(6 Dec 2023) The EDUTech 2023 Conference was buzzing with excitement as librarians from NUS Libraries showcased the flagship immersive technology Jumpstart Minis programme and efforts to increase scalability, serviceability and sustainability in blended learning. Wondering how learning platforms have been used to achieve greater manpower efficiency? Or how students and learners can be empowered…
(3 Dec 2023) The National Medical Commission (NMC) of India is planning to create a library in which all books and manuscripts related to medicine and surgery in ancient India will be available. It has called for experts from the medical field and other disciplines to help identify and collect the books and manuscripts for…
(30 Nov 2023) Malaysia’s first health digital library, known as Beauty (Bringing Education And Understanding To You) and Health Digital Library for Health Promotion and Health Screening Portal, was officially launched today with 44 videos and 48 informative booklets of comprehensive educational resources on cancer. Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni said the digital…
(11 Dec 2023) There are hundreds of websites designed to support chemists at every level across all aspects of their work, whether that’s a student interpreting a complicated NMR spectrum, a technician searching for safety information, or a principal investigator editing a paper. Chemistry World has gathered a selection of informational resources, online tools and…
(Dec 2023) NASA has released its free Open Science 101 curriculum to empower researchers, early career scientists, and underrepresented communities with the knowledge and tools to embrace open science practices. The five-module program is designed to equip researchers, students and citizen scientists with the skills to navigate the principles and practices of open science. NASA’s…
(5 Dec 2023) Scopus, a widely used database of scientific papers operated by publishing giant Elsevier, plays an important role as an arbiter of scholarly legitimacy, with many institutions around the world expecting their researchers to publish in journals indexed on the platform. But users beware, a new study warns. As of September, the database listed…
(6 Dec 2023) Wiley will cease using the beleaguered Hindawi brand name, the publisher announced on an earnings call Wednesday morning. Wiley plans to integrate Hindawi’s approximately 200 journals into the rest of its portfolio by the middle of next year. Problems with Hindawi, the open access publisher that Wiley acquired in 2021, have cost…
(3 Dec 2023) A newly established database represents China’s latest step towards open access publishing, but major obstacles remain if the country is to revolutionise its model of scholarly communication, experts said. The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently launched PubScholar, an academic database that offers free access to about 170 million science resources, including over 87 million articles, more than 1 million…
(5 Dec 2023) STM released a new white paper — Generative AI in Scholarly Communications: Ethical and Practical Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in the Publication Process. A followup to AI Ethics in Scholarly Communication which STM released in April 2021, this new publication is a resource for stakeholders in scholarly publishing and addresses…
(Dec 2023) The National Science Foundation has launched a new initiative designed to integrate artificial intelligence across the education sector. The EducateAI initiative will equip educators with the skills needed to integrate AI into their teaching practices and establish infrastructure to support AI education across the U.S. education sector. Margaret Martonosi, assistant director of…