(21 Jul 2023) A US court has awarded Academia Historica ownership of the diaries of former presidents Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) and Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國), ending a decade-long legal battle and setting up their return to Taiwan later this year. The ruling on the documents, which are currently housed at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, was made…
(14 Jul 2023) On 23 June, NIH banned the use of online generative AI tools like ChatGPT “for analyzing and formulating peer-review critiques”—likely spurred in part by a letter from Siegle, who is at the University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues. After the conference they warned the agency that allowing ChatGPT to write grant reviews is “a…
(22 Jul 2023) The United Nations’ Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) is developing practical guidance for higher education ranking organizations wanting to integrate the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their assessments of universities and colleges. The initiative has been supported in principle by rankers such as QS and Times Higher Education,…
(18 Jul 2023) Oable, Wiley’s cross-publisher payment and reporting solution for institutions, and RightsLink for Scientific Communications, the industry-trusted platform for shared Open Access (OA) management by Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), are partnering to connect libraries and publishers globally. The agreement between the two companies entails the seamless exchange of metadata between two market-leading systems with…
(14 Jul 2023) It is generally accepted in Europe that research should be as open as possible and as close as necessary. Finding the borderline between the two is one of the most important tasks for practitioners, whether they belong to funders, research organizations, their partners or researchers themselves. Yet, this borderline is not sufficiently…
(16 Jul 2023) The Association of Southeast Asian Studies announced that their 32nd Annual Conference will take place at Universitas Indonesia, 27–30 November 2023. This is the first ASEAS conference to be held in Southeast Asia and it will take place at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Depok. It will be…
(13 Jul 2023) Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT), a global leader in connecting people and organizations to intelligence they can trust to transform their world, today announced the integration of ProQuest™ Dissertations & Theses Global with its renowned Web of Science™ platform. This integration enables researchers to gain quick and easy access to a vast multidisciplinary collection…
(11 Jul 2023) Japan this month announced new guidelines on the use of Artificial Intelligence in schools and universities with a focus on helping teachers and students understand the characteristics of the technology, while imposing some limits due to fear of copyright infringement, personal information leaks and plagiarism. Students must comprehend the characteristics of AI…
(6 Jul 2023) About the job: Bring your knowledge of managing, governing and coordinating research data at an organizational level to oversee and deliver high-quality services to support the accreditation of the Monash University with regard to the ONDC data accreditation scheme. In this role you will perform and oversee a range of significant…
(7 Jul 2023) About the Role This is an exciting opportunity to inspire and lead a diverse team of experts to develop, support and maintain core elements of our research support ecosystem, including: The University’s institutional data repository; The digital preservation function; The University’s data management planning tool; and A variety of related expert services,…