(19 Oct 2023) Springer Nature has agreed a Transformative Agreement (TA) in Hong Kong with all member libraries of the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC). This is the publisher’s first TA in this important region and, with over 700 articles published OA each year, will be the region’s largest TA. With China now leading the…
(23 Oct 2023) Achieving institution-wide change in higher education is often challenging but digital transformation is especially complex, requiring fundamental reshaping of systems and process, and culture and practice across the organization. This was confirmed in the Wonkhe/Kortext survey of educators, where we asked about the challenges institutions are facing that are creating constraints…
(20 Oct 2023) A new book co-written and co-edited by Margaret Phillips, associate professor and associate head of the School of Information Studies, will provide best practices for developing a standards information literacy curriculum to prepare students for the workforce. Despite the critical role standards play within academia and the workforce, little information is available…
(12 Oct 2023) The State of AI Report analyses the most interesting developments in AI. Produced by AI investors Nathan Benaich and the Air Street Capital team, the report aim to trigger an informed conversation about the state of AI and its implication for the future. Now in its sixth year, the State of…
(18 Oct 2023) About the opportunity: As a Metadata Services Librarian, you will provide specialist skills for describing unique or complex resources created and/or managed by the Library (electronic, print, digital and data) using standard metadata schemas, including MARC, RDA and Dublin Core to ensure resource discoverability and access irrespective of location, media or form.…
(17 Oct 2023) About the job: Reporting to the Associate Director, Library and Study Skills, the Team Leader will oversee the Resource Services team, ensuring a high-quality, accessible library collection aligned with industry best practices. Your leadership will cultivate a collaborative and innovative culture, addressing training needs and driving continuous improvement. Responsibilities include evaluating…
(19 Oct 2023) To celebrate the upcoming World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2023 read about the audiovisual digitization project Utaina and watch the video of the Utaina digitization process. Read more here.
(13 Oct 2023) Springer Nature today announced a new AI-powered in-house writing assistant to support researchers, particularly those whose first language is not English, in their scientific writing. Global research shows that it takes non-native English speaking scientists 51% more time to write a paper. This creates an unequal divide in research, limiting the advancement…
Pilot program will detect duplicate submissions that may indicate paper mill activity (12 Oct 2023) STM Solutions today announced the launch of a pilot program to detect duplicate submissions to scholarly publications. Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously is, in most cases, against publisher policies and often indicates the work of paper mills,…
(17 Oct 2023) Elsevier today announced that it is piloting Geographical Pricing for Open Access (GPOA) across 142 of its Gold Open Access journals to make open access article publishing charges (APCs) more affordable for authors in low- and middle-income countries. The GPOA model, a publishing industry first, is set to take effect from January…