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IFLA Information Literacy Section Newsletter Summer 2024 is now available

Information literacyMay 26, 2024

(14 May 2024) The IFLA Information Literacy (ILS) Section Newsletter is published twice a year. Articles in the Summer 2024 issue include: Unlocking Minds: Digital Libraries for Sustainable Literacy (Banaras Hindu University, India) Transforming the AMDI Library, Universiti Sains Malaysia: Embracing Innovation for Enhanced Learning (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia) Library Instruction and Blended Learning at RMIT University Vietnam…

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The British Library hack is a warning for all academic libraries

InternetMarch 20, 2024

(19 Mar 2024) The British Library’s computer systems were recently attacked by the notorious ransomware group Rhysida. The attack led to many of the Library’s core systems remaining unavailable for months and the auction of 573GB of employees’ personal data on Rhysida’s .onion site. Though the Library is slowly recovering and has admirably published their…

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London Public Library closing three branches amid ‘major systems outage’

LibrariesDecember 21, 2023

The London Public Library is grappling with what it calls a “major systems outage,” which is forcing the closure of three of its branches for the rest of the week. (13 Dec 2023) The London Public Library is grappling with what it calls a “major systems outage,” which is forcing the closure of three…

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United Kingdom: Next Research Excellence Framework delayed to 2029

Research SupportDecember 8, 2023

(7 Dec 2023) The UK’s next Research Excellence Framework has been delayed until 2029 amid concerns over plans to fully break the link between individual staff and university submissions. The exercise, whose results were due to be published in December 2028, will now conclude in the final month of 2029, it was announced on 7 December. …

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New UK university principles promote AI literacy and integrity

TechnologyJuly 12, 2023

(4 Jul 2023) Britain’s Russell Group of research universities has published a set of principles that promote artificial intelligence (AI) literacy and use by staff and students. Universities are urged to adapt teaching and assessment to support the equitable and ethical deployment of AI, to uphold academic rigour and integrity, and to collaborate around evolving…

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UK: Police warn students not to use pirate website offering academic papers for free

Site offers access millions of scientific research papers which detectives say were illegally obtained through phishing attacks (20 Mar 2021) Police are warning students and universities not to use a popular pirate website offering free access to millions of scientific research papers. Sci-Hub, which was set up by Alexandra Elbakyan, a graduate student…

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Chinese and British libraries look forward to new development

LibrariesNovember 11, 2020

(6 Nov 2020) An online forum between Chinese and British libraries was held on Oct 27. Representatives from 11 libraries in China, including the National Library, Shanghai Library and Wuhan Library, attended the meeting. Their counterparts from the UK are the British Library, Living Knowledge Network and a dozen public libraries. The theme centered…

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UK to set up research integrity committee by 2020

Research SupportAugust 8, 2019

(25 Jul 2019) The UK is establishing a research integrity committee to better monitor how robustly the nation’s universities carry out research misconduct investigations. The committee is due to begin its work in early next summer, the government has announced. More details can be found here.

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UK library loans lag behind US, Australia

Asia Pacific, LibrariesJuly 15, 2019

(10 Jul 2019) In the UK, library loans are lagging behind other countries, reports the Bookseller. According to new analysis by ex-Waterstones CEO Tim Coates, UK book loans have plummeted year-on-year since 2009–10, falling from 5.7 to 2.8 loans per person. Going further back, in 1996–97 the figure was 8.6 loans per person. In contrast, book loans…

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Factors influencing open access in UK research institutions

Open AccessJuly 10, 2019

(8 Jul 2019) In order to monitor progress towards a more open research culture, we need to take a snapshot of the situation at different points of time and compare the percentage of Open Access outputs. Recently Digital Sciences published a report on The Ascent of Open Access, which looked at trends in Open Access, funding,…

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