(9 Sept 2020) In late 2019 OCLC Global Council, in conjunction with OCLC Research and Market Research teams, surveyed librarians around the world on their discovery and fulfillment efforts. This publication provides an overview of the findings from this global survey. The key takeaways from more than 1,300 respondents in 68 countries: Librarians believe users…
(27 Aug 2020) Responding to the exceptional challenges and demands that strain physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Medical Association (AMA) today announced a new series of open access educational modules offering proven strategies to support the well-being of physicians during a time of acute stress. “Just as we are able to flatten…
(1 Sept 2020) Gale, a Cengage company, today announced the launch of Gale Presents: Peterson’s Career Prep, a new innovative online career assessment platform for libraries – powered by Peterson’s® – that gives patrons access to career development tools. Now libraries can provide job seekers with career planning and guidance resources to explore new paths that align with…
(8 Sept 2020) The Research4Life initiative has expanded in scope since 2002 to provide free or very low- cost access to the current research literature in over 10,000 registered institutions in eligible countries, helping address research inequalities from the readership side. Given an increasing focus on UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a global transition in…
RegMedNet partners with Dimensions to provide members with free access to data on the latest regenerative medicine funding and grants. (1 Sept 2020) RegMedNet, part of Future Science Group, and Dimensions, part of Digital Science, have partnered to expand access to data on the latest public and private grants and funding for regenerative medicine…
(28 Aug 2020) China continued its yearslong run of double-digit percentage increases in spending on R&D in 2019, but the nation is likely to fall short of a long-standing goal of increasing R&D expenditures to 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by this year. But not hitting the target “should not be considered a failure,…
An Ex Libris-commissioned report uncovers lower levels of support from the research office and library vs. 2019, increased pressure on research funding, and opportunities for greater collaboration between research offices and libraries (3 Sept 2020) Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, is pleased to announce the publication of its annual study on the challenges that academic…
(3 Sept 2020) IBM has announced on its blog page the development of an AI/cloud-based chemistry lab named RoboRXN. Its purpose is to help chemists develop new materials in a faster and more efficient way than the current trial-and-error process. For thousands of years, humans have devised new materials by combining other raw materials, quite often through the…
(2 Sept 2020) Does the world need another university ranking service? The World University Research Rankings, a new university ranking system developed in Singapore, will be launched online, 4pm September 3, 2020. Ruth’s Rankings will be taking a look and letting us know its value and how it compares to the other ranking systems.
(27 Aug 2020) In the past decade we have seen an increasing number of projects to preserve and to digitize palm leaf manuscripts, especially in countries that historically have a strong palm leaf manuscript tradition. Hand in hand with digitization go registration and cataloguing of the manuscripts, as well as conservation treatment to restore damaged…