(5 Oct 2022) Z-Library has over 11.2 million eBooks and almost 85 million articles available on their website. However, viewed from the perspective of publishers, Z-Library is not only unfair competition but also highly illegal under copyright law. The National Publishing Union, an industry group representing more than 700 members in the publishing sector, in…
(22 Sep 2022) The New Zealand Cartoon and Comics Archive includes over 60,000 cartoons reflecting New Zealand society and politics. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Cartoon Archive. Sam Orchard, Assistant Curator Cartoons and Comics, asked Cartoon Archive founder, Ian F. Grant, to reflect on the Archive’s evolution. Find out more here.
(4 Oct 2022) The Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) Library seeks a resourceful, self-motivated and service-oriented individual to acquire and manage primarily electronic resources. The successful candidate will also provide curricular and research support and resource sharing services as well as assist with collection development and resource discovery. Reporting to the Senior Manager, he or…
(28 Sep 2022) Google’s Search On returned for its third year with the latest features and tools that make it more natural and intuitive to find what you’re looking for, thanks to advancements in machine learning. Here are some highlights of the new features. Making visual search work more naturally – take a picture…
(30 Sep 2022) Applications for the Chevening Fellowship 2023-2024 “Shan Collections at the British Library” are still open until 1 November 2022 for individuals from Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand who are fluent in Shan language and able to read a variety of Shan scripts, including Old Shan. This 12-month fellowship will be hosted…
By Ruth A. Pagell* (4 Oct 2022) Article 52 has two parts and a separate special report that has links to statements players in the bibliometric supply chain made in response to events in Russia and Ukraine. Part One is a short review of Changing Higher Education in East Asia (Marginson & Xu, referred…
(20 Sep 2022) The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is the first Australian funding agency to introduce the requirement that scholarly publications arising from the research it funds be made freely available and accessible. Under NHMRC’s revised Open Access Policy, all peer-reviewed publications arising from NHMRC-funded research must be made available immediately upon…
(23 Sep 2022) Asian research powerhouses will introduce open-access mandates within the next “two to three” years, experts have predicted, in the wake of last month’s landmark order by the Biden administration. Under the U.S. decision, the published results of federally funded research must be made immediately and freely available to readers, starting in 2025.…
(7 Sep 2022) What might higher education look like in ten years? Education is fundamentally a human activity so, while technology will undoubtedly become ever more prevalent, it will not replace people. Sarah Knight, Head of learning and teaching transformation, higher education, Jisc, shares her thoughts and Jisc resources that might help universities to plan for the…
Next week, the plan initiated by the Commission to make assessments of research more meaningfully reflect its impact and value will open up to signatories. Then the hard work of translating it to action on the ground will begin (22 Sep 2022) The European push to reform how the value of research is assessed…