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Elsevier’s new educational platform Advances in Gastrointestinal Cancer helps physicians care for gastrointestinal cancer patients

Databases, PublishersJanuary 23, 2016

New Online Resource Centre provides free access to the latest research (21 January 2016, Amsterdam) A new educational online Resource Centre focused on gastrointestinal cancer gives healthcare professionals free access to the latest peer-reviewed research, cutting-edge data and case studies to help them treat patients more effectively. Elsevier’s Advances in Gastrointestinal Cancer Resource Centre, which…

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ProQuest shines new spotlight on library content and student savings

ToolsJanuary 22, 2016

New integration of the Summon® discovery service and SIPX® course materials solution encourages use of library holdings to help students and schools save money (19 January 2016, Mountain View, CA) ProQuest has introduced an integration of the Summon® discovery service with the SIPX® course materials solution that delivers libraries an innovative, cost-saving approach for the…

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Asian open access meeting

Asia Pacific, Data, Event, Open AccessJanuary 22, 2016

(22 January 2016) The National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan and COAR are co-organizing a meeting of the Asian OA Community in Tokyo, Japan on March 4th, 2016 in conjunction with the Research Data Alliance meeting. The aim of this meeting is to establish an Asian community of practice which can share OA related…

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Vijita de Silva Research Award 2015/16

Asia Pacific, UncategorizedJanuary 21, 2016

(20 January 2016) The Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA) has announced the ‘Vijita de Silva Research Award’, the annual research award for the best completed research in Library and Information Science (LIS) field in Sri Lanka. The award comprises a cash grant of Rs 50,000.00 and a certificate. The announcement, brochure and application form are…

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Thomson Reuters announces the world’s most influential scientific minds

UncategorizedJanuary 21, 2016

Citation analysis reveals a who’s who of researchers with global scholarly impact (14 January 2016, Philadelphia) The Intellectual Property (IP) and Science business of Thomson Reuters, announces the release of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds,” a citation analysis identifying the scientists—as determined by their fellow researchers—who have made the most significant global impact within their respective field…

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2016 Call for papers: Social Sciences Libraries Section joint with Asia and Oceania Section

EventJanuary 21, 2016

(20 January 2016) The World Library and Information Congress: 82th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 13-19 August 2016, Columbus, Ohio, United States, is calling for papers with the theme User Experience (UX) and Social Science Libraries in the Digital Age Possible topics relevant to the program theme might explore: • Formal and informal practices reconfiguring social…

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IFLA Green Library Award 2016

LibrariesJanuary 21, 2016

(20 January 2016) The IFLA Green Library Award will reward the best Green Library submission that communicates the library’s commitment to environmental sustainability To create awareness of libraries’ social responsibility and leadership in environmental education. Libraries of all types are encouraged to participate To support the worldwide Green Library movement, concerned with – environmentally sustainable…

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Out of the Stacks

eBooks, eJournals, LibrariesJanuary 20, 2016

(13 January 2016) If you take the books out of a library, is it still a library? That’s the question the Georgia Institute of Technology pondered — and eventually answered in the affirmative — when administrators, faculty members and librarians there in 2013 began to define their vision of what the institute’s library should look…

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The Library Project hiring Viet Nam: Southeast Asia Fundraising Manager

Asia Pacific, JobsJanuary 20, 2016

(19 January 2016) The Library Project is looking for a fundraiser to contribute to the growth of a diverse and sustainable funding base for its programs in Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos) The Library Project donates books and libraries to under financed rural primary schools and orphanages in Asia. Excellent spoken and written English…

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The UIS Assessment Database and Catalogue

DatabasesJanuary 20, 2016

(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…

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