Responsibilities include evaluating…
(19 Oct 2023) To celebrate the upcoming World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2023 read about the audiovisual digitization project Utaina and watch the video of the Utaina digitization process. Read more here.
(13 Oct 2023) Springer Nature today announced a new AI-powered in-house writing assistant to support researchers, particularly those whose first language is not English, in their scientific writing. Global research shows that it takes non-native English speaking scientists 51% more time to write a paper. This creates an unequal divide in research, limiting the advancement…
Pilot program will detect duplicate submissions that may indicate paper mill activity (12 Oct 2023) STM Solutions today announced the launch of a pilot program to detect duplicate submissions to scholarly publications. Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously is, in most cases, against publisher policies and often indicates the work of paper mills,…
(17 Oct 2023) Elsevier today announced that it is piloting Geographical Pricing for Open Access (GPOA) across 142 of its Gold Open Access journals to make open access article publishing charges (APCs) more affordable for authors in low- and middle-income countries. The GPOA model, a publishing industry first, is set to take effect from January…
(17 Oct 2023) About the Role: The Library Officer (Patron Engagement) provides excellent frontline customer services to both students and staff to support the learning, teaching and research activities of the University. As the successful incumbent, you will be responsible for providing support to students and staff in connecting with and using quality information…
(12 Oct 2023) Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources (JUSTICE) and Elsevier have established a transformative agreement in a major step forward in advancing global access to Japan’s scholarly publications through open access publishing. The three-year agreement will take effect from 2024 to 2026. The agreement, the largest of its kind to date…
(12 Oct 2023) A recent bibliometric study of article retractions in the technology field from developing countries reveals that the number of retractions has increased over the past 20 years, with an annual growth rate of 20.79%. Authored by Metwaly Eldakar at Minia University in Egypt and Ahmed Shehata at Sultan Qaboos University in…