(11 Sept 2020) From IFLA: A week today, SDG Action Week begins with an ‘SDG Moment’ at the United Nations General Assembly. Leaders of countries around the world will underline their commitment to delivery and set out their plans. The Sustainable Development Goals are the highest profile element of the United Nations 2030 Agenda,…
(26 Aug 2020) Results from the largest salary survey ever undertaken by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) have indicated that tertiary qualifications lead to higher annual salaries in the sector. For example, Teacher Librarians, with their dual qualifications, occupy some of the highest paying roles in the industry. More than 1,700 people…
(8 Sept 2020) Eighty-four online-only, open-access (OA) journals in the sciences, and nearly 100 more in the social sciences and humanities, have disappeared from the internet over the past 2 decades as publishers stopped maintaining them, potentially depriving scholars of useful research findings, a study has found. An additional 900 journals published only online also may…
(2 Sept 2020) With a lack of funding, space and staffing for school libraries in New Zealand, most are being forced to shut down. The School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA) is launching a nationwide campaign called ‘School Libraries Transform‘ to highlight the issue. Watch the video for more information about the…
(8 Sept 2020) International Literacy Day today marks the launch of the first ever comprehensive study of school library resourcing and staffing. Commissioned by the School Library Association of SA (SLASA), the School Libraries in South Australia 2019 Census surveyed South Australia’s public, private and Catholic schools to better understand the links between library programs and critical skills…
(15 Aug 2020) A library for people to read in has been set up at this eastern Japan town’s Oarai Sun Beach, which has been closed to swimmers this summer due to the spread of the novel coronavirus. The local tourists’ association came up with the idea as a unique way to enjoy the beach…
(8 Sept 2020) The National Library of Indonesia at Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan No. 11 in Central Jakarta is temporarily closed following confirmed COVID-19 cases. According to a statement, four library employees have tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently under self-quarantine. The building has been sterilized and sprayed with disinfectant, and all other employees have been told to work from…
(1 Sept 2020) A total of 100 online literary works have been included in the digital collection of the National Library of China as of Monday as the library joins hands with China Literature Ltd. under tech giant Tencent. The move is aimed at preserving memory as digital literature, and China Literature is also…
(10 Sept 2020) Open access (OA) books are reaching more countries and have greater usage and higher citation numbers than non-OA books. A new analysis collaboratively produced by Springer Nature and COARD (Collaborative Open Access Research & Development) presents these and other key findings in a new white paper that explores how OA affects the geographical…
(31 Jul 2020) As of January 2021, NDL bibliographic data will be available as described below. Bibliographic data in JAPAN/MARC MARC21 format via NDL Search The NDL will end its NDL-Bib service on December 28, 2020. In its place, individual bibliographic data in either MARC format or MARC tags format will be available for download from NDL Search results. Only…