(30 December 2014) In 2014, Wikipedia’s volunteer editors created more than three million pages and made more than 100 million edits on Wikipedias across all languages. During this time, Wikipedia content was viewed around 250 billion times by nearly half a billion visitors worldwide. With its vast community of readers and contributors, Wikipedia content is…
(29 December 2014) The iGroup, based in Bangkok, Thailand, has made publishing history with the publication of the 21st Century Edition of The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1785 to 1851). Publication is limited to 100 sets. To renew Audubon’s masterpiece for the 21st century, the iGroup Press and Japan’s Yushodo have photographed…
(9 December 2014, London, UK) Alternative metrics provider Altmetric LLP today reviews the 100 academic papers receiving the most online attention in 2014 – and the conversations happening around them. The list provides a detailed overview of the published research articles that have generated the largest amount of sharing and discussion across mainstream and social…
(11 December 2014, Philadelphia) – The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters, today released “Research Fronts 2014: 100 Top Ranked Specialties in the Sciences and Social Sciences,” an annual report identifying prominent areas of scientific research over the past year. The study identifies the top 100 hottest fields of scientific research and 44…
(5 Dec 2014) The Knowledge Quarter, a partnership of 35 academic, cultural, research, scientific and media organisations based in Kings Cross, Euston and Bloomsbury, has just been launched at the British Library in London. The Knowledge Quarter is a consortium of partner organisations with one thing in common – all are actively engaged in advancing and disseminating knowledge.…
(4 December 2014, Philadelphia) The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, is collaborating with Times Higher Education to power the latter’s BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings. Thomson Reuters InCitesTM data, the world’s leading research evaluation platform and home to Global Institutional Profiles, is the benchmarking engine behind this Times Higher Education ranking. Thomson…
(26 November 2014) Some University members have received an email that purports to come from the university library informing users that their accounts have expired. A link is provided for account reactivation. Recipients are advised to delete the email. The news is here. Email scams involving libraries are not new. University World News has recently…
(14 November 2014) The IFLA Governing Board bestows Honours and Awards to recognise individuals contributing to IFLA and the international library and information services sector. All authorized representatives of Members and Personal Affiliates are eligible to make nominations. The nominations are for Honorary Fellow, IFLA Medal, and IFLA Scroll of Appreciation. Details are here including…
(4 November 2014) The growing contribution to science of Chinese institutions such as Chinese Academy of Sciences is one striking pattern revealed in the Nature Index, launched today. High quality science outputs of 20,000 institutions worldwide can now be easily analysed with the new Nature Index. A freely accessible website is available at natureindex.com and…
(12 Nov 2014) ICSTI, the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information, has released its Strategic Plan 2015-2018. ICSTI reaffirms four Strategic Aims, Objectives and Priorities: Relevance; Enabling; Collaboration; and Developing the ICSTI Organization and Membership Value. Read the document.
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