(20 Jan 2023) The British Library will be running a week-long intensive professional development course for mid-career library and archive professionals on 12-19 July 2023. The International Library Leaders Programme offers a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes at one of the world’s largest national libraries, with workshops, talks and tours given by senior staff…
(27 Jan 2023) Authors, illustrators, and editors will be compensated for e-book and audiobook library borrowings for the first time, in a move by the federal government to bring lenders’ rights into the 21st century. A $12.9 million expansion of the annual lending rights scheme over four years will be announced at Monday’s launch of…
(29 Jan 2023) The national archive will not have enough space to store vital records even after its new $290 million building is ready in Wellington. The construction project is also making current storage pressures worse. There was also not enough room for digital records either. “At present, we do not have the capacity nor resource to…
(19 Jan 2023) Academics based in 70 low- and middle-income countries, including those in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, will be able to have their primary research published Gold Open Access by Nature – at no cost – thus enabling their scientific work to be permanently and freely available online for anyone to read. …
(3 Jan 2023) The artificial-intelligence chatbot has surprised users with its ability to write colloquial responses. In this article, The Wall Street Journal opens the ground for college students to share their opinions about this phenomenon. “…These new tools might become the new Google. If the databases are constantly being updated with current news…
(Jan 2023) University of Toronto Press has partnered with C40 Cities to launch a new and innovative Subscribe to Open climate journal. The Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy (JCCPE) publishes timely, evidence-based policy and economics research that focuses on human-centered solutions to today’s most pressing climate challenges to support cities globally. An…
(6 Dec 2022) In this article, Dr. Max Roser, the founder and director of Our World in Data, reviews the history of computers and artificial intelligence to see what we can expect for the future. “When you book a flight, it is often an artificial intelligence, and no longer a human, that decides what…
(17 Jan 2023) JSTOR, part of the non-profit ITHAKA, and a cohort of leading university presses announced today Path to Open, a program to support the open access publication of new groundbreaking scholarly books that will bring diverse perspectives and research to millions of people. Launching as a pilot, Path to Open libraries will contribute…
(18 Jan 2023) Wiley announced a new open access agreement with Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) in Hong Kong, starting January 1, 2023. This agreement, which represents Wiley’s first in Hong Kong, allows eligible users of the three participating JULAC libraries (Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, Hong Kong Baptist University Library, and the…
(Jan 2023) BMJ, announces the launch of a new research impact tool, BMJ Impact Analytics, developed in collaboration with pioneering start-up Overton. BMJ Impact Analytics is the only impact tool focused on health and social care. BMJ Impact Analytics will help funders, academic institutions, and corporate organizations discover where their research has been cited in…