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Department of Defence (Australia) hiring Deputy Director Research Information Resources and Infrastructure

Asia Pacific, Jobs, LibrariesNovember 19, 2018

(19 November 2018) The Deputy Director – Research Information Resources and Infrastructure (DDRIRI) provides strategic leadership and domain advice on information resources and infrastructure. This encompasses content and collection management, information systems, and eDelivery services to clients. DDRIRI is responsible for the development of a high functioning team to scope, manage, and deliver a broad…

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Singapore University of Social Sciences hiring Senior Librarian/ Librarian, Discovery and Access

Asia Pacific, Jobs, LibrariesNovember 17, 2018

(16 November 2018) The Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) Library seeks a knowledgeable and innovative professional to provide leadership and expertise for a range of services supporting the user discovery and access experience across multiple platforms. The successful candidate will also coordinate library analytics and assessment activities. He or she will work collaboratively with…

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National Library of Australia hiring Curator of Pictures

Asia Pacific, Jobs, LibrariesNovember 15, 2018

(15 November 2018) The Curator of Pictures occupies a significant position in the Library’s special collection teams. The Curator will undertake the leadership role in Pictures Collection Development and Management, the acquisition, management and preservation of items, collections and archives, providing access to this unique, unpublished material. Applications close 2 December 2018. ALIA has the…

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Downloads of pirated research papers rampant in Japan

Asia Pacific, CopyrightNovember 14, 2018

(13 November 2018) Academic papers were freely downloaded more than 1.27 million times in Japan last year from a “pirate” website, highlighting the growing reluctance to pay subscription fees for such publications, a study team said. The team, comprising researchers from the University of the Ryukyus and Nagoya Gakuin University, said the study results showed…

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University of Sydney hiring Digital Curation Manager

Asia Pacific, Jobs, LibrariesNovember 13, 2018

(13 November 2018) The post provides specialist advice and expertise, including technical understanding, on the long-term management and curation of digital collections, including research data, and develop guidelines, procedures and training to ensure digital content created or curated by the Library is managed, described and formatted in ways that provides long term meaningful access for…

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$1 million gift will create two Taiwan studies endowments at UCLA Asia Pacific Center

Asia Pacific, Education, Research SupportNovember 13, 2018

(9 November 2018) The UCLA Asia Pacific Center has received a gift of $1 million from the J. Yang and Family Foundation that will help permanently sustain the UCLA Taiwan Studies Program. Of the total, $750,000 will create the J. Yang and Family Foundation Taiwan Studies Endowment and $250,000 will establish the J. Yang and…

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The world’s largest collection of Buddhist texts is now available online

Asia Pacific, DatabasesNovember 13, 2018

(11 November 2018) Thanks to the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC) and the Internet Archive, the world’s largest collection of Tibetan Buddhist literature is now available online. Dedicated to preserving and sharing Buddhist scholarship, the BDRC has archived over 15 million pages of Buddhist works since it was founded in 1999. Now, thanks to its collaboration…

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The NDL announces the launch of an English-language user interface to the WARP

Asia Pacific, Databases, LibrariesNovember 10, 2018

(2 November 2018) The NDL has launched an English-language user interface to its Web Archiving Project (WARP) on November 2, 2018. The entire user interface—including the search interface, help page, and FAQ—is now available in English. WARP has been collecting and preserving websites since 2002. The entire archive of websites is available for viewing on…

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The University of New England in Armidale, Australia is hiring a Digital Experience librarian

Asia Pacific, Education, Information literacy, Jobs, Libraries, Technology, ToolsNovember 6, 2018

(5 November 2018) The Digital Experience Librarian will provide leadership in actively identifying, evaluating and, as necessary, deploying new learning technologies and tools related to library services to improve and respond to user needs. This role creates and supports the development processes and innovations that lead to high-quality learning environments and ensures cross-platform navigation for…

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NLB archiving Singapore websites, digital materials

Asia Pacific, LibrariesNovember 4, 2018

Move is part of effort to expand legal deposit collection of materials published in Singapore (4 November 2018) The National Library Board (NLB) has taken on the enormous task of archiving 180,000 Singapore websites ending with the .sg domain, as well as digital materials published in Singapore. The annually updated National Day Parade website and…

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