(1 Dec 2021) As “big data” has moved from the margins to the center of a growing number of academic disciplines, how well are universities, funders, and publishers supporting researchers? To better understand how big data research is pursued in academic contexts, Ithaka S+R partnered with librarians at more than 20 colleges and universities, interviewing…
(8 Dec 2021) Supreme Court of India invites applications for the post of Director (Library). Essential Qualification and Experience A degree in Law from a University in India recognized by the Bar Council of India or by any State Bar Council for enrolment as an Advocate Master’s Degree in Library Science of a recognized…
(6 Dec 2021) Springer Nature has acquired the Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science from Morgan & Claypool Publishers, a pioneer in online publishing of concise books on the newest areas of engineering and computer science. With the acquisition of the Synthesis Digital Library, Springer Nature strengthens its book portfolio in Artificial Intelligence, Electrical…
(1 Dec 2021) The MIT Press has reached the fifty percent threshold for participation in the Direct to Open (D2O) initiative, an innovative sustainable framework for open access monographs. As a result of the early support of participating institutions, the full list of spring 2022 scholarly monographs and edited collections from the MIT Press will now be published open…
(30 Nov 2021) The New Zealand National Library decided to cease its donation of 600,000 books from its overseas published collection to Internet Archive for digitization, following a wave of criticism due to copyright issues. The US-based Internet Archive is a digital repository of books, movies, games and music free of use. Following digitization, the…
(6 Dec 2021) The Australian government said it will hand more than AU$47 million to digitise and preserve at risk archive material held by the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), and seven other national collecting institutions, and to maintain the National Library of Australia’s (NLA) Trove website. Of the total, NFSA will receive AU$41.9 million over…
(30 Nov 2021) The Seongnam municipal government in Gyeonggi Province is on track to use drones for the delivery of library books. The city government said Monday that it will launch a pilot project for the proposed service within the first half of next year. The service will use drones to deliver books from libraries…
(2 Dec 2021) Global research and education leader Wiley today announced the acquisition of Knowledge Unlatched, an innovator in online open access solutions. The open access movement promises to make more research broadly available to democratize information and to accelerate academic discovery. As the market for open access publishing grows, libraries and publishers are increasingly…
(29 Nov 2021) Baidu Wenku and Thieme Group have reached a comprehensive agreement. With Thieme, the first international academic publishing group to cooperate, Baidu Wenku officially starts the new content ecological development in international professional copyright. The two parties will jointly promote content and service, and provide systematic and intelligent services for the publication, dissemination, reading, sharing, purchase…
(30 Nov 2021) About the opportunity Full time continuing role Develop new and effective ways of collecting, analysing and utilising data to identify opportunities to improve and develop the University library services Support Library planning and reporting including strategy development and implementation Base Salary $109,663 + 17% superannuation The primary function of the Manager, Innovation…