(13 November 2014) Controversy is brewing in India about women using the main library of the Aligarh Muslim University, a prestigious place of learning. Its Vice Chancellor, Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah, has been reported as saying that “There would be four times more boys in the library if girls were allowed in.” His remarks have…
(12 November 2014) The position provides information services and information literacy programs as part of a team for academic staff and students in the STEM Schools (Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine). The position is also a member of a team responsible for the provision of information services on a rostered basis at the Library’s Service Point.…
17 October 2014) One hundred years of photographs, records and treasured objects that tell a significant story in Australia’s social history has been donated to the University of Melbourne Archives (UMA), it was announced today. The donation comprises the Australian Red Cross national and Victorian archives and heritage collection and includes: Governance records (minutes and…
(12 November 2014, Adelaide, Australia) Victoria University of Wellington has selected a unified solution for its libraries, consisting of Ex Libris Alma for next-generation resource management services and Ex Libris Primo® for resource discovery and delivery. By providing cutting-edge services and an advanced discovery experience for users, these tightly integrated systems will help the library…
The National Security Archive and ProQuest team up to digitize sources that reveal policy and actions surrounding privacy, security and spying in modern America (11 November 2014, Ann Arbor, MI) In 2013, when Edward Snowden leaked classified National Security Agency (NSA) documents, he brought the world’s attention to the issues of privacy, security and global…
Theme: Repositioning Libraries in the Asia Pacific Region – Evolving Strategies, Innovative Services (12 November 2014) The Conference, 15-21 August 2015 is in Cape Town, South Africa. In keeping with the conference’s overall theme, Dynamic Libraries: Access, Development and Transformation, the Asia and Oceania Open Session will focus on how libraries respond to opportunities for…
(6 November 2014) The purpose of this four-day INASP workshop is to prepare participants to design an appropriate and relevant information literacy curriculum for their institution. By the end of the workshop, participants will have: considered information literacy concepts, standards and practices; explored the institutional context and their stakeholders; begun to develop an information literacy…
(7 November 2014, New York, Heidelberg) Springer and the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities (HKAH) will collaborate to publish a new book series called The Humanities in Asia. The agreement will be signed on10 November 2014, at a ceremony at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The series The Humanities in Asia will publish original…
(7 November 2014) UNESCO has announced the UNESCO World Library of Science (WLoS), a newly created, free online science education resource for a global community of users. Developed through the joint efforts of UNESCO, Nature Education and Roche, the WLoS was created to give students around the world, especially those in disadvantaged regions, access to…
(10 November 2014, Oxford, UK) With 75 milion DOIs between them, DataCite and CrossRef have agreed to collaborate to: Enhance the interoperability of their respective systems in order to make it easier for publishers, data centres, libraries and third parties to integrate with the scholarly DOI ecosystem; Provide comprehensive support for interlinking between articles and…
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