(27 August 2014) One of China’s most prestigious trade and academic publishers, Zhonghua Book Company, has announced that it will partner with Publishing Technology China to build a new pub2web powered website. As part of a government-backed project, the deal will see the creation of a new digital publishing platform and management system, designed to…
(28 August 2014) The revised Open Access policy requires researchers to deposit a copy of most research outputs to the University’s open access research repository, the ANU Digital Collections, within 12 months of publication. More about the new policy is here.
(21 August 2014) Taiwan’s National Central Library (NCL) has been working with the Bibliothèque nationale de France to catalogue their rare Chinese books. A display of post cards from late Qing and early Republic eras and French published reports and observations on China from the 19th and 20th centuries found in old bookstores and flea…
(25 August 2014, Leiden (NL) / Boston (MA) Brill, the international scholarly publisher, is set to launch a Chinese version of their corporate website – brill.com/cn – at the Beijing Book Fair. Now available in Simplified Chinese, the website allows Brill to better serve the Chinese-speaking research and academic library communities. The press release is…
(24 August 2014) The post is fixed-term for two years, with the possibility of renewal. The appointee will (i) facilitate and monitor the library’s programmes to support the University’s research activities; (ii) work collaboratively with Head, Digital Strategies and Technical Services, and other library colleagues in developing, managing and marketing the university data archive; (iii)…
(22 August 2014, Canberra) An Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) poster, which highlights the future of the Australian library and information science profession, has won an award at an international conference held in France. ALIA’s Future of the Profession poster has been on display at the International Federation of Library Associations’ (IFLA) conference, the…
(21 August 2014, Canberra) The winners of the HLA/HCN Health Informatics Innovation Award 2014 are Lisa Kruesi and Connie Schardt, for Australian Evidence Based Practice Librarians’ Institute, 2011– 2014. The Institute is an ongoing, innovative project using technology to coordinate an international team of library educators to provide a residential training program for librarians working…
iGroup Australia, a leading distributor of eBooks, eJournals and digital databases is hiring a Sales Executive to be based in Sydney. The job description is here: iGroup Australasia – Sales Executive Position
(19 August 2014, Dublin, Ohio) OCLC, along with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), has named five librarians from Pakistan, Philippines, Serbia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe selected to participate in the Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program for 2015. The program supports library and information science professionals from countries with developing…
(15 August 2014, Canberra) The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Public Library Services South Australia (PLS SA) are working together on a proof of concept trial for a ‘buy it now’ button. The aim is to help library users to purchase books via the library catalogue, benefitting local bookshops…
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