(2 October 2014) Applications are invited for appointment as Communications and Outreach Librarian in the Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University. SMU is seeking an enthusiastic, innovative and experienced professional to support the Library’s efforts in interactions and communications with its customers and stakeholders both internally and externally. The position holder is expected to…
(3 October 2014) There is a call for papers for the LILAC (Information Literacy) conference, that will be held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, 8-10 April 2015. Proposals must be submitted by 5pm UK time on 12 November 2014. This year’s conference themes are: IL and employability; Delivering IL through new technologies; IL for the under-18s; Research…
2 October 2014) EIFL reports that Open Access Nepal – a student lead initiative – will be hosting a series of events in Nepal during International Open Access Week 2014. These activities and events will help to raise awareness regarding open access and promote open access policies and principles in the country. Students, researchers, librarians…
(1 October 2014, Tagbilaran City) As part of its broader support to help improve education in the Philippines, specifically in the province of Bohol, the Australian government partnered with The Asia Foundation to help augment learning resources of public elementary schools in the province’s 47 municipalities and one component city. Australia, through The Asia Foundation’s…
(11 September 2014) The International Image Interoperability Framework community (http://iiif.io/) is pleased to announce the release of the second major version of its specifications intended to provide a shared layer for dynamic interactions with images and the structure of the collections and objects of which they are part. These APIs are used in production systems…
(30 September 2014) A major challenge for web archivists is the low visibility that downstream archiving has on upstream web content creation. Stanford University Libraries has just published an extensive set of recommendations for web builders to improve the archivability of their content. The documentation is intended to improve the efficacy of our own and…
(2 October 2014) The Governor of California has approved free access to the public of the results of state funded research one year after publication in a peer-reviewed journal. More here.
(1 October 2014) Today, Outernet launched in full beta. Outernet styles itself as Humanity’s Public Library. Founded in February 2014, Outernet broadcasts the most important content from the web from satellites for free. Users can access the Outernet signal using a homemade receiver built from widely available components, instructions for which are available on the Outernet…
(1 October 2014) The award aims to facilitate the most innovative and intellectually stimulating projects in the field. Winners will receive five years’ free access to Shared Shelf, Artstor’s digital media management software, to upload, catalog, manage, store, and share their project. The deadline is 15 October 2014. Winners will be announced in early December. Visit…
(1 October 2014) The National Diet Library (NDL) has acquired electronic doctoral dissertations for which degrees were conferred in or after April 2013. On 1 October 2014, the NDL started making them available. You can view these electronic doctoral dissertations from Japanese institutions on the National Diet Library Digital Collections （Doctoral Dissertations） within the facilities…
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