(9 Jan 2024) This critical position is responsible for overseeing essential library functions provided by the Collection Strategy and Information Management Strategy teams. This role is a pivotal part of the library leadership team, and involves leading the relevant teams, operational management and meeting financial targets. Some of the key responsibilities of the position are:…
(4 Jan 2024) In recent years, the research community has become increasingly concerned with issues involving the manipulation of images in scientific papers. Some of these alterations—involving images from experimental techniques such as microscopy, flow cytometry, and western blots—are inadvertent and may not change the conclusions of papers. But in rare cases, some are done…
(5 Jan 2024) China’s Ministry of Education has asked universities to look for possible academic misconduct following “massive” retractions of research papers submitted by Chinese researchers at some foreign publications last year, according to the websites of several universities. Henan Finance University, based in Zhengzhou, Henan province, is among the universities. It said in a…
(8 Jan 2024) This report focuses on the workforce, cultural, and technological shifts for seven macro trends that are continuing or emerging in higher education in 2024. Across these three areas of shift, we report the major impacts and steps that institutions are taking in response to each trend. Many of the trend topics and…
(9 Jan 2024) The rising cost of academic publishing is causing consternation across the research ecosystem and prompting calls in Europe for a transition to not-for-profit publishing models. Rob Johnson argues that expecting emerging not-for-profit providers to offer a cheaper solution than commercial players is a surefire way to keep them small – or make them…
(28 Dec 2023) The new Beijing City Library opened its doors to the public on December 27, attracting over 5,000 visitors in a single day. The vast library offers a range of reading spaces within its eye-catching architectural design, while the cutting-edge technology is used to create a pleasant and comfortable reading environment for book…
(5 Jan 2024) The Tribhuvan University Central Library has been upgraded as the country’s first library equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID) system. Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud and External Affairs Minister of India, S Jaishankar, jointly inaugurated the newly constructed building for the RFID-equipped central library on the premises of TU amidst a function…
(6 Jan 2024) The timeless adage suggests that to truly gauge a person, go through their library, and you’ll learn much about their personality. Apply this simple maxim on your next Asian holiday, and you’ll unravel architectural insights and historical masterpieces that perhaps a shopping street or sunrise trek wouldn’t have offered. In this narrative,…
(8 Jan 2024) The National Library of Australia is breaking new ground, having successfully implemented a technology that turns handwritten documents into machine-readable text. This innovation, dubbed Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR), will unlock the words of both famous and everyday Australians, making them readily accessible on Trove, the library’s online database. Approximately 10,000 digitized…
(4 Jan 2024) With the December 31, 2023, retirement of Ms. KATAYAMA Nobuko, Mr. YAMAJI Yasushi has been named Deputy Director General of the National Diet Library, effective January 1, 2024. Since joining the National Diet Library in 1989, Mr. Yamaji has served as director general of the Acquisitions and Bibliography Department and, since February…