(5 Feb 2025) OCLC Metadata Quality teams implement a variety of measures—both manual and automated—to improve the quality and usefulness of WorldCat data. These extensive and ongoing efforts ensure that WorldCat data supports the needs of our membership and our global network of thousands of libraries across a wide range of services. As the technologies and…
(14 Jan 2025) IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, announced today, together with the IEEE Computer Society (CS), its 2025 Top Technology Predictions. The report contains a forecast of the trends that will have the greatest impact on the global computer engineering industry in 2025, redefining and re-shaping the…
(5 Feb 2025) Abstract: The paper presents the most comprehensive and large-scale global study to date on how higher education students perceived the use of ChatGPT in early 2024. With a sample of 23,218 students from 109 countries and territories, the study reveals that students primarily used ChatGPT for brainstorming, summarizing texts, and finding…
(8 Feb 2025) Microsoft is taking a new approach to using copyrighted books for AI training by offering payment to HarperCollins authors. The deal sheds light on how the industry values creative work in the AI era. The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would pay $5,000 per book for…
(10 Feb 2025) About the role: As the Senior Coordinator, Monographs, you will play a key role in shaping and managing Swinburne’s monograph collections to support teaching, learning, and research. You will provide strategic leadership in resource development and acquisition, ensuring the library’s collections align with institutional priorities. With a focus on analysis, evaluation, and…
(3 Feb 2025) cOAlition S has announced that it will discontinue the Journal Comparison Service (JCS), effective from 30 April 2025. The JCS was launched in September 2022 to support the Plan S principle that Open Access fees should be transparent and commensurate with the publishers’ services. It was developed following detailed consultations with librarians, publishers,…
(5 Feb 2025) On the last day of 2024, Vietnam’s prime minister approved a new Education Strategy for 2030, with a vision for 2045 through Decision No 1075/QD-TTg. In higher education, the strategy sets several targets for 2030 in terms of accessibility, quality, research and internationalisation. In summary, these targets include: • Accessibility: At least…
Despite strong interest in using artificial intelligence to make research faster, easier and more accessible, researchers say they need more support to navigate its possibilities. (4 Feb 2025) Using artificial intelligence (AI) tools for processes such as preparing manuscripts, writing grant applications and peer review will become widely accepted within the next two years, suggests…
(29 Jan 2025) Unlike generalist models such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini, Scite.ai was developed specifically for academic applications. It aims to expedite the research process by searching for citations and answering researchers’ questions. Reuscher’s review of Scite details the many dimensions of this tool and evaluates its usefulness to academic researchers. Jason A.…
The SPIE-CDE Fellowship in Optical Science and Engineering will support a postgraduate student at the National University of Singapore’s College of Design and Engineering (27 Jan 2025) SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and the National University of Singapore (NUS) announced the establishment of the SPIE-CDE Fellowship in Optical Science and Engineering during…