(3 October 2014, Dublin, Ohio) A group of professionals from libraries, content providers and OCLC have published Success Strategies for Electronic Content Discovery and Access, a white paper that identifies data quality issues in the content supply chain and offers practical recommendations for improved usage, discovery and access of eContent in libraries. Read the press…
(11 September 2014) The International Image Interoperability Framework community (http://iiif.io/) is pleased to announce the release of the second major version of its specifications intended to provide a shared layer for dynamic interactions with images and the structure of the collections and objects of which they are part. These APIs are used in production systems…
(30 September 2014) If you’re in Bangkok on Friday, 17 October Beyond Access invites you to “App Discovery Day” at TK Park from 2-4pm. Beyond Access is a program implemented by IREX that helps countries modernize their public library systems. We’re gathering a group of people together to explore how tablets can be used in…
(30 September 2014) Monash University Library has compiled a series of interactive modules for students to better understand how to conduct academic research using the internet. Academic research on the internet covers: Why you might use the internet for academic research How to find “grey literature”, which is information, data and parliamentary and other reports from governments and…
(23 September 2014) Kudos, which helps researchers and institutions maximize the impact and visibility of their publications, today announced a partnership through which the ORCID researcher identifier will be integrated into the Kudos platform to facilitate authors’ ability to identify and claim publications. Kudos will also enable authors to register for an ORCID through the…
(19 September 2014, Geneva) The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today launched a new database providing free access to a wealth of multilingual scientific and technical terminology. Through its web-based interface, WIPO Pearl promotes accurate and consistent use of terms across different languages, and makes it easier to search and share scientific and technical knowledge.…
(12 September 2014, Philadelphia) Thomson Reuters is collaborating with British Medical Journals (BMJ) to optimize the efficiency of the article peer-review process and solve the industry-wide problem of reviewer fatigue by utilizing ScholarOneTM Reviewer Locator, an extension of ScholarOne Manuscripts, the innovative peer-review and online submission program for scholarly publishers. As part of ScholarOne Manuscripts,…
(8 September 2014) The Leisure & Cultural Services Department launched “My Library” today, the official Hong Kong Public Libraries mobile application for both iOS and Android platforms. The app provides useful functions, including access to personal library accounts; searching, reserving and renewing of library materials; locating the nearest libraries; listing library addresses and contact information;…
(21 August 2014) Google is rolling out a new look and usability improvements at Google Scholar. Publications get more prominence while citation metrics moves to the sidebar. More at the Google Scholar blog.
(21 July 2014) The Succeed project has recently launched two new resources for the promotion of state-of-the-art tools for text digitisation. An overview on available tools: http://succeed-project.eu/publications/available-tools. This overview contains over 200 different tools with a search engine capable to filter by group, language, type, etc. It has also a login system that allows anyone to…
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