Helen Lane and her colleagues created an Augmented Reality game to engage new starters at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
Posted 02 November 2017
The goal of the research is to develop a bespoke tool for librarians and related professionals that would allow them to interlink Linked Data sets.
Posted 26 October 2017
Internet Librarian International 2017 in review
Posted 23 October 2017
A Storify of Tweets using the #ILI2017 hashtag on Day 2 of Internet Librarian International.
Posted 20 October 2017
A Storify of Tweets using the #ILI2017 hashtag on Day 1 of Internet Librarian International.
Posted 19 October 2017
UKeiG has announced that the UKeiG Jason Farradane Award winner for 2017 is Christopher Gutteridge, Systems, Information and Web programmer at the University of Southampton.
Posted 12 October 2017
The challenge of managing digital life cycles will be ongoing and a focus on built-in discovery is crucial.
Posted 10 October 2017
How well can libraries demonstrate their impact on student learning and success?
Posted 05 October 2017
EBSCO publishes its Serials Price Projection Report for 2018
Posted 05 October 2017
Emerald Reach aims to deliver high quality open access content.
Posted 05 October 2017
International coalition calls on EU to halt harmful copyright reform; RSC and Publons partner to recognise peer reviewers; De Gruyter launches science news site.
Posted 25 September 2017
ScienceOpen to host UCL's open access journal programme.
Posted 23 September 2017
The site, used by researchers to swap papers, is accused of copyright infringement.
Posted 22 September 2017
When it comes to metrics, an analysis of tweets suggests that 77% of tweets referencing academic articles are mechanical in nature.
Posted 07 September 2017
Scholarly publisher De Gruyter plans to digitise its backlist dating back to 1749.
Posted 07 September 2017
Internet Librarian International 2017 devotes a full-day track to understanding how libraries are working with users to redesign services, spaces and to understand usage.
Posted 06 September 2017
Aaron Tay reflects on what has changed in academic librarianship, shares some important lessons and highlights the importance of future-proofing professional skills.
Posted 04 September 2017
This year's Internet Librarian International celebrates the superhuman impact librarians have on organisations, communities and individuals.
Posted 17 August 2017
The role of the librarian in fostering critical thinking in every field of learning has grown in importance. Terence Huwe recommends three strategies for librarians who want to nurture effective research and critical analysis.
Posted 15 August 2017
Thomson Reuters launches startup incubator focusing on big data; publisher pilot for managing and tracking author sharing via scholarly collaboration networks; peer review process to be investigated; BBC Monitoring joins OpenAthens; winner of IFLA Green Library Award.
Posted 25 July 2017
A new Oxford University Press report explores the role of reference resources in research and teaching in academic institutions.
Posted 06 July 2017
A new study explores how scholarly publishing can evolve to ensure it is sustainable.
Posted 05 July 2017
The Association of European Research Libraries LIBER and OCLC Research announce a collaborative research study.
Posted 25 June 2017
A round-up of all the news you may have missed including: Elsevier launches Biology Research Network; T&F partner with The Conversation Africa; new case study collection from Emerald; JoVE adds physics; Webcomics and Webcultures archives from the Library of Congress; UK's national sculpture collection to be catalogued - and more.
Posted 25 June 2017
The role of libraries and librarians must change to reflect the growth of multi-disciplinary study.
Posted 20 June 2017