(18 March 2015) The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) are accepting applications for 2015CAUL and ASA Fellowships. The Fellowships have been made possible through the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. CAUL and the ASA expect to award one fellowship with a value of up to $15,000 in 2015. The…
(20 February 2015) Codes of law (undang-undang) and legal digests (risalah) are amongst our most valuable indigenous historical sources on the Malay world, for the rules designed to regulate life provide us with a wealth of information on the societies in which the texts were composed: expected standards of behaviour, and – as well illustrated…
(20 February 2015, Chicago) Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, former chief of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress, has been awarded the 2015 Melvil Dewey Medal. This annual award, presented by the American Library Association (ALA) and sponsored by OCLC, recognizes “creative leadership of high order, particularly in those fields in which Melvil Dewey was…
(11 February 2015) Cat kills giant stingray, death by poodle dog, 15 years of insomnia, very unfortunate accidents, big babies, autobiography of a parrot and a whole lot more which will bring a smile to your face, are in the Trove Top 25 for 2014. Suspend your disbelief while you enjoy the most popular stories…
(February 2015) New YouGov research reveals that the most desired jobs in Britain are not what you might expect; they are not even the most reliably well paid ones. Instead of actors and musicians, it seems that an aura of prestige still surrounds the quiet, intellectual life enjoyed by authors, librarians and academics. Read the…
(9 February 2015, Ann Arbor, MI) ProQuest is accepting applications for its 2015 Roger K. Summit Scholarship, which will award US$5,000 to a promising graduate student in library and information sciences. Global in scope, the popular scholarship has been awarded annually for more than 20 years to students who envision new, meaningful expansions of and…
(9 February 2015, Columbus, Ohio and Karlsruhe, Germany) Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and FIZ Karlsruhe have announced the latest release of the new STN platform, a web-based search solution offering essential, value-added content in an intuitive, powerful interface designed for professional IP searching. New databases deliver highly anticipated content, including premier biomedical databases BIOSIS®, MEDLINE®…
(1 February 2015) Amazon has ironed out an agreement with the University of Massachusetts to take over the schools textbook business from Follett. Starting this fall students will be able to order print books and have them delivered for free to their homes or an Amazon-staffed storefront in the campus center that’s set to open in June. The…
(15 January 2015) Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today the launch of UpToDate® Anywhere in Japan. UpToDate Anywhere enables Japanese hospitals and healthcare organizations to provide clinicians with mobile access to UpToDate, the acclaimed evidence-based clinical decision support resource. Clinician usage of UpToDate nationwide is…
(8 January 2015, Dublin, Ohio) OCLC and the British Library now offer a new option for fast, flexible purchase from the British Library Document Supply Service that enables library staff to confirm the availability of required documents before placing an order, and provides a wide range of choices for delivery and price. Rather than sending…
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