Flinders hiring University Librarian
(16 July 2014) Australia’s Flinders University is advertising for a University Librarian. The closing date is 8 August 2014. For full details visit the university website.
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Coalition opposes copyright term extension in Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement
(11 July 2014) On 9 July 2014, ARL joined 34 other organizations in sending a letter to ministers of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiating parties, expressing opposition to the copyright term of life plus 70 years proposed by the United States. These organizations—representing libraries, archives, authors, educators, students, digital rights advocacy groups, and technological innovators—note…
Penguin couple banned in Singapore
(16 July 2014) Singapore’s National Library Board, NLB, has removed three books for children for not being ‘pro family’. Between them, the three titles – And Tango Makes Three, The White Swan Express and Who’s In My Family? feature two male penguins who hatch a penguin chick, and human would-be parents including a same sex couple…
Education minister resigns over research fraud scandal
(14 July 2014) Taiwan’s Education Minister Chiang Wei-ling resigned on Monday 14 July over his links to a researcher whose papers were retracted from an international scientific journal because of alleged fraud. SAGE, the British publisher of the Journal of Vibration and Control or JVC, where the papers appeared, announced on 8 July that it…
EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project records progress
(12 July 2014) The EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project started in December 2013 continues to progress. Students and faculty at Yangon University and Mandalay University now have unrestricted access to an online library of over 10,000 high-quality international journals and over 130,000 academic eBooks. The training of librarians, faculty and students has also started with over…
Library movement takes root in Bangladesh
(7 July 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh) A non-profit platform in Bangladesh is aiding in the setup and sustenance of libraries in remote districts and villages of the country. The efforts of the Village Library Movement, initiated in 2006, have already benefited at least 3,000 readers through nearly 30 libraries. Al Jazeera has the story.
Ruth’s Rankings 1. Introduction: Unwinding the Web of International Research Rankings
By Ruth A. Pagell* (5 July 2014) I find rankings fascinating. I wrote my first article about rankings over 25 years ago when I was trying to sort out different listings of “biggest” U.S. companies and moved on to researching biggest companies world-wide. Who was biggest varied among different sources based on different criteria. Two…
University of Sydney named as JSTOR’s 2013 Highest Usage Award recipient in Australia
(4 July 2014) As the highest institutional JSTOR user in Australia (and the 19th highest user worldwide), the University of Sydney logged the highest number of PDF downloads for archival content on the JSTOR platform in 2013—more than any other participating institution in Australia. More here.
Innovative’s VTLS-MozGo mobile app adds support for 8th language, Bahasa Malaysia
(2 July 2014, Emeryville, CA) Innovative announced today that support for the Bahasa Malaysia language is now available in VTLS-MozGo, the patron mobile app for IOS and Android. Today’s release adds the 8th language to VTLS-MozGo, which also supports English, Arabic, Catalan, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Russian languages. “We are very excited about the availability…
Thomson Reuters and Singapore Management University collaborate to manage research lifecycle
(26 June 2014, Singapore) The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced a decision by Singapore Management University (SMU) to adopt its Converis solution as the platform for holistic management of its research lifecycle. Converis is a comprehensive system providing pre-and-post-award…
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