(2 Aug 2022) scite, an award-winning tool that helps students and researchers discover and understand research findings more efficiently through Smart Citations, has partnered with the American Chemical Society (ACS) to enhance the citation experience for its globally diverse readership. Pioneered by scite, Smart Citations go beyond traditional citations by showing citation statements—the in-text sentences…
(26 Jul 2022) CABI has launched the exciting new CABI Digital Library – which will showcase all of CABI’s content in one location – on Atypon’s award-winning online publishing platform, Literatum. The move is the first step in CABI’s plans to migrate all its publishing content into one platform to make it easier for students, researchers, librarians, practitioners…
(1 Aug 2022) The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has declared monkeypox a global health emergency. To fulfill the global need for evidence-based information amid this outbreak, Wolters Kluwer has made monkeypox content on UpToDate® free, and created a monkeypox resource page that includes links to relevant medical journal research articles in Ovid®. The resource page can be accessed here. …
By Ruth A. Pagell* “Educate a man, you educate an individual, educate a woman you educate a nation” (or family, or generation)1 (1 Aug 2022) Part 2 of Gender Rankings addresses the role women’s universities play in Asian countries where women are underrepresented in ranked universities. When I applied to college, smart…
AJE (American Journal Experts) Language editing services are being piloted for Springer Nature book authors and editors to help speed up the publication and review process (28 Jul 2022) Springer Nature has today announced a new pilot with American Journal Experts (AJE)* which will see its AI-driven editing services being made freely available to book authors…
(14 Jul 2022) The Ithaka S+R US Faculty Survey has tracked the changing research, teaching, and publishing practices of faculty members within higher education triennially since early digital transformation at the turn of the century. This project has aimed to provide actionable findings to help colleges and universities, among other relevant stakeholders such as academic libraries,…
(21 Jul 2022) The Guidelines for Parliamentary Libraries, 3rd Edition, is a joint publication between the IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section (PARL) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). It will be officially launched on 28 July at Session 144 “International Standards for a Digital World” at the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress, in Dublin, Ireland.…
(24 Jul 2022) National Library Board Singapore has won the category of “Best Green Library” of the 7th IFLA Green Library Award with its revamp project of Choa Chu Kang Public Library. The winner of the other category, “Best Green Library Project” is Médiathèque de la Canopée-la fontaine, France. Special recognition goes to Colombia, Cali,…
(26 Jul 2022) The Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) Library invites resourceful, service-oriented and self-directed individuals to apply for the position of Senior Executive. You will provide administrative/ operational support to the Library and be responsible for the procurement of library and non-library resources and services. Working closely with the Senior Manager and Director, Digital…
(4 Jul 2022) The newly opened Xin Jin Shan Library, which started from a garage, has now become not only one of the largest Chinese libraries south of the equator but also an invaluable bastion of Chinese culture and history in Australia. Located in the heart of Ballarat, the library covers an area of…