(25 March 2014) Today the Wellcome Library and Jisc are pleased to announce that they have strengthened their successful working relationship by signing a new three year agreement for the digitisation of more than 10 million pages of 19th century published works. The details are here.
(24 March 2014) The ANU Library has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Central Library (NCL) of Taiwan to contribute records of Chinese rare books in the ANU catalogue to the Database of the Union Catalogue of Chinese Rare Books. The Database includes a number of collections from around the world, and the…
(24 March 2014) The week-long course at the University of Essex, UK, is offered under the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program. Dates are 28 July to 1 August 2014. This workshop, taught by Louise Corti (UK Data Archive), Jared Lyle (ICPSR), and Veerle Van den Eynden (UK Data Archive), will…
(24 March 2014) Evidentia Publishing, a specialist publisher of transfusion medicine and organ transplant information will be distributed in Southeast Asia and China by the iGroup. The Transfusion Evidence Library database provides access to high quality, evidence-based information in transfusion medicine. This specialist database consists of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials, and is a…
(24 March 2014) The University of Waikato has become the first university in New Zealand to approve a mandate around open access to academics’ publications. The Open Access Mandate Guidelines were approved this month by the University of Waikato’s Academic Board. Under the guidelines, academic staff can disseminate their research as widely as possible, bringing…
(20 March 2014) This special exhibition, Mapping Ming China’s Maritime World – The Selden Map and Treasures from University of Oxford, (21 March – 23 June 2014) tells the story of the maritime world of the late Ming-era China (mid-17th century). It features highlights from celebrated Chinese collections held at the University of Oxford. The…
(21 March 2014) The Ramayana is one of the ancient epics of India, telling the stirring tale of Prince Rama’s quest to rescue his wife, Sita, following her abduction by the ten-headed demon king Ravana. A major partnership between the British Library and CSMVS Museum in Mumbai has brought together a vividly illustrated 17th century…
(21 March 2014) From civic engagement to public health and traffic planning, Big Data – also known as the massive quantities of information about people and their daily interactions arising from multimedia, social media and the internet – can produce a paradigm shift in how cities better organise themselves and improve the quality of life…
(20 March 2014) University and research libraries in developing countries are to benefit from collaboration between JournalTOCs and INASP. Access to JournalTOCs Premium will be provided free for eligible INASP partner consortia for 17 months from 1st April 2014. Based at the School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, JournalTOCSPremium is a current awareness subscription service providing effective customisations…
(18 March 2014) IOP Publishing (IOP) and Morgan & Claypool have published the first books from their IOP Concise Physics collection. IOP Concise Physics is one of two collections from the IOP ebooksTM programme launched in 2013. They focus on shorter texts that are the “first book” on a topic and that aim to provide…
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