Introduction to the Barr Smith Library video
(19 February 2014) Adelaide University’s Barr Smith Library has a new video about the Library and its services. It will take up less than 5 minutes of your time. Watch it here.
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Partnership for Open Data impact stories competition launched
The Open Data Institute wants to know how opening up data impacts those in developing countries. The Partnership for Open Data (POD) is a partnership of institutions to research and promote open data in the context of low and middle income countries. It invites stories about the impact of open data in developing countries be…
Joint Asian arts exhibition by Monash and Melbourne university libraries
(19 February 2014) Several Chinese rare books from the University of Melbourne Cultural Collections are currently on display at the Sir Louis Matheson Library’s Asian Studies Research Collection at Clayton Campus. This is part of a joint exhibition in Asian Arts being conducted by ALIM – Asian Libraries in Melbourne, a collaborative venture between Monash…
Learn database searching online with LIANZA
(18 February 2014) Today LIANZA launched its three hour online learning course, Database Searching. This new course will equip you with the skills to competently search your library’s subscription databases, so that you can help your users make better use of these valuable resources. The course was developed by Alastair Smith. Learners have six months…
Part-time Open Access Subject Librarian @ Bodleian
Applications are invited for the position of Open Access Subject (OA) Librarian with relevant recent library experience in the Open Access specialist role. You will be responsible for co-ordinating Bodleian Libraries activities related to OA, and play a key role in understanding and promoting options, processes, costs, developments and implication amongst the Subject Librarians and…
IHS and IT Governance Publishing announce eBooks for software engineering and IT professionals
(13 February 2014) HIS and IT Governance Publishing, the world’s leading IT-GRC publisher, today announced an agreement that allows IHS to sell around the globe the full range of eBooks and Pocket Guides from IT Governance. These eBooks and guides cover IT-GRC frameworks such as information security and cyber security, standards compliance, business continuity and…
SCOAP3 repository launches in beta
(17 February 2014) This beta version of the SCOAP3 repository contains all articles funded by SCOAP3 in several formats, including PDF, PDF/A and XML. All articles are published under a CC-BY license and can be freely downloaded and further disseminated. The repository metadata is also available under a CC0 license. Around 500 articles per month appear in the repository,…
Hong Kong’s Hok Hoi Collection to be digitized
(17 February 2014) The Leisure & Cultural Services Department has signed an agreement to digitise the Hok Hoi Collection. Founded in 1923, Hok Hoi Library has 35,000 books, including rare classical Chinese thread-sewn books, valuable out-of-print books, and manuscripts of Chinese classics, many of which are of a high academic standard. Assistant Director of Leisure…
UNESCO publishes Guidelines to compare Institutional Repository Software
(17 February 2014) Open Access Repositories (OARs) enable enhanced access to scholarship as there are no barriers of restrictions or prohibitive rights over the content. The current publication compares the five most widely adopted IR platforms: Digital Commons, Dspace, Eprints, Fedora, and Islandora. Read the announcement here.
International Librarians Network deadline
(17 February 2014) There are only three days left to apply for the next round of the International Librarians Network (ILN) peer mentoring program. The ILN is a facilitated program aimed at helping librarians develop international networks. If you sign up to the program, you will be matched with a colleague outside of your country, based on…
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