(13 Mar 2025) Yariv Kursh, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Innovative, from Clarivate, announced a strategy for responsibly harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance engagement, streamline workflows, and drive innovation for public and academic libraries. Effectively navigating AI can be complex, as each user has unique needs and engages with libraries in different…
(11 Mar 2025) Speaking at the Academic and Professional Publishing Conference, part of the London Book Fair, Oxford University Press (OUP) product strategy director John Campbell explained how the launch of Google’s AI-powered search summaries had led to a 19 per cent drop in click-through to academic reference services. Discussing what he called the advent…
(17 Mar 2025) Three local universities officially submitted their proposals to the government to establish the city’s third medical school on Monday. The Task Group on New Medical School confirmed that it has received proposals from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the Hong Kong University of Science and…
(18 Mar 2025) The CDNLAO Newsletter is published to share information from national libraries in the Asia and Oceania region. This newsletter is edited and distributed by the National Diet Library of Japan on behalf of the members of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO). In this issue, [United Arab…
(6 Mar 2025) Ex Libris, part of Clarivate, is excited to announce that Summon Research Assistant is now available for Summon institutions worldwide to activate for their users! Primo Research Assistant was launched in September 2024. Building on its success, we’re excited to introduce it in Summon, bringing the same powerful benefits to even more…
(12 Mar 2025) Elsevier launches ScienceDirect AI, a cutting-edge generative AI tool for researchers. It is designed to transform the way researchers work by enabling them to instantly extract, summarize and compare trusted insights from millions of full-text articles and book chapters on ScienceDirect, the world’s largest platform for trusted, peer-reviewed research. Researchers grapple with an…
(11 Mar 2025) We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openRxiv ensures that researchers worldwide can continue to share discoveries rapidly and openly. With a researcher-led governance model, openRxiv strengthens the foundation of preprint sharing, empowering…
(19 Mar 2025) The CAS Journal Ranking Team releases Early Warning Journal List 2025(EWL)! The 2025 edition of the EWL targets two key concerns: 1) Academic misconduct that jeopardizes the integrity of the scientific research ecosystem, including practices like Citation Manipulation and operation of Paper Mills; 2) Inappropriate actions that hinder the global dissemination of specific…
(13 Mar 2025) One of the recent trends in generative artificial intelligence has been AI search. Nearly every major AI company has launched some version of an AI search engine, often with lofty promises about what it can do. For example, OpenAI says their ChatGPT Search will give you, “fast, timely answers with links to…
(13 Mar 2025) Wiley released a set of guidelines on the responsible and effective use of artificial intelligence (AI) in authorship this week at the London Book Fair. In the new guidelines and accompanying FAQs, Wiley provides suggestions to authors on how to utilize AI tools in their manuscript preparation while preserving the author’s authentic voice…