(11 September 2014) An EU press release reports that Member States may, within certain limits and under certain conditions, including the payment of fair compensation to rightholders, permit users to print out on paper or store on a USB stick the books digitised by the library. Pursuant to the Copyright Directive, authors have the exclusive right…
(11 September 2014) An IT security company in the United States has found that Chinese online retailers are selling email addresses from top universities around the world, providing buyers with access to university libraries, journal subscriptions, student discounts and a host of other benefits including access to software developer programmes. “Recently we found email accounts…
(11 September 2014, Shanghai) Elsevier and the Shanghai Education Evaluation Institute (SEEI) announced today the launch of the Elsevier-SEEI Center of Academic Research Evaluation (CARE) during an opening ceremony held in Xuhui, Shanghai, within the Centre for Higher Education Development and Assessment. The primary goal of Elsevier-SEEI CARE is to routinely analyze academic performance and…
(9 September 2014) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today launched ClinRegs, an online public database of country-specific clinical research regulatory information. The ClinRegs website, created and maintained by NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), enables users to explore and compare regulations across different countries. Asian countries include India, Thailand and China.…
(8 September 2014) The Leisure & Cultural Services Department launched “My Library” today, the official Hong Kong Public Libraries mobile application for both iOS and Android platforms. The app provides useful functions, including access to personal library accounts; searching, reserving and renewing of library materials; locating the nearest libraries; listing library addresses and contact information;…
(8 September 2014) The University of Toronto Library invites applications for a Korean studies librarian in the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library. The Library seeks an energetic librarian to take care of a wide range of professional duties related to Korea studies materials and services, faculty liaison, and cataloging. The deadline for applications is…
(8 September 2014) The Duke of Cambridge will officially open the new £21 million Dickson Poon University of Oxford China Centre Building today, the home of the new Bodleian KB Chen China Library. Set in the grounds of St Hugh’s College, the centre will provide a dedicated space for all University of Oxford academics with…
(29 August 2014) The BBC website reports that an American academic is creating a searchable database of 12 million historical copyright-free images. Kalev Leetaru has already uploaded 2.6 million pictures to Flickr, which are searchable thanks to tags that have been automatically added. The photos and drawings are sourced from more than 600 million library…
(2 September 2014) Research in the UK has been given a boost this week as specialist data centre provider, Infinity, has secured a five year framework agreement with Janet, the UK’s national research and education network, provided by Jisc. The deal sees the creation of a Jisc data centre to support the requirements for academic…
(5 September 2014) The Indonesian government has officially launched its open data portal today, starting off with 700 datasets from 24 agencies. Medha Basu has the story at futuregov.asia.
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