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Ruth’s Rankings News Flash! 2018-1: THE Asia: Reshuffling the Same Deck

Asia Pacific, Metadata, Research SupportFebruary 7, 2018

(7 February 2018) The 2018 cycle begins. THE released its 2018 Asia rankings 7 February 2018. Covering 359 universities from 25 countries across Asia, this is an increase of 101 universities from 2017. Table 1 shows the top 15 universities in 2018 with their 2017 rankings and 2018 world rankings. [pdf-embedder url=”https://librarylearningspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/TABLE-1THEAsia2018-r-Clive-edit-1-pdf.pdf”] The names are…

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State Library Victoria calls for 2018 Fellowship applications

Asia Pacific, LibrariesFebruary 6, 2018

(2 February 2018) Applications are now open for State Library Victoria’s prestigious annual fellowships program, with a new specialist fellowship for Victorian Aboriginal researchers offered from 2018. The Indigenous Victorian Aboriginal Cultural Research Fellowship supports Aboriginal researchers to explore the Library’s collections and engage with archival records to produce research material that can be used…

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Victoria University , Melbourne, hiring The Manager, Libraries City

Asia Pacific, Jobs, LibrariesFebruary 6, 2018

(5 February 2018) The Manager, Libraries City is responsible for: the management and efficient operation of two campus libraries and one learning space in the Melbourne CBD, and will provide leadership in the delivery of high quality library services, the improvement and development of library services, strategic staff professional development and managing cross-campus library services.…

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Taipei, New Taipei libraries share resources to benefit cardholders

Asia Pacific, LibrariesFebruary 5, 2018

(5 February 201, TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Holders of library individual cards issued by either Taipei or New Taipei can now borrow books from libraries across the city limits after the two municipalities agreed to share library resources with each other. Taipei Deputy Mayor Chen Chin-chun (陳景峻) made the announcement during a press event on January…

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Now, a hi-tech library for girls in J-K

Asia Pacific, LibrariesFebruary 5, 2018

(4 February 2018) A hi-tech library for girls have been inaugurated in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri District. Minister of Tribal Affairs, Choudhary Zulfikar Ali inaugurated the library. The library has been established under the ‘beti bachao beti padao’ scheme. The library is equipped with latest technology and books of all subjects. Computers with high speed…

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Dissertations from Philippines university available globally

Asia Pacific, Databases, PublishersFebruary 4, 2018

(2 February 2018) For the first time, dissertations from the Philippines are now available to researchers around the world through the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global™ database (PQDT), the largest database of graduate research collected from the world’s greatest universities. As a member of the PQDT publishing program, Philippines Women’s University will contribute its graduate…

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Satellite meeting: E4GDH Call for papers Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, thursday 23 August 2018

Asia Pacific, EventFebruary 3, 2018

(2 February 2018) Health and Biosciences Libraries Section is sponsoring a new special interest group, Evidence for Global & Disaster Health [E4GDH] Theme: Evidence for global and disaster health – where are we now and where do we need to be E4GDH will contribute to this year’s WLIC theme of “Transform Libraries, Transform Societies” with a…

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Turnitin announces development of solution to address contract cheating in partnership with leading educational institutions

With the help of academic integrity researchers, forensic linguists, and machine learning experts, Turnitin is developing a solution to counter the threat contract cheating poses to institutions’ values. (1 February 2018) One in three college instructors report that their students have submitted papers written by someone else. However, instructors feel they lack the evidence and…

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Announcing the winners of the first ORCID consortia awards

Asia Pacific, Metadata, PublishersFebruary 1, 2018

(31 January 2018) ORCID has announced the five consortia who have gone above and beyond in their support for ORCID. The awardees come from the UK, Italy, Australia, New Zealand and Germany, Names and full details are here.

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Public Library Day 2018 the Philippines

Asia Pacific, LibrariesJanuary 31, 2018

(30 January 2018) In line with Proclamation No. 563, “Designating March 9 of every year as Public Library Day”, the National Library of the Philippines, as the central node of public libraries in the country, will spearhead in celebrating the 59th Public Library Day on March 9, 2018 with the theme: Limang K para maging…

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