(9 Apr 2020) From Crossref: A lot of people have been using our public, open APIs to collect data that might be related to COVID-19. This is great and we encourage it. We also want to make it easier. To that end we have made a free data file of the public elements from Crossref’s…
(13 Apr 2020) From National Library of Australia: The Library is evolving to meet the demands of the 21st century, with a recent review providing a blueprint for building a modern, sustainable and high functioning organisation now complete. There are exciting opportunities available to join the Library’s small leadership team to help implement our vision…
(10 Apr 2020) The National Diet Library (NDL), Tokyo Main Library and International Library of Children’s Literature, will extend the temporary closure to the general public to Wednesday, May 20, 2020, as part of measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Additionally, Kansai-kan of the NDL will be temporarily closed from Saturday, April…
(9 Apr 2020) The COVID-19 crisis is leading to a “sea change” in the way that researchers are collating and analysing research in a bid to keep up with the “phenomenal” growth in scholarship on the topic, experts have suggested. According to one search portal for coronavirus research, as of 3 April more than 6,000 papers,…
(9 Apr 2020) The IFLA Governing Board and Irish National Committee have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 World Library and Information Congress (WLIC). Dublin will instead welcome the 2022 Congress, following confirmation that the New Zealand International Convention Centre in Auckland – the previous planned venue – is unlikely to be ready on…
New white paper analyses data from Springer Nature authors and interviews with institutions to better understand the fragmented and varied funding currently available for article processing charges (APCs) (6 Apr 2020) A new report published by Springer Nature indicates that a better understanding of the sources of funding for article processing charges (APCs) could accelerate…
(8 Apr 2020) cOAlition S endorses several strategies to encourage subscription publishers to transition to full and immediate Open Access (OA), with a business model where fees are levied for providing publishing services rather than subscription fees for reading. Under this model all published research articles can be freely accessed, read and built upon. Referred…
(updated 30 Apr 2020) Given the movement of people are restricted during this extreme moment without having resources as normal, iGroup is rolling out a series of webinar to help researchers to continue learning while at home, with the theme “To do your research work @ home: read-write-draw-promote” Series of webinars as follows: Read the…
Here’s the complete list of Ruth’s Rankings and News Updates on Librarylearningspace.com: Introduction: Unwinding the Web of International Research Rankings A Brief History of Rankings and Higher Education Policy Bibliometrics: What We Count and How We Count The Big Two: Thomson Reuters and Scopus Comparing Times Higher Education (THE) and QS Rankings Scholarly Rankings from…
(25 Mar 2020) With museums and galleries closing in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, cultural institutions are trying to be innovative to offer activities in line with the “social distancing” guidelines. While 2,500 world-class museums are offering virtual tours on Google’s Arts & Culture pages, the New York Academy of Medicine has invited libraries and…
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