(27 Nov 2025) State Library of Victoria staff have accused management of undermining the 171-year-old institution’s core purposes in favour of flashy tourist-oriented “digital vanity projects” in a proposed restructure. Under the plan, 39 jobs would be lost and the public-facing workforce of reference librarians would be cut from 25 staff to 10, while many publicly accessible…
(19 Nov 2025) Elsevier introduces LeapSpace™, a next-generation AI-assisted workspace built to transform how academic and corporate scientists work. Designed for speed, collaboration, and discovery, LeapSpace empowers academic and corporate researchers to uncover deeper insights, accelerate innovation, and collaborate seamlessly – in one secure environment they can trust. 84% of researchers say they have used…
(8 Oct 2024) CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announces a collaboration with Berlin-based Morressier GmbH, creators of Integrity Manager, the online publishing platform that empowers publisher clients with proactive research integrity, from initial assessment and peer review to ongoing investigations and post-publication audits. CCC is developing a researcher identification…
(8 May 2024) Microsoft Corp. and LinkedIn released the 2024 Work Trend Index, a joint report on the state of AI at work titled, “AI at work is here. Now comes the hard part.” The research — based on a survey of 31,000 people across 31 countries, labor and hiring trends on LinkedIn, trillions of Microsoft 365…
(13 Nov 2023) The Mortenson Center for International Library Programs Associates Program is excited to offer its 2024 Associates Program with the theme: Transforming Libraries: New Roles and Impact “ on 3 June – 26 June 2024 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The 2024 program will offer individuals working in a library and/or information…
(27 Sep 2023) What an incredible moment to reflect on. De Gruyter started in 1749 with a vision to promote, disseminate and protect knowledge. Decades later, that mission remains the same but so many other things have changed. We are amazed at how far we’ve come and so excited for what is still to happen.…
(30 Mar 2023) On 16 March librarians and academics at universities and research institutions in several countries received notices that some access to China’s largest database of academic papers would be ‘temporarily’ curtailed from 1 April. The notifications arrived without clarifying how long this would be. These notifications, in particular, affected four databases of the…
(17 Jan 2023) IEEE and the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) announce the availability of a program that provides free access to global socio-technical standards in AI Ethics and Governance that provide guidance and considerations towards trustworthy AI. Under the IEEE GET Program, selected standards are made available, free of charge, to encourage adoption…
(Jan 2023) The IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL), with generous sponsorship by Ex Libris and SAGE, is offering SIX (6) Attendance Grants for the 2023 World Library and Information Congress in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Two awardees will be selected from each of these regions: Africa Latin America Asia/Pacific region What does the Attendance Grant Cover? Each…
(7 Nov 2022) The lawsuit against Clarivate filed by OCLC in June this year has been settled between both parties. Statement from OCLC: OCLC is pleased to announce today that it successfully defended WorldCat to protect the collaborative service developed and maintained with and for libraries worldwide. An agreement has been reached in…