(22 March 2016) The six floor circular building covered in spirals of wood at Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia, is the new library in the city designed by architect Kengo Kuma. The building will include a library space, a makerspace, and two levels for a childcare centre. There will also be a restaurant on the…
(22 March 2016) This an exciting new opportunity to project manage all aspects of the British Library’s major new ‘Literary Icons’ partnership project with organisations across China. As part of this role, you will work with internal and external partners in the UK and in China to plan, implement, monitor, and measure a diverse series…
(22 March 2016) Kudos, the award-winning service for maximizing the reach and impact of research publications, has partnered with Research Media and Research Square to explore the value of professionally-created lay summaries, infographics and videos in increasing readership and impact for research publications. Through these pilot programs, Kudos offers publishers the opportunity to sponsor the…
(22 March 2016) The NIE Library and Information Services Centre, Singapore, is seeking creative, innovative and service-oriented candidates who are able to work independently and collaboratively in transforming the library for the 21st century. The position provides information and instructional services, develops content for the library portal and digital repository, promotes scholarly communication initiatives, and serves…
(22 March 2016) The National University of Singapore (NUS) has been placed among the world’s 10 best universities for 13 subjects, up from 11 subjects last year, across various subject areas from engineering and technology, natural sciences, arts and humanities, as well as social sciences and management, according to the latest QS World University Rankings by…
(21 March 2016) SCOAP3 celebrates the publication of its 10,000th open access article. Since the start of its operation in 2014, the initiative has supported open access publication of High-Energy-Physics articles in 10 high-quality peer-reviewed journals. More than 18,000 scientists from over 90 countries have benefited from this initiative without any financial or administrative burden,…
(21 March 2016) After many and long conversations among colleagues within and beyond the Scholarly Kitchen about what researchers need to know about scholarly publishing, and drawing on their suggestions and past posts, Alice Meadows and Karin Wulf have compiled a list of the most urgent issues. These seven issues include the ecosystem and metrics.…
(21 March 2016) Videos of speakers and panel discussions at the 9 March 2016 ‘Linked up, Loud and Literate: Libraries enabling digital citizenship’ seminar at the National Library of Australia are now available. MC-ed by 666 ABC Radio’s Louise Maher, the half-day seminar featured speakers from the library sector and government, including Alastair MacGibbon, Australia’s…
(21 March 2016) Dennis Abrams writing for Publishing Perspectives describes the imbroglio surrounding the Murty Classical Library of India, an ambitious project to translate ancient Indian texts into English. Harvard University Press is the publisher and Sheldon Pollock, a Sanskrit scholar, is the general editor of the series. The catalyst for the ill will from…
(16 March 2016) China, Japan and South Korea are among the top five countries filing international patent applications at the World Intellectual Property Organization, while the United States continues to lead in patent and trademark applications. Far behind, developing countries seem to be having a hard time catching up. Intellectual Property Watch has the story…
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