(5 Sep 2022) The 32nd Library and Information Services Month (LISM) Committee, in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) [of the Philippines] through the National Committee on Libraries and Information Services (NCLIS), is pleased to announce the Call for Papers in connection with the LISM celebration this November 2022. Submitted…
(15 Aug 2022) ChemRxiv was launched on August 15, 2017 to provide researchers in chemistry and related fields a home for the immediate sharing of their latest research. In the past five years, ChemRxiv has grown into the premier preprint server for the chemical sciences, with a global audience and a wide array of scholarly…
(23 Aug 2022) The National Library of the Philippines (NLP) is in need of several positions. Interested and qualified applicants should signify their interest in writing (Application Letter) and submit/upload it through FY 2022 NLP Recruitment Online Form at https://bit.ly/3gQP9pS together with the following documents not later than September 2, 2022. Find out more about…
(25 Aug 2022) Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) updated U.S. policy guidance to make the results of taxpayer-supported research immediately available to the American public at no cost. In a memorandum to federal departments and agencies, Dr. Alondra Nelson, the head of OSTP, delivered guidance for agencies to update their public access…
(22 Aug 2022) The Research Data Alliance (RDA) 19th Plenary Meeting took place from the 20th to 23rd June as a part of International Data Week (IDW) 2022 in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. The hybrid conference, organized in collaboration with the International Science Council’s Committee on Data (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS), welcomed 827…
(24 Aug 2022) The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) launched KnowYourCopyrights.org, a revamped resource to support library leaders, practitioners, and advocates in proactively asserting library rights in the digital era. Libraries, as well as the research, teaching, and learning activities that they support, enjoy special rights in US law, starting with the constitutional purpose of copyright:…
(30 Aug 2022) 2022 school year is shaping up to be a very interesting one when it comes to plagiarism and other issues of academic integrity. For many, it will be the first “normal” year since the start of the pandemic in 2020. However, that pandemic brought with it a spike in academic integrity issues.…
(Aug 2022) Hong Kong’s Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2020 is the sixth assessment conducted by the University Grants Committee (UGC) to assess and benchmark the quality of research across Hong Kong’s universities. This cycle is the first to require an impact component within submissions, following the model of the UK’s Research Excellent Framework (REF). …
(28 Aug 2022) Imagine reading by a bay window, looking outwards to pockets of greenery, while being bathed in natural sunlight. That’s one of the experiences you can expect when you visit the Kedah Digital Library (KDL) in Alor Setar. Transformed from an existing two-story Anglo-Indian bungalow known as the Memorial Tunku Abdul Rahman building, the…
(20 Aug 2022) The Parliament Library [of India] which until recently was accessible only to lawmakers, government functionaries, accredited media persons and research scholars, has opened its collection of 1.7 million publications to the common people. As the library — which is the largest in Delhi and second largest in the country behind the National…