This webinar, “Becoming a data librarian – everything you wanted to know …” on 13 May 2014, 12.00am to 1.00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, acknowledges that for many librarians, data management is likely to become a component of their role. So, what do these roles involve? What challenges and opportunities does data management offer librarians?…
(15 April 2014, Chicago) As China has evolved into an economic superpower, interest in its culture and current place in the world has skyrocketed; China Studies are now taught in almost every college or university in the U.S., as well as in many junior high and high schools. Covering modern China, not just Chinese culture…
(15 April 2014, Chicago) ALA Editions announces a new iteration of its popular eCourse, Basic American Sign Language for Library Staff. Kathy MacMillan will serve as instructors for a six-week facilitated eCourse starting on 2 June 2014. American Sign Language (ASL) is an invaluable skill for library professionals. A basic grasp of ASL enhances your…
(10 April 2014) Representatives of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the Wellcome Trust recently signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to make thousands of complete back issues of historically-significant biomedical journals freely available online. The terms of the MOU include a donation of GBP750,000 (USD1.2 million) to the NLM that…
(14 April 2014, Almaty, Kazakhstan) Elsevier has signed a license agreement with the National Center for Scientific and Technical Information (NCSTI) to make key Elsevier resources available to the entire Kazakhstani research community. The agreement, signed on behalf of the Ministry of Science and Education, provides more than 400 Kazakhstani academic and research institutions with…
The 2014 International Digital Library Conference (IDLC) held in Kuala Lumpur 8-10 April 2014 was an opportunity for the national libraries of Malaysia and Taiwan to forge closer ties. The theme of the conference was Preserving and Sharing Digital Resources through Co-operation and Collaboration. NCL’s Director-general Tseng was the keynote speaker, talking on “National Central…
(14 April 2014) The Taiwan Fellowship is established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to award foreign experts and scholars interested in research related to Taiwan, cross-strait relations, mainland China, Asia-Pacific region and Chinese studies to conduct advanced research at universities or academic institutions in Taiwan. Application period: May 1-June 30 (for grants for…
(14 April 2014, Chicago) Libraries continue to transform to meet society’s changing needs, and more than 90 percent of the respondents in an independent national survey said that libraries are important to the community. But school libraries continue to feel the combined pressures of recession-driven financial tightening and federal neglect, according to data from the…
500 top business textbooks available to libraries for the first time (14 April 2014, Alexandria, VA) – Alexander Street Press has launched Business E-books Online, a first-of-its-kind database featuring hundreds of business eBooks on one cross-searchable online interface with no digital rights restrictions. Business E-books Online gathers 500 expert-selected textbooks and reference materials in business…
(10 April 2014) The ORCID user interface is now available in Korean. The translation of the ORCID user interface was made possible through the efforts of Senator Jeong, an ORCID Ambassador. He commented, “ORCID is a strong authority control tool for bibliographic data among other things because it allows us to disambiguate very common author names…
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