(13 Dec 2024) A four-story library specializing in unification and North Korea will open in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, in 2027, the unification ministry [of Korea] said Friday. Upon its launch, the library will integrate the Information Center on North Korea, an institution on research and materials about North Korea, which the unification ministry has…
(17 Dec 2024) In 2024, the scientific community achieved remarkable milestones across various disciplines, capturing global attention. Knowable Magazine’s compilation of the year’s top science stories offers librarians a curated overview of these groundbreaking developments, providing valuable insights for enriching their collections and engaging patrons with the latest scientific advancements. Highlights from the Top Science…
(25 Nov 2024) Occasionally changes in academic research publishing and technology require changes to our content policy. Elsevier is committed to ensuring the accuracy and quality of our content, so these changes have been created based on thorough study and analysis by team members. The following changes are now active and will be used in…
(16 Dec 2024) Google Scholar turned 20 last month and Nature wrote a piece with the title “Can Google Scholar survive the AI revolution?” and quoted as saying “Up until recently, Google Scholar was my default search,” says Aaron Tay, an academic librarian at Singapore Management University. It’s still top of his list, but “recently, I started…
(16 Dec 2024) The first ever IFLA Guidelines for Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons grew from a chapter inside the 2017 IFLA Guidelines for library services to people who experience homelessness published by the IFLA Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section (EALS) (formerly Library Services to People with Special Needs – LSN Section). Even at the time the need was…
(13 Dec 2024) Sage has acquired Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., a renowned global media company publishing more than 100 peer-reviewed journals in biotechnology and the life sciences, specialized clinical medicine, public health and policy, and technology and engineering, as well as the leading B2B media brands Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) and Inside Precision…
(12 Dec 2024) For nearly twenty-five years, the Library of Congress has been archiving campaign websites for Presidential, Congressional, and gubernatorial elections. Back in 2022, we released a dataset of index files for the United States Elections Web Archive, and we are happy to announce that this dataset is being relaunched as data package on data.labs.loc.gov/packages/, with new resources to help…
(9 Dec 2024) In many cases, AI systems gather external information to use as context when answering a particular query. For example, to answer a question about a medical condition, the system might reference recent research papers on the topic. Even with this relevant context, models can make mistakes with what feels like high doses of…
(11 Dec 2024) Subscribe to Open (S2O), the model by which open access publication is funded by annually renewed subscriptions, has grown exponentially since it was first implemented by Annual Reviews.* A growing number of publishers use the model to deliver equitable open access to an ever more diverse list of journals and books. Increasingly, librarians are enthusiastic to…
(12 Dec 2024) Clarivate Plc today announced the launch of AI Search in Derwent. Combining artificial intelligence (AI) with the premier source of global patent data, Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI), this solution will enable intellectual property (IP) professionals to make reliable innovation decisions by finding more relevant patents in less time. The new AI…