(30 May 2014) On 30 May the National Diet Library renewed the digital exhibition “100 years of Japanese emigration to Brazil”. Since this exhibition was first released on 4 March 2009, an English version and two columns (“The origin of Gracie Ju-Jitsu” and “Haiku”) in the supplemental Portuguese version have been added. More here.
(27 May 2014, Alexandria, VA) Alexander Street Press has entered into an agreement with EC Comics to add more than 50 key series—a total of 400 issues—from the celebrated publisher into the recently launched online collection Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels: Volume II. “EC’s amazing line of horror, crime, fantasy, and romance…
(27 May 2014) Open access publication Scientific Data has launched online today, publishing its first eight Data Descriptors across fields including neuroscience, ecology and epidemiology. Scientific Data is the latest open research initiative from Nature Publishing Group. Data Descriptors, Scientific Data’s article type, are peer-reviewed, scientific publications that provide detailed descriptions of experimental and observational…
(28 May 2014) COUNTER-compliant usage statistics, service assessments, peer benchmarking—librarians have been gathering different types of data for some time, using data to measure the usage of their resources, the quality of their services, and how they stack up against similar institutions. But could library leaders collect data differently? In this Issue Brief Deanna Marcum and…
(25 May 2014) The Korea Herald reports that the National Library of Korea is holding an exhibition exclusively dedicated to webtoons ― digital comics that have emerged as one of the most prominent forms of online entertainment in Korea. Titled All Webtoon, the exhibit displays webtoon-related items and also runs programs in which visitors can…
(27 May 2014, San Francisco) Dr. Thant Thaw Kaung, a prominent publisher and library advocate in Myanmar, has been awarded an Asia Foundation Chang-lin Tien Visiting Fellowship. In a program designed to share knowledge and perspectives between peers across the Pacific, Dr. Kaung will engage with leaders in the U.S. publishing, library, and NGO fields…
(28 May 2014) Singapore Management University’s Li Ka Shing Library invites applications for the post of Head, Information Services. The appointee will contribute to the overall strategic direction and management of the Library. This role provides an opportunity to provide leadership in the initiation, implementation and review of library policies and programs, specifically in the…
(27 May 2014) Students are completing university degrees without reading a single book because of the availability of information on the internet, a leading British academic has warned. Many undergraduates don’t see the point of reading books when they have Wikipedia and SparkNotes at their fingertips. Read the story by Graeme Paton in the The…
(27 May 2014, Bristol) IOP Publishing (IOP) has today announced the launch of a three-year pilot project under which 20 participating universities will be able to offset the majority of their expenditure on hybrid article publication charges (APCs) in IOP journals against their subscription and licence fees. The agreement follows discussions between IOP, Research Libraries…
(26 May 2014, Shanghai /PRNewswire/) Oxford University Press representative Paul Riley visited Chinese online school Hujiang on May 15th, 2014 to sign an MOU, the first step in a series of strategic collaborations between the two groups. The MOU allows Hujiang to teach a series of OUP’s digitalized products, and aims to explore the opportunities…
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