(7 May 2019) The bibliographic data of the National Diet Library (not including body text) became available for anyone at no charge, whether the purpose of use is commercial or non-commercial, from April 1, 2019. The bibliographic data includes authority data (data of authors and keywords which are arranged for use as clues when searching…
(13 May 2019) Fire and rescue teams in Australia remove rogue fruit in a sealed bag after it was left near an air vent. A piece of fruit prompted the evacuation of an Australian university library last week. On Friday afternoon fire and rescue teams in the Australian Capital Territory responded to calls of “a strong…
(30 Apr 2019) IFLA ARL Webinar 2 – Introduction to Open Access is taking place on May 14. Title: Introduction to Open Access Presenter: Dr. Jasmin Schmitz, Open Access Advisory Services, ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences Date & Time: May 14, 2019 11:00 AM Rome Register in advance for this meeting Abstract: Introduction…
What is the best university in Asia? Tsinghua or National University of Singapore? For what did Kirkuk University (Iraq) win an award? How many Asian national university systems are in the top 10 world systems? TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION THE Asia University Rankings (5 May 2019) Readers of News Flash 2019-1 will not be surprised by…
(8 May 2019) Rachel Miles, Research Impact Librarian at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, summaries the results from a recent National Survey, giving an insight on how Academic Libararians are using altmetrics in the US. Find out more from her story here.
(8 May 2019) In a blog published today, Springer Nature sets out a new approach to research publishing with the goal of increasing the demand from authors to immediately publish their research open access (OA) and growing the supply of journals able to publish OA, potentially enabling even highly selective journals such as Nature to transition to OA. The…
(8 May 2019) Queensland University of Technology is hiring University Librarian. The University Librarian is responsible for the strategic leadership and management of the QUT Library in support of the university’s overarching research, learning and teaching priorities. The position guides and leads the strategic direction of the Library to ensure relevance and alignment to overall…
(6 May 2019) In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage month, the Library of Congress has digitized and made available online 1,000 Chinese rare books produced before 1796. The Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection includes the most valuable titles and editions housed in the Library’s Asian Division, some of which date as far back as the 10th century and…
(3 May 2019) “What were institutions and consortiums doing to better their bargaining position with the big publishers? Was it all about reducing costs for the “big deals”? How successfully were they? Lastly to really negotiate with any credibility, you had to be prepared to walk away from the bargaining table and cancel and indeed…
(3 May 2019) A project that aims to slash the cost of producing monographs could help make more of them available to the public for free. But will scholars participate? The University of North Carolina Press is leading an experiment to significantly lower the cost of producing scholarly books — an important step toward a sustainable open-access publishing…
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