(8 November 2013) The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association’s (APALA) Scholarships and Awards Committee is proud to announce Ariana Hussain as the 2014 Emerging Leader for the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association. APALA will provide funding to support her attendance and participation in the Emerging Leaders program at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference. Ariana…
(Philadelphia, 5 November 2013) The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters today announced a collaboration with Australian National Data Service (ANDS) to aid in the discovery of global data sets. The collaboration connects researchers to data repositories through the Data Citation IndexSM, a single-point solution providing access to quality research data sets from…
(Chicago, 29 October 2013) Google can be an incredibly powerful tool for research, but the top-of-the-page results are seldom the most beneficial to library users and students, and many of the search engine’s most useful features are hidden behind its famously simple interface. In “Google Search Secrets,” published by ALA Neal-Schuman, Christa Burns and Michael…
A team of students have won a prestigious competition after using videogame technology to turn historic maps and engravings from the British Library into a stunning 3D environment. (23 October 2013) Pudding Lane Productions, a team of six second-year students from De Montfort University, Leicester, scooped first prize in the Off the Map challenge –…
(21 October 2013) Sue Gardner in a press release says “Editors on the English Wikipedia are currently investigating allegations of suspicious edits and sockpuppetry (i.e. using online identities for purposes of deception). At this point, as reported, it looks like a number of user accounts — perhaps as many as several hundred — may have…
(12 September 2013) Bibliotheca, the world’s leading supplier of RFID technology solutions to public and academic libraries, has announced the launch of an exciting new range of self-service products that will further expand the company’s product portfolio and offer customers state-of-the-art self-service library facilities. Completing the company’s new range of self-service kiosk solutions, which includes…
That’s what De Gruyter is offering through De Gruyter Select. You now can compile individual articles and content from its webshop into an exclusive book. For example, you can assemble single articles from a journal along with a book chapter into a high-quality, hardcover book and have it printed for your exclusive use. The print…
Aculearn established a vision in year 2001 to provide a single communication platform for video, audio and data collaboration over the internet. A platform that will enable small medium enterprises, multi-national corporations or military alike to communicate effectively over the internet. Under the advisory of industry leaders across different market segments, AcuStudio became an instant…
(4 September 2013) Part of a historic archive of space images, including Soviet photos of the surface of Venus, hand-assembled mosaics of Jupiter’s moons, and an incredibly detailed map of the Moon, has been published online by UCL (University College London). The rare photos and maps have been made available to the public as part…
(10 September 2013) The National University of Singapore (NUS) has emerged as the top university in Asia in the 2013/2014 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. The University was placed 24th in the rankings, moving up a spot from its 25th placing last year. The QS World University Rankings evaluates over 800 universities based on…
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