(5 Feb 2025) Invitation from Mrs Lee Cheng Ean, Advisor and Head of Global Relations, NUS Libraries: I would like to take the opportunity to share a newly launched programme from NUS Libraries, Transforming University Libraries: Library Leadership & Innovation Programme (TULLIP), from 30 June to 4 July 2025. We conducted a successful…
(6 Feb 2025) Trove’s newspaper collection continues to grow every day. Trove Partners collaborate with Trove to digitise their collections and make them available online to all Australians. We spoke with 2 of our Trove Partners about their experience working with Trove to digitize some of their local newspapers. The partners are Merri-bek Libraries…
(20 Jan 2025) From the National Library of Australia: We are introducing a new strategic vision to guide how the National Library of Australia will make it possible for all Australians to connect with their rich national heritage. While physically located in Canberra, the Library exists to serve everybody, and we are more focused than…
(12 Feb 2025) Submissions are now open for the 2025 EBSCO Solar grant program from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO). For the tenth year in a row, EBSCO is accepting applications for grants that will fund solar installations at libraries around the world. As part of the 2025 EBSCO Solar initiative, EBSCO will be making a total…
(11 Feb 2025) Many people no longer subscribe or pick up a magazine from a bookstore. Instead, digital magazines are increasingly becoming very popular, since they are optimized for smartphones and tablets. The problem is that there are so many digital magazine newsstands out there, and it is hard to know which is best for…
(12 Feb 2025) From USPTO: As we modernize our systems and improve customer experience, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched our new Open Data Portal (ODP) on February 12. In our effort to deliver accessible, open data, this site provides easy access to relevant data sets in a user-friendly site that combines several services into…
(31 Jan 2025) Sage has retracted 416 articles from the Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems (JIFS), which had a mass retraction of over 450 papers last August. Before the mass retraction last year, Sage paused publication of new articles from the journal, which it acquired when it bought IOS Press in 2023. The journal is now accepting new…