University of Hawaii at Hilo hiring Librarian II
(10 October 2013) The University of Hawaii at Hilo, Edwin H. Mookini Library, Hawaii, is hiring an Access Services librarian. It’s a full time tenure track position. See the job ad here.
(10 October 2013) The University of Hawaii at Hilo, Edwin H. Mookini Library, Hawaii, is hiring an Access Services librarian. It’s a full time tenure track position. See the job ad here.
IOP Publishing (IOP) has unveiled the first titles in the company’s new eBooks publishing programme at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (9–13 October 2013). IOP announced its entrance into the eBook market and a new partnership with Morgan & Claypool Publishers (M&C) at the book fair in 2012. One year later and IOP is returning…
By Low Jiaxin (10 October 2013) Are there any students who don’t use Wikipedia for their research? Recognizing the role of Wikipedia as the first stop for many students conducting research, the Singapore Management University’s Li Ka Shing Library hosted “Demystifying Wikipedia: Tips for Information Literacy” on 22nd August 2013. About 50 librarians, educators and…
(10 October 2013) The Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University has a vacancy for a Research Data Services Librarian. Library vacancies are posted here. Library jobs in Singapore are also listed on the Library Association of Singapore website. If you’re keen to be a librarian in Australia, bookmark the ALIA website employment page. It…
(London/Frankfurt, 9 October 2013) RCN Publishing (RCNP) announced today that the archives of their renowned nursing journals will be available in a range of collections for institutional access. Spanning 17 years from 1996 – present, this unique archive of articles includes more than 14,000 articles from the 10 journals published by RCN Publishing during this…
(7 October 2013) Working with NetEase one of China’s largest internet companies and a major distributor of open educational content — Coursera is embarking on an initiative to break down the language and technical barriers that have existed for its students in China. As part of this initiative, Coursera has announced Coursera Zone, a Chinese-language…
(Amsterdam, 8 October 2013) Elsevier, today announced that Scopus has indexed the first 7,500 book titles as part of its Book Titles Expansion program. By 2015, an estimated 75,000 book titles will be indexed. The inclusion of book titles adds to the more than 50 million records indexed by Scopus which are derived from 20,000…
(7 October 2013) Showcasing treasures of the University Archives and Special Collections, this inaugural exhibition brings formerly hidden gems out of storage, some hundreds of years old; among them, rare books in the history of science and antique maps of China. At this exhibition, you will see rare early editions of books by Galileo and…
(7 October 2013) INELI is a part of Bill and Melinda Gates International Network of Emerging Library Innovators. Their latest report Building Libraries for Tomorrow (by Jakob Laerkes, Director Gladsaxe Libraries, Denmark and Patti Manolis, Chief Executive Officer, Geelong Regional Library Corporation, Australia) explores a number of key factors and spaces required for successful library…
John Bohannon reports on a spoof paper concocted by Science which had little or no scrutiny at many open access journals. Read the worrying but entertaining story here. It appears in Science 4 October 2013: Vol. 342 no. 6154 pp. 60-65
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