(23 Apr 2020) The COVID-19 pandemic and the global response to it have severely limited public celebration of this year’s World Book Day but online activities continued to promote the power of reading which the UN believes should be leveraged more than ever at a time of lockdown, the Unesco said. A whole day of events…
(20 Apr 2020) The heads of eight publicly funded universities in Hong Kong have said they will donate a proportion of their salaries for up to a year, with some of the funds going to needy students affected by the coronavirus pandemic, universities in the city have announced. The presidents and vice presidents of the…
Clinical trial planning platform enables researchers to pinpoint best sites to support trial protocols and patient recruitment needs (20 Apr 2020) Clarivate Analytics Plc (NYSE:CCC) a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, today announced that Cortellis Clinical Trials Intelligence™ has been enhanced with new site selection analytics. Cortellis Clinical…
(17 Apr 2020) Time constraints are the most common reason researchers in developing countries turn to plagiarism, a survey of more than 700 researchers from low- and middle-income countries found. Most of those surveyed disapproved of plagiarism in theory, and acknowledged that those who do it are not respected by their peers. One in three admitted…
One in four said they were not aware of their names being used. (15 Apr 2020) More than 3,700 researchers based at Australian institutions — roughly 7% of the country’s academic community — as of mid-2019 appeared on the editorial boards of journals that are potentially predatory. That’s the finding of a new study, which examined how…
(20 Apr 2020) Today the American Library Association (ALA) released its 2020 State of America’s Libraries report, an annual summary of library trends released during National Library Week, April 19 – 25, that outlines statistics and issues affecting all types of libraries during the previous calendar year. Although the report focuses on 2019, libraries are shown…
(16 Apr 2020) One of the key parts of the response to COVID-19 has been the fight against the ‘infodemic’ – the volume of misleading information spreading around the world. With their long-standing role in promoting media and information literacy, libraries have a key potential role to play. Global efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic…
Looking through the lens of the coronavirus pandemic, Jane’s updated COVID-19 Events Monitor keeps industry, government and national security customers informed about key incidents and threats that are affecting their operations. (16 Apr 2020) Jane’s – the trusted global agency for defence intelligence – has recorded 8,029 events using a combination of proprietary data and…
(16 Apr 2020) In March 2020, an ACM Presidential Task Force was formed to provide quick advice to conference organizers suddenly facing the need to move their conference online in light of the social distancing recommendations and global restrictions on travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We provide concrete advice for events of all sizes.…
(10 Apr 2020) As accessibility to online resources is of critical importance, IGI Global, in conjunction with iGroup, will assist in converting your previously acquired IGI Global print holdings to electronic formats directly through our InfoSci® platform at a 50% discount. All electronic titles are available for PDF and/or ePUB download, unlimited simultaneous users, and virtually…
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