(28 Feb 2025) The Asian Research Library, The University of Tokyo, welcomes all interested parties to the symposium “Libraries and Archival Practices in the Early Modern Eastern Islamic World,” which it is co-organizing. Pre-registration is required for both on-site and online participation. Libraries and archival practices played a pivotal role in shaping the intellectual, cultural,…
(26 Feb 2025) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation of Cambodia and the Ministry of External Affairs of India. The agreement, finalized on February 17, 2025, will pave the way for establishing a state-of-the-art science library in the Ratanak Mondul district of Battambang province. …
(24 Feb 2025) The National Library Board’s (NLB) first dedicated library for fans of fantasy and science fiction has opened its doors at the upgraded Tampines Changkat Community Club (CC). The library, which opened on Feb 23, has curated a collection of more than 5,000 popular fantasy and sci-fi books, including 500 in Chinese, Malay…
(18 Feb 2025) South Korea’s public libraries have faced criticism for not carrying a new book alleging massive election fraud. The cover of Stop The Steal: The Supreme Court’s History of Election Fraud Cover-Ups depicts both the South Korean and American flags, indicating how President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country’s impeached and suspended leader, has adopted Donald…
(20 Feb 2025) A total of 256 municipalities have neither a public library nor a bookstore, the Yomiuri Shimbun has learnt. This amounts to 15 per cent of the 1,718 municipalities nationwide. “If having few chances to enjoy books becomes normal, print culture itself will fade away,” an expert said about the decrease in places…
(14 Feb 2025) Ex Libris™ has introduced Alma Specto, an AI-driven platform designed to enhance the management, discovery, and preservation of digital collections. This innovative tool aims to address the challenges faced by libraries in connecting their digital resources to users, such as time-consuming metadata creation and fragmented management tools. Alma Specto leverages artificial intelligence to…
(19 Feb 2025) The summer of 2023 was not a good time for AI detectors. OpenAI famously recalled its AI detector, saying it wasn’t effective. A study by the Washington Post found serious gaps in the efficacy of AI detection systems, and a similar study by academic researchers found similar issues. Things weren’t looking significantly better…
(26 Feb 2025) Project MUSE is delighted to announce a major achievement in its quest to advance open access. Thanks to the unwavering support of libraries and institutions worldwide, MUSE’s Subscribe to Open (S2O) initiative has reached its sustainability goal for 2025. This remarkable accomplishment will make more than 100 journals’ 2025 volumes, from 27 publishers,…
(26 Feb 2025) As artificial intelligence (AI) systems become increasingly integrated into scholarly research and knowledge dissemination, publishers face a critical challenge: how to best integrate their content into this new ecosystem. Currently, an increasing number of publishers are collaborating with AI system suppliers to license their content for large language model training, small model…
(18 Feb 2025) IOI (Invest in Open Infrastructure) team has been conducting research aimed at developing an understanding of the current needs and dependencies in the research software ecosystem and uncovering future opportunities to advance its sustainability and resilience. This research, sponsored by the Sloan Foundation, aimed at understanding factors that might help the research…