(30 July 2015) The British Library’s Asian and African Studies Blog has published a list of archives and libraries, often in out of the way places, of value to researchers. All have links to reviews published in the last couple of years of the 80 or so libraries. Most of the libraries are in Asia. …
(29 July 2015, Washington, D.C). Today, public access to federally-funded research took one momentous move forward with the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs’ vote to support the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (FASTR). The legislation would accelerate scientific discovery and fuel innovation by making articles reporting…
(30 July 2015) The Commerce Ministry has urged people to study the details of the new Copyright Act carefully before sharing information online or trading second-hand products. The new law will take effect on August 4. Deputy Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn said it would have eight main features. First, it will focus on tackling internet…
(29 July 2015) The seventh annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Regional Council will take place in Melbourne, Australia, 3-4 December 2015. The two-day conference themed The Power of Worldwide Cooperation is part of the week’s events which includes the Libraries Australia Forum, OCLC Research Partners Meeting, user group meetings, and library tours. More here.
(28 July 2015) Singapore’s Republic Polytechnic (RP) Library is looking for an experienced Librarian.. Republic Polytechnic Library is dedicated to the provision of services, collections, technology and facilities in order to meet the information-related needs of the RP community The operations and management of the Library is by Cybrarian Ventures Pte Ltd. The LAS website…
(28 July 2015) The SAFTI MI Library is hiring an experienced Librarian. The SAFTI Military Institute Library was formed in September 1994 with the merger of the former SAFTI Library at Pasir Laba Camp and the Singapore Command and Staff College (SCSC) Library. The operations and management of the Library is by Cybrarian Ventures Pte…
(16 July 2015) Google has announced a new version of the Google Patents search, which will now also incorporate related results of Prior Art and Google Scholar citations. The new patent search will be easier to use both by experts in the field as well as the general public to look for patents and related materials.…
(24 July 2015) TheUK’s publishing sector has the lowest level of illegal downloads in the entertainment industry, with book piracy at half the rate of copyright theft in film and music. The Guardian tells us why.
(27 July 2015) Kate Torney, currently Director of News at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, has been appointed as the new CEO of State Library Victoria. ‘I look forward to working with the Board and the Library team to build on the world class service the Library offers and to further the digital transformation of this…
(27 July 2015) The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (“TPPA”) negotiations are drawing to a close says The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) in a recent blog post. When the deal is signed off LIANZA anticipates that there will be significant changes proposed to New Zealand’s copyright law. Likely changes include the extension…
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