(4 Feb 2024) About the Role: Are you a dynamic and flexible manager ready to be a key player leading teams through a period of unprecedented, career-defining change? If you are passionate about leading well and shaping service delivery, this role could be for you! Reporting to the Deputy Director: Library, Client Services, the…
(28 Jan 2024) Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services, has launched Lippincott Medical Education, a new AI-powered eBook library. A collaboration with online learning platform Kortext, the solution is set to revolutionize the accessibility of medical educational resources for universities and students across India by leveraging the power of a…
(29 Jan 2024) The scholarly publishing sector is undergoing its second digital transformation. In the first, we saw a massive shift from paper to digital, but otherwise publishing retained many of the characteristics of the print era. In this current second digital transformation, many of these structures, workflows, incentives, and outputs are being revamped in favor…
(16 Jan 2024) IGI Global has opted to discontinue offering its e-books on the Gale e-Book platform, effective April 1st, 2024. Libraries and institutions that have previously acquired IGI Global e-books through Gale will retain access to their purchased e-books. However, effective April 1st, 2024, it is important to note that new IGI Global e-books…
(29 Jan 2024) Clarivate Plc today launched the Web of Science Grants Index. The new solution is designed to provide a more comprehensive, enriched view of the funding landscape, empowering researchers to make confident, informed decisions when they seek research funding. In today’s competitive research climate, success rates for research grant applications can be as…
(29 Jan 2024) Researchers at Mahidol University in Thailand will be supported to publish open access (OA) journal articles through a new ‘read & publish’ partnership with Taylor & Francis. The three-year deal is Taylor & Francis’ first transformative agreement in Southeast Asia. Corresponding authors at the leading Thai university can now choose to publish…
(17 Jan 2024) Aiming to offer new discoveries for booklovers, the municipal library system here on Jan. 15 unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search service that suggests items when users enter a word or sentence — the first of its kind countrywide. According to the municipal education board, there are a total of approximately 4.09…
(15 Jan 2024) It has never been a more exciting time for libraries in Singapore: the country’s National Library Board launched the biggest library in Singapore last April, and library nodes have popped up at bus stations, malls, and hospitals throughout 2023. On 12 January this month, Singapore’s Central Public Library reopened after being…
(22 Jan 2024) Copyright rules have a key impact on the work of libraries, shaping how we acquire, manage, and enable people to use knowledge. It is also an evolving issue, with new laws and regulation always under discussion, in response to technological, political and economic change. IFLA asked the members of its Advisory Committee…
(19 Jan 2024) A high-profile group of funders, academic publishers and research organizations has launched an effort to tackle one of the thorniest problems in scientific integrity: paper mills, businesses that churn out fake or poor-quality journal papers and sell authorships. In a statement released on 19 January, the group outlines how it will address the problem through…