(9 Aug 2023) The Microbiology Society and National Taiwan University (NTU) are pleased to announce a five year transformative agreement, starting in 2024. The Publish and Read agreement, the first for the Microbiology Society in Taiwan, will allow affiliated researchers to publish an unlimited number of Open Access articles and enjoy full read access in…
(30 Jul 2021) National Taiwan University (NTU) has agreed to house a memorial library to former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) at its College of Law building on Xuzhou Road in Taipei, the Lee Teng-hui Foundation announced yesterday. On the eve of the first anniversary of the former president’s death, the foundation, the Taiwan Association of…
Who is number one in Asia – Tsinghua University or University of Tokyo? What Asian country debuted in a world ranking this year? This News Flash reviews two world rankings. NTU-TW uses only bibliometrics, favors large universities and receives little media attention. Times Higher Education uses a variety of metrics, has a slate of rankings…
(10 April 2018) The National Taiwan University Research Center for Digital Humanities is responsible for maintaining and operating the Digital Library and Museum of Buddhist Studies (DLMBS), a website devoted to compiling bibliographies, full-text articles, and other research resources in the field of Buddhist studies. The DLMBS was established by Prof. Heng-Ching Shih of the…
By Ruth A. Pagell* How many owners has the Institute for Scientific Information had? What percent of Times Higher Education revenue comes from rankings? Which ranker solicits advertising on its home page? (22 January 2018) Faculty and administrators in Hong Kong and Singapore asked me “How do the rankers make money from rankings?” Despite my…
(January 16, 2018) Ex Libris has announced that National Taiwan University has chosen the Ex Libris Alma library services platform to replace the school’s library management system. In addition, NTU’s local implementation of the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution will be migrated to the cloud and integrated with the Alma platform. Through the…
(12 October 2016) Yet another ranking’s update offers another example of Chinese universities rising as Japanese universities continue to slide. In the first ranking in 2007 (HEEACT), there were nine Chinese universities and none in the top 200. In 2016, there are 53 Chinese universities with eleven in the top 200. During the same time…
(24 March 2014) The summer program of National Taiwan University aims to develop Chinese-English translation skills in the cultural context of famous classics. The program period is 1 July to 9 August 2014. The program includes Introduction to translation, English-to-Chinese translation, Chinese-to-English translation and Introduction to Chinese Classics. Course details including scholarships and how to apply…