(1 July 2024) People keep secrets fearing harsh judgment, but research shows these fears are exaggerated. In a study with 508 participants, secret revealers expected worse judgment than they received. Regardless of the recipient’s relationship, honesty and trustworthiness were rated higher than anticipated, even with darker secrets like infidelity (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology).…
(13 June 2016) A Task Force chaired by EIFL has released two new librarians’ competency profiles that will help to build capacity in libraries for supporting new roles in the area of scholarly communication and e-research. The librarians’ competency profiles were released during the ELPUB 2016 conference, which took place from 7 – 9 June…
(13 November 2014) The BL’s Digital Scholarship team has recently conducted a survey aimed to collect data from BL users about awareness and adoption of digital tools and content in their research practice. A total of 1,649 participants took part in the survey designed to contribute to a clear insight into current digital research trends…
(30 September 2014) Monash University Library has compiled a series of interactive modules for students to better understand how to conduct academic research using the internet. Academic research on the internet covers: Why you might use the internet for academic research How to find “grey literature”, which is information, data and parliamentary and other reports from governments and…
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), and the Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) have announced a Joint Task Force on Librarians’ Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly Communication. Rapid changes in technology and associated shifts in research and scholarly…