(Jan 2022) From the report introduction: “This report presents an overview of the activities we have undertaken in 2021, the levels of OA compliance amongst cOAlition S funders, and the latest news on the tools and services we are developing, such as the Journal Checker Tool and the Journal Comparison Service. Next, we outline…
(31 Jan 2022) For the first time in Australia, an assessment of the value of persistent identifiers to research is underway. Persistent Identifiers are vital to research because they create a persistent link to a location on the internet for journal papers, data, software, physical samples and grey literature. This facilitates citation, attribution, discovery and…
(4 Feb 2022) Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) will name its library The Ngee Ann Kongsi Library and establish The Ngee Ann Kongsi Emergence Fund in recognition of this endowed gift – the biggest donation it has ever received to-date. The Ngee Ann Kongsi has formalised its intention to make a generous endowed gift…
(31 January 2022) Today’s newsletter discusses how LibKey has been enhanced with Retraction Watch data to help prevent retracted articles from being cited. The Third Iron Newsletter has the full story here.
(4 Feb 2022) Iratxe Puebla, Director of Strategic Initiatives & Community at ASAPbio, shares her tips to help preprint authors scrutinize invitations to submit their next paper to a journal. Think.Check.Submit has the article here.
(1 Feb 2022) Archives New Zealand will get a new building in Wellington by 2026. After a review found more than 60 per cent of Archives New Zealand and National Library buildings in the North Island were not fit for purpose, and with the National Library being close to capacity and Archives’ Wellington headquarters already…
(27 Jan 2022) Singapore’s public libraries have been adopting data analytics and AI to develop more immersive and personalised visitor experiences. They have also introduced robots and automation to simplify and shrink the workload of librarians. Ramachandran Narayanan, Director and Deputy Chief Information Officer, National Library Board (NLB), Singapore highlights the tech tools that are…
(8 Feb 2022) Global research and education leader Wiley today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on open access publishing with the library directors of Tohoku University, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, and Tokyo University of Science. This MoU is intended to be the basis for…
(30 Jan 2022) From New York Times: Parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades. The American Library Association said in a preliminary report that it received an “unprecedented” 330 reports of book challenges, each of which can include multiple books, last…
(9 Feb 2022) The Singapore Journal of Library and Information Management (SJLIM) is currently inviting submissions for its 2022 issue, with the theme “The Post-Pandemic Library Era”. We are interested in submissions outlining research as well as practice projects. Opinion pieces and commentaries are also welcome. We accept submissions on all aspects of librarianship that relate…