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Call for Papers: The IFLA’s Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section is organizing an open session during the 2018 WLIC in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Asia Pacific, EventDecember 24, 2017

(22 December 2017) The theme is Transform Resource Sharing-exceed expectations. IFLA invites papers of all sorts but are especially interested in hearing your experience from the field regarding a broader aspect of ‘sharing’ resources and ideas of users’ perspectives and expectations. The topics of interests include but are not limited to: Resource sharing activities of…

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National Library of Vietnam celebrates 100th anniversary

Asia Pacific, LibrariesDecember 24, 2017

(23 December 2017) As the predecessor of the National Library of Vietnam, the Central Public Library of Indochina was founded on November 29, 1917. Over the past century, the library has played a role in Vietnam’s development by guaranteeing people’s access to knowledge and protecting important national archives. In the beginning, the National Library was modeled…

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Ebook Central enhances accessibility for researchers

eBooksDecember 22, 2017

(1 November 2017, Mountain View, CA) ProQuest® Ebook Central has significantly enhanced its accessibility support to make content, including scholarly ebooks, easier to read and navigate, ensuring all researchers have equal access to its interface and content regardless of challenges, such as visual impairment. Developed in collaboration with specialists and designed for AA conformance level…

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One billion metadata facts now on Springer Nature SciGraph

Metadata, Open Access, PublishersDecember 22, 2017

(18 December 2017) SciGraph, the Linked Open Data (LOD) platform launched by Springer Nature in March 2017, now holds over one billion metadata statements about content published by Springer Nature and links to established external datasets. The LOD platform aggregates data sources from content published across Springer Nature covering an array of subjects and scientific…

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RedLink and Dragonfly expand ISPG collaboration

Metadata, Publishers, ToolsDecember 22, 2017

(19 December 2017) RedLink, Inc., and Dragonfly Marketing and Consulting have announced an expansion of their agreement supporting the Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG), providing eligible publishers access to the usage analytics and data visualization tools provided by RedLink’s Publisher Dashboard and related products. As an independent data company, RedLink is able to provide all…

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Approximately 300 sound recordings of the Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion) are newly available online

Asia Pacific, Databases, LibrariesDecember 22, 2017

(21 December 2017) On December 21, the National Diet Library (NDL) made approximately 300 sound recordings of the Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion) available for streaming online. Examples of sound recordings: 『ジョスランの子守唄』…A recording of “Berceuse de Jocelyn” by the tenor Yoshie Fujiwara, who established The Fujiwara Opera, accompanied by the Milan Scala Orchestra 『ピアノ独奏: ラ・カムパネラ』…A recording…

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University of Sydney hiring Academic Liaison Librarian

Asia Pacific, Jobs, LibrariesDecember 22, 2017

(21 December 2017) The Academic Liaison Librarian will develop and deliver quality client-centred Library programs and services for academics, researchers, students and other relevant areas of the University, ensuring that they meet the current and future scholarly information needs of clients and are clearly aligned to emerging trends in information support services and to the…

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Cultural differences in plagiarism

(20 December 2017) American universities are melting pots of cultures and ideas, a blending of communities from all over the world according to the Turnitin blog. International students who come to the United States to attend college jump into a set of experiences that can be both similar and widely different to those of their…

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Asia Foundation announces YBM support to expand Let’s Read! in Asia

Asia Pacific, eBooks, Education, PublishersDecember 21, 2017

(19 December 2017) The Asia Foundation today announced a donation from one of Korea’s largest publishing and education companies, YBM, Inc., to expand the Foundation’s Let’s Read! digital libraries initiative. The regional platform brings open-sourced books in local languages to children in underserved communities in Asian countries, helping to improve access to books and literacy…

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PhD students should be taught more about research impact and engagement

Metadata, UncategorizedDecember 19, 2017

(18 December 2017) The international research impact and engagement agenda continues to gain momentum. But are early-career researchers, shown to be under-represented in impact-generating research, being left behind? Many PhD students report a lack of any training on research impact throughout their research studies, and even continue to conflate impact with dissemination. Melinda Laundon argues…

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