(11 Aug 2022) The Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) announced yesterday that it has fully equipped its five regional archive centres and the Queen Mother Library (QML) with all the necessary equipment, thus giving full access to students and researchers to its resources on Khmer Rouge history. DC-Cam announced the opening of Anlong Veng Peace…
(14 Aug 2022) The National Library of Malaysia (PNM) is targeting 81 rural libraries nationwide to participate in the “Dariku Untukmu” Programme in an effort to promote the reading culture among school children in rural areas. Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) Datuk Seri Dr. R Santhara Kumar said apart from promoting…
(29 Jul 2022) The U.S. National Institutes of Health sponsored a meeting in April 2021 to consider how to increase the scientific culture of data sharing. The editors of this special section of Harvard Data Science Review on the meeting asked three prominent scientists to provide perspectives from Europe on data sharing and management and about…
(10 Aug 2022) Data communities provide social and practical incentives for scientists to voluntarily share and reuse data with colleagues. In order for data communities to emerge and grow, they need support. Information professionals, such as data librarians and research computing specialists, can advise data communities on best practices for data sharing and help them create…
The addition of core research books, alongside journals, onto one digital platform — Oxford Academic — will further streamline access to high-quality scholarly content for the academic community, advancing research (3 Aug 2022) Oxford University Press (OUP) has today announced the migration of its books content to Oxford Academic—the online platform for its academic…
(28 Jul 2022) A new global study from AIP Publishing, the American Physical Society (APS), IOP Publishing (IOPP) and Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA) has found that 82% of physics researchers based in Europe are unaware of Plan S. Over 3,000 physical science researchers from across the globe participated in the OA in physics: researcher…
(27 Jul 2022) Cabells has announced the launch of Journalytics Medicine & Predatory Reports, their newest search platform dedicated to the medical research community. With in-depth information on over 7,000 verified medical journals and 16,000 predatory journals, this curated database provides submission guidelines, detailed metrics, historical trends, and more helps researchers, librarians, funders, and administrators discover, verify, and…
(8 Aug 2022) News from Cambodia: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) are to establish three drugs libraries in Banteay Meanchey province to expand education on the matter to young people and combat the use of narcotics. “The drugs library is an electronic library featuring…
(4 Aug 2022) Single sign-on provider OpenAthens is pleased to announce the recruitment of new support team members based in Singapore. The move comes as a direct result of an upsurge in demand for remote access to research materials in the Asia-Pacific region. OpenAthens’ international customer base has grown significantly in the last decade. This…
Educational publisher’s move into non-fungible tokens is intended to claw back some of the income lost to secondhand sales (2 Aug 2022) Textbook publisher Pearson plans to profit from secondhand sales by turning its titles into non-fungible tokens (NFTs), its chief executive has said. Educational books are often sold more than once, since students…