(3 December 2014) As part of the Europeana Newspapers project, The European Library developed a historic newspapers browser that enables users to perform full text searches in millions of historic newspaper pages. “For the first time in history we have the opportunity to do transnational comparative research on the basis of big data!“ says Toine Pieters, digital humanities…
(3 December 2014) Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolian Libraries Consortium, Books for Asia (The Asia Foundation Mongolia) and Books for Mongolia (American Center for Mongolian Studies) will host a seminar “Open access: knowledge sharing and sustainable scholarly communication in Mongolia” on December 11, 2014. The objective of the seminar is to bring together stakeholders from…
(2 December 2014) Macmillan Science and Education, one of the leading publishing and technology companies in the world, today announces the launch of a groundbreaking publishing initiative that will make it easy for readers to share an unprecedented wealth of scientific knowledge instantly with researchers and scientists across the globe. Subscribers to 49 journals on…
(21 November 2014) Research Consulting has announced publication of its report on the cost to UK research organisations of implementing funder open access policies. Commissioned by London Higher and SPARC Europe, Counting the Costs of Open Access highlights the compliance burden associated with the move to open access publication of research articles, and for the first time identifies the administrative cost of making articles…
(29 November 2014) As part of agreements to join ASEAN, the government has committed to improvements, but can it bring the National Library into the 21st century? Piles of books, donations in disorderly piles, lazy creaking ceiling fans… This once grand library which has received visitors since 1928 is ripe for a make-over. The Phnom…
(24 November 2014, Geneva) Over three billion people are now online and information and communication technology (ICT) growth remains buoyant in just about every country worldwide, according to ITU’s flagship annual Measuring the Information Society Report. The report is widely recognized as the repository of the world’s most reliable and impartial global data and analysis…
(28 November 2014, Singapore) A new library focused on Continuing Education and Training (CET) – a collaboration between the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and the National Library Board (NLB) – was launched today. The library which is open to the public is located at the Lifelong Learning Institute. The illustrated story by Robin Choo is…
(28 November 2014) The State Library of New South Wales has launched the Indigenous Languages website as part of its Rediscovering Indigenous Languages project. At the time of Australian settlement there were more than 250 known Indigenous languages across the country. Now only about 20 are spoken fluently. The project aims to preserve and revitalise…
(26 November 2014) Some University members have received an email that purports to come from the university library informing users that their accounts have expired. A link is provided for account reactivation. Recipients are advised to delete the email. The news is here. Email scams involving libraries are not new. University World News has recently…
(26 November 2014) To encourage global participation the IATUL Travel Grant programme provides financial assistance to library and/or information professionals from developing countries to attend the annual IATUL Conference. Five IATUL travel grants will be awarded to first-time attendees of this conference. Applications are encouraged from librarians at any institution that is an IATUL member…
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