(21 December 2015) In recent years academics have shown a growing interest in non-traditional ways of evaluating their scholarly ‘impact’. These altmetrics allow researchers to gauge the impact and reach of their research in the social web beyond traditional citation counting. While much of the conversation around altmetrics has become about alternative measures for research…
(18 December 2015, Kolkata) Scholars have discovered a 6th-century manuscript of the Hindu epic Ramayana by chance. The manuscript was found tucked inside a Purana at Kolkata-based Sanskrit library, Samskrita Sahitya Parishad, reported The Times of India on Friday. This version of Ramayana shows both Ram and Sita more as humans and largely deals with…
(18 December 2015) A shortlist of four architectural design teams have been invited to tender for the $83.1 million State Library Victoria Vision 2020 Redevelopment Project. The four shortlisted consortia feature local and international expertise and were selected from a strong field of expressions of interest. The redevelopment includes the restoration of the historic Queen’s Hall,…
(17 December 2015) Under the Internship Programme six interns will be selected for a period of one year and trained in the tools and techniques of information handling used in the Central Library, IIT Bombay. A monthly stipend of Rs. 12,000/- and Rs. 14,000/- will be paid to candidates having B.Lib.Science and M.Lib.Science qualifications respectively.…
(18 December 2015) On December 8 and 9, 2015, representatives from several regions (Asia, Europe, and North America) met in Berlin, Germany, to discuss a proposal to flip subscription-based journals to open access models. The initiative is being led by the Max Planck Society, the organizer and host of the invitation-only Berlin 12 Open Access…
(17 December 2015) In an unprecedented crackdown on academic misconduct, as many as 179 university professors from some 110 universities in South Korea were indicted on Monday after an extensive criminal investigation into a huge copyright scam. The professors have been charged with republishing existing textbooks written by others under their own names by modifying…
ISSN: 1344-722X Special topic: Reader Services [Australia] Reader Services at the National Library of Australia [China] The NLC Walks into the Subway Station [Japan] Reader Services at the NDL: Taking Tokyo Main Library as an example [Korea] Policy Information Service for Administrative Support [Laos] Library Services in the 21st Century [News Zealand] A new approach…
(14 December 2015) Professor Darrell Dorrington delivered a special lecture in “Nalanda Distinguished Lecture Series” on November 27, 2015 , at Nalanda University, Interim Campus Bihar, India on the topic Researching East Asia on a Budget: A Librarian Perspective. Prof. Dorrington was a former Head at Asia Pacific Cluster, Australia National University Library, Australia. The objective of his lecture was…
(15 December 2015) Hazwany Jamaluddin from the Sinar Project in Malaysia writes in the Open Knowledge blog that Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Lao PDR, Singapore, East Timor and Malaysia are falling behind in the global open data movement; while others – Indonesia and Philippines – are advancing as members of Open Government Partnership. So, how are…
(14 December 2015) Called the Asia Pacific Aerosol Database (A-PAD), the project collected data samples over ten years that can now provide exact information in improving environmental policies, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the intergovernmental body which guided the project. Member states from the Asia-Pacific signed a regional cooperative agreement in 1996…
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