Uncategorized – Access

CCC announces collaboration with Morressier to address research integrity

UncategorizedOctober 14, 2024

(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…

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Microsoft and LinkedIn release the 2024 Work Trend Index on the state of AI at work

UncategorizedMay 14, 2024

(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…

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2024 Mortenson Center Associates Program application/ opportunities for funding available

UncategorizedNovember 14, 2023

(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…

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Celebrating 275 years of De Gruyter with deep discount on ebooks package

UncategorizedSeptember 27, 2023

(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.…

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China: Database shuts out foreign researchers in ‘security’ move

Asia Pacific, CensorshipMarch 31, 2023

(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…

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IEEE introduces free access to AI Ethics and Governance standards

UncategorizedJanuary 18, 2023

(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…

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IFLA offers 6 Attendance Grants for 2023 World Library and Information Congress

UncategorizedJanuary 17, 2023

(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…

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OCLC and Clarivate have settled lawsuit

UncategorizedNovember 15, 2022

(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…

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Indonesia bans five foreign scientists, shelves conservation data

Asia Pacific, CensorshipOctober 12, 2022

(7 Oct 2022) The Indonesian government disputes a recent report from a specialist group at the International Union for Conservation of Nature that estimates there are fewer than 50 Sumatran rhinos left in the wild. Even before Dutch conservation scientist Erik Meijaard submitted an opinion piece to The Jakarta Post last month, he was worried about…

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Ruth’s Rankings 52: East Asian universities in print and in rankings

Ruth's Rankings, UncategorizedOctober 4, 2022

By Ruth A. Pagell* (4 Oct 2022) Article 52 has two parts and a separate special report that has links to statements players in the bibliometric supply chain made in response to events in Russia and Ukraine. Part One is a short review of Changing Higher Education in East Asia (Marginson & Xu, referred…

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