(14 Feb 2024) A private library of more than 1,000 medical memoirs recently opened to the public here. The library is called “Tobyoki no Mori” (the forest of patients’ stories). Its owner is Kazuhiro Kanai, the 67-year-old president of Seikosha, a publishing house that mostly produces memoirs about battles with illness and disability.…
(4 Mar 2024) Digital Science is delighted to announce the launch of AI-driven summarization in Dimensions, a new feature to support the user in their discovery process for publications, grants, patents and clinical trials. Dimensions, the world’s largest collection of linked research data, continues to move forward with AI-related functionalities, deployed to robustly support users and their…
(28 Feb 2024) In this issue of IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Division Newsletter, Malaysian Libraries: Transforming Communities Through Citizen Science Building a Digital Network of Chinese Ancient Books” Chinese Ancient Books Resources Database Construction and Services Innovation for Enhanced Smart Library Services Implementation and Response to SDGs by a Public Library: Innovative AR Picture…
(29 Feb 2024) Currently in beta with top universities, ProQuest Research Assistant achieves a milestone in next generation content discovery by enabling students to use conversational inquiry to explore vast, vetted and authoritative content. ProQuest™ Research Assistant is being tested in an academic library staple: ProQuest One Literature, a destination resource built on a foundation of…