(15 July 2015) The Straits Times reports that The National Library Board (NLB) was criticized for the way it procured electronic resources such as eBooks and databases, in the A-G’s 2014/2015 report. The AGO could find no documentary evidence to show why NLB chose one vendor over another. The Straits Times reporting is here. The Auditor-General’s report for…
(July 16, 2015) On July 9 and 10, three major regional open access repository networks and aggregators (OpenAire, LA Referencia, and SHARE), along with the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and Center for Open Science (COS) met in Charlottesville, Virginia to discuss synergies and potential areas of collaboration. Open access repositories are being adopted…
(16 July 2015) The NYU Library in Shanghai invites applications for a STEM Reference and Research Services Librarian. The STEM librarian serves as the primary liaison to a group of academic departments in the area of science, technology, engineering and math, with responsibilities for building collections in all formats that support research and curricular needs;…
(16 July 2015) The NYU Library in Shanghai invites applications for a Reference and Research Services Librarian. The position plays a key role in the educational mission of NYU Shanghai by establishing strong relationships with faculty and students, and connecting them to the services, content and tools that meet their research, teaching and learning needs.…
16 July 2015) The Aerospace and High Performance Alloys Database (AHAD) created by CINDAS LLC addresses the needs of all industries including the aerospace, defense, oil/gas, chemical processing, power generation and transportation industries. When CINDAS was asked by many engineers in industries other than aerospace to produce a materials properties database analogous to the Aerospace…
15 July 2015) The 81st IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa, has a session on library services for patrons who are often forgotten because of their disability or incarceration. The theme:Do THEY have the right to information? Library Services to People Who are Homeless, Incarcerated, or with Mental Difficulties is sponsored by…
(14 July 2015) This week Ryugasaki Public Library launched their OverDrive digital collection, becoming the first Japanese public library to do so. Ryugasaki offers their users everything from children’s and young adult literature, graphic novels, manga and nonfiction titles for health and fitness, arts and crafts and much more. In the coming days, Itako Public Library will also launch…
(15 July 2015) A humble donkey library bringing books to small children in Ethiopia is set to be a casualty of Australia’s $11.3 billion overall cuts to foreign aid. The mobile library on the outskirts of is Addis Ababa is part of an Australian-funded Plan International child development project helping 1,572 children. The donkeys are…
(15 July 2015) On the 13th of July, NCL Director General, Shu-hsien Tseng and the UM Vice Chancellor, Professor Dato’ Dr. Mohd Amin Bin Jalaludin, signed a memorandum of cooperation on “Taiwan Resource Centre for Chinese Studies” at the inauguration opening ceremony. This marks the NCL 15th TRCCS set up overseas and 2nd Centre established…
(13 July 2015) Today Jisc welcomes a new policy briefing from innovation charity Nesta and Universities UK (UUK), which is designed to develop data analytics skills and improve the supply of analytical talent to support the UK economy. Drawing from two research reports – ‘Skills of the Datavores: Talent and the data revolution’ from Nesta, and…
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