What’s a building for? I promised to write for the ARL section blog a few weeks ago, when the world was a simpler place. My theme is reinvention: how we reinvent the future of libraries by the way we reinvent the buildings in which we practice our profession. Since I made that promise, of course, […]
Read moreEsta foto de Autor desconocido está bajo licencia CC BY-SA-NC Academic libraries are currently transforming the traditional services of reference and lending for researchers and undergraduates to one where they provide large collaborative spaces for their users to work on projects of their areas of study or simply on business projects. This trend is quite attractive thanks to […]
Read moreNowadays public libraries are rarely viewed as a space for researchers. Digitalization and the Open Science movement are the prime drivers which have changed the situation. Thus, in 2020 a new space for researchers will open in the Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow. Although it’s a public, not an academic library, we hope it will […]
Read moreTo promote quality research, academic integrity and publication ethics among Indian Higher Education Intuitions, University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India on 26th November 2018 formed a Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (UGC-CARE) to develop a reference list of quality journals. The basic purpose of UGC-CARE list of quality journals is to discourage researchers […]
Read moreAs trusted partners in the provision and management of information, libraries, archives, and museums are looking for practical and ethical approaches to the suite of technologies known as Artificial Intelligence (AI). The second Fantastic Futures conference, hosted at Stanford Libraries from December 4th to the 6th2019, brought together more than 250 practitioners from across these […]
Read moreIFLA 2019 Congress Experience by IFLA WLIC 2019 Attendance Grant Winner My first attendance at the IFLA World Library & Information Congress in Athens, Greece did not disappoint! I had the great opportunity to attend for the first time an IFLA Congress with generous sponsorship by Ex Libris and SAGE. I was advantaged to be […]
Read moreThe Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity was published on 14 September 2018 and The Code of Conduct entered into force on 1 October 2018. Why is this code of conduct important: It gives an overview of rights and duties for individual researchers as well as research groups or organizations dealing with research. This […]
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