(19 January 2016) The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) announces the new UIS global Learning Assessments Database, an open data source that already contains information on 120 assessments in 54 countries, with more to come. The database is a free online resource available at this link, which provides standardised information on public examinations and national…
(18 January 2016) The International Librarians Network peer mentoring program is a facilitated program aimed at helping librarians develop international networks. Participating in the ILN brings wider professional awareness, an international perspective to your work, new ideas, and increased professional confidence. To date, over 3500 librarians from 120+ countries have taken part. Applications for the…
(18 January 2016) Blackboard has announced Bb Student – a new mobile application built for the needs of learners, now available across the globe on Apple, Android & Windows platforms. Bb Student has been built from the ground up founded on Blackboard’s new design language to deliver a delightful, fun & intuitive experience for students…
While digital technologies have spread fast worldwide, their digital dividends have not (13 January 2016, Washington, DC) A new World Bank report says that while the internet, mobile phones and other digital technologies are spreading rapidly throughout the developing world, the anticipated digital dividends of higher growth, more jobs, and better public services have fallen…
#1Lib1Ref (One Librarian, One Reference) – January 15–23, 2016. Imagine a world where every librarian added one more reference to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a first stop for researchers: let’s make it better! Your goal today is to add one reference to Wikipedia! Any citation to a reliable source is a benefit to Wikipedia readers worldwide.…
(14 January 2016) The Coconuts Singapore website reports that the New York Public Library has recently digitized 180,000 hi-res images from their collection and published them on the internet. Several hundred depict Singapore in the early twentieth century. The New York Public Library Digital Collections also has thousands of historic illustrations of SouthEast Asia for…
(15 January 2016) The National Institute of Education, an Institute of the Nanyang Technological University and the sole teacher education training Institute in Singapore, invites suitable applications for the position of Librarian / Senior Librarian (Research and Instructional Services) in the NIE Library and Information Services Centre. This position provides information and instructional services, develops…
(12 January 2016) Kudos, the award-winning service for maximizing the reach and impact of research publications has reported that an unprecedented number of new clients joined its services during December 2015: American Association of Petroleum Geologists American Nuclear Society American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) GlassTree Academic Publishing Harrington Park Press Hogrefe Publishing Group…
(12 January 2016) cdlib.org reports that the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) platform is updating their site on 12 January to include responsive design, easier access table and figures, and incorporating functionality that is present in their other online titles to the main Science journal. Along with these new features, the titles…
By Ruth A. Pagell* (12 January 2016) Citation counts are core bibliometric indicators used by rankers to measure scholarly impact and administrators to measure faculty output. Questions that follow are: Is being cited enough, or do you have to be cited in a high impact source? And if a “high impact” source is desired, how…
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