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Blackboard and Skillsoft partner to deliver career-development content to professional learners

EducationJuly 25, 2015

(22 July 2015, Washington, PRNewswire) Blackboard Inc. today announced a partnership with Skillsoft, a global learning content provider, to enable direct delivery of high-quality content to professional learners via Blackboard’s industry-leading teaching and learning platform. The partnership will allow Blackboard to offer learners and instructors access to Skillsoft’s vast library of rich professional training and…

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Libraries Australia Forum

Asia Pacific, Event, LibrariesJuly 25, 2015

(24 July 2015) The annual Forum is Libraries Australia’s premier event showcasing latest developments. It takes place 1 December 2015 in Melbourne. This year’s theme is Unique to ubiquitous. More information will be on the website soon.

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Major publishers might revise eBook pricing for libraries

eBooks, Libraries, PublishersJuly 25, 2015

(24 July 2015) The Association of American Publishers has just released their annual data report and e-book sales are not doing that great. In the first three months of 2015 they have plummeted 7.5% from the same period last year. In all of 2014 e-books have more or less stabilize with only 3% growth from…

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How can you make resources accessible for those with disabilities?

LibrariesJuly 23, 2015

(21 July 2015) Lisa Featherstone is a Jisc subject specialist advising on accessibility and inclusion. In this podcast, she offers her tips on using technology to create more flexible resources that can meet the needs of students with disabilities and learning impairments. Read the original blog post.

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Queensland State Archives hiring Archivist/Librarian

Asia Pacific, JobsJuly 23, 2015

(22 July 2015) The purpose of the role is to perform a range of archival duties, including providing reference services to the public and contributing to public programs such as exhibitions, tours and presentations, facilitating access to records and the arrangement and description of public records. Some of the key responsibilities are to: provide research…

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Work of Australian Libraries and Archives

Asia Pacific, Digitization, LibrariesJuly 22, 2015

(21 July 2015) Yvonne Perkins appreciates Australian libraries and archives in her Stumbling Through the Past blog. Participants at the recent Global Digital Humanities conference will remember the prominent contributions of Australian historians, Tim Sherratt, Julia Torpey and Peter Read. But I also want to highlight the more low profile but no less important contribution of Australian cultural…

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West Kowloon Cultural District Authority hiring an Archivist

Asia Pacific, JobsJuly 22, 2015

(21 July 2015) The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority of Hong Kong is currently recruiting an Archivist to join M+. M+ is the new museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, as part of West Kowloon Cultural District, focusing on 20th and 21st century art, design and architecture and moving image. The M+ building is…

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Legislative Council Secretariat hiring an Archivist

Asia Pacific, JobsJuly 22, 2015

(21 July 2015) Hong Kong’s Legislative Council Secretariat is looking for a high caliber individual to fill the position of Archivist. The main duties include: (a) assisting in operating the LegCo Archives; (b) researching and implementing policies, standards, and the best practices for a comprehensive and sustainable archives and records management programme of the LegCo…

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The National Diet Library has released a bibliographic information retrieval and visualization system developed by utilizing MIMA search in the NDL Lab

Asia Pacific, Libraries, TechnologyJuly 22, 2015

(21 July 2015) MIMA search was developed by Dr. Hideki Mima (Specially Appointed Associate Professor, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo) and his associates. Although search results are conventionally displayed in a list, MIMA search displays results as a map comprising lines and nodes, which enables users to easily visualize the relation between diverse data…

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NTU hiring Head, Instructional Services Division

Asia Pacific, Jobs, LibrariesJuly 22, 2015

(21 July 2015) Nanyang Technological University Libraries invites applications for the position of Head of Instructional Services. The successful candidate will lead a team of instructional services librarians and support all subject librarians in providing engaging, high quality instruction in support of developing strong information and digital literacy skills. Responsibilities include: Strategize, plan, deliver and…

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