(27 June 2014) The Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry, which has been updated every year since 2007, currently represents 56 companies that each report revenues from publishing of over USD200 million. Since 2011, a specific research effort is directed at companies in Brazil, PR China, Korea and Russia, and has resulted in widening the…
(30 June 2014) The Award of DKK 25,000 which will be given to the winning municipality will be presented at the IFLA Congress in Lyon, France. To be eligible the library must have been completed during the period 1 January 2012 to 15 June 2014. The deadline for nominations is 3 August 2014. More eligibility details here. …
(30 June 2014) There is just one month remaining until the Digital Preservation Awards 2014 deadline for entries on 28th July 2014, and those wishing to gain recognition for their hard work in digital preservation are encouraged to enter now. The Digital Preservation Awards are open to all. Full criteria for each category and the…
(29 June 2014) LITA’s top library tech trends were discussed 29 June at the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas. Among the trends tackled by the panelists were open hardware, personally tuned discovery systems and mobile first philosophy. The full list is here. The online discussion via YouTube is on the LJ Infodocket website.
(26 June 2014, Singapore) The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced a decision by Singapore Management University (SMU) to adopt its Converis solution as the platform for holistic management of its research lifecycle. Converis is a comprehensive system providing pre-and-post-award…
(27 June 2014) The Myanmar Library Survey is the first in-depth nationwide study of the country’s public libraries. Commissioned by The Asia Foundation in partnership with the Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation (MBAPF), the survey aimed to establish a comprehensive, current picture of the Myanmar public library system to help inform the development of…
(26 June 2014) In a widely publicised case last month, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) applied the “right to be forgotten,” requesting that internet search engines, under certain circumstances, delist links to personal data upon request. The court’s decision establishes a contentious balance between the right to privacy and the public’s right to access…
(26 June 2014) The UBC Asian Library has announced the passing of Ms. Tung King Ng (伍冬瓊), the first Head of the Asian Library, at age 92. Ms. Ng graduated from the Chinese Department, University of Hong Kong where she worked as the Librarian of the Fung Ping Shan Library (馮平山圖書館). She joined the UBC Library…
(25 June 2014, San Francisco, CA) Top Hat, a mobile and web-based teaching platform that improves learning outcomes in the classroom, today announced an integration with collaborative textbook platform Boundless to bring affordable, digital textbooks to students at the more than 400 universities Top Hat serves, including Harvard, UCLA, Duke and MIT. Top Hat’s cloud-based…
(26 June 2014) IFLA reports that copyright negotiations commence once more in Geneva, Switzerland next week at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), where a proposed international framework supporting copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives is likely to be the subject of intense discussion among Member States. The 28th meeting of the WIPO…
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