(2 May 2023) The only public library dedicated to the performing arts, library@esplanade, is set to close its doors on 30 June. The National Library Board (NLB) announced in a statement on Tuesday (2nd May) that the library’s collections and programs will be moved to the National Library Building in Bras Basah. NLB said…
(10 May 2023) Jain (Deemed-to-be University)’s leading School of Humanities and Social Sciences is now offering yet another fresh course: Master of Library and Information Science. For more information: https://www.jainuniversity.ac.in/program/humanities-and-social-sciences/library-and-information-science The news in full is here.
(11 May 2023) The Library of Congress (LC) finished digitizing the Yongle Encyclopedia, “the largest reference work created in pre-modern China, and possibly the world. Digital publication of the 41 volumes held in the Library’s collections provides open access to one of the most extensive attempts in world history to capture the entirety of human…
(10 May 2023) IGI Global, a leading independent academic publisher, has launched its InfoScipedia search tool, providing a valuable resource for academic researchers, students, educators, and professionals working in the fields of business, STM (science, technology, and medicine), and education. The InfoScipedia search tool is a comprehensive collection of over 110,000 terms and 250,000 definitions…
(4 May 2023) The Association of Parliamentary Librarians’ of Asia and the Pacific Executive Committee congratulates Florida Tamu (National Parliament of Solomon Islands) on her nomination and election to the role of APLAP Secretary in April. The announcement is here.
(4 Apr 2023) On March 30, CCC hosted a town hall via LinkedIn, ChatGPT & Information Integrity. Chris Kenneally, CCC’s senior director of content marketing, moderated the live event, inviting the speakers to share their experiences with ChatGPT and other AI tools and to express their concerns and questions about this rapidly changing technology. AI…
(7 May 2023) More than 40 leading scientists have resigned en masse from the editorial board of a top science journal in protest at what they describe as the “greed” of publishing giant Elsevier. The entire academic board of the journal Neuroimage, including professors from Oxford University, King’s College London and Cardiff University resigned after…
(8 May 2023) GetFTR has today announced that ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, has integrated with the service as part of an expanded offering for publishers. Over the last few months, GetFTR has been building, and ResearchGate testing, a new opt-in service that provides a faster way to check entitlement information between publishers, academic…
(8 May 2023) This report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future. It is based on the perspectives and expertise of a global panel of leaders from across the higher education landscape. Find out more…
(4 Apr 2023) The hijacking of the Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences started in 2019, when the web domain of the clone journal was created. This fraudulent journal could continue to publish dozens of papers, charging 300 euros each, while the genuine journal, according to the information on one Chinese website, ceased publishing…