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Home Features News Blog Press Releases Newsletter Topics Conferences About ILI365 Blog the 7th Tony Kent Strix Annual Memorial Lecture 2021 The UK electronic information Group (UKeiG) is pleased to announce that the 7th Tony Kent Strix Annual Memorial Lecture 2021 is to be delivered by the 2020 Strix award winner Ian Ruthven, Professor of Information Seeking and Retrieval at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde.Thursday 9th December 20212 pm - 4.30 pm GMT Posted 11 November 2021 Brazil’s Museum of the Portuguese Language reopens after fire Posted 4 November 2021 A New Reference Book of Quotations The New Yale Book of Quotations was published 31 August 2021 by Yale University Press, after over 15 years of preparation. Posted 1 September 2021 Smashing scientific authorship Even if you know nothing about the topic of "Adjacent Cell Marker Lateral Spillover Compensation and Reinforcement for Multiplexed Images", this research article from Front. Immunol., 05 July 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.652631 authored by Yunhao Bai1,2†, Bokai Zhu1,3†, Xavier Rovira-Clave1, Han Chen1, Maxim Markovic1, Chi Ngai Chan4, Tung-Hung Su1,5, David R. McIlwain1, Jacob D. Estes4, Leeat Keren1,6, Garry P. Nolan1*‡ and Sizun Jiang1,7*‡ will make you laugh if you ready only the note about author contributions: Posted 12 August 2021 Clarivate acquisition of ProQuest delayed In relation to Clarivate's previously announced acquisition (the "Acquisition") of ProQuest ("ProQuest"), on July 28, 2021, Clarivate received a second request for documents and other information from the Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC"), which is reviewing the Acquisition pursuant to authority under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. In view of the FTC's second request, on July 28, 2021, Clarivate and the equity holders of ProQuest (collectively, the "Seller Group") entered into an amendment (the "Amendment") to their Transaction Agreement dated May 15, 2021, extending the outside date for completion of the Acquisition from November 8, 2021 to December 31, 2021, subject to further extension. Although the Company hopes to be in a position to complete the proposed Acquisition in the second half of 2021, the Company and the Seller Group each have the option to extend the new outside date to April 29, 2022. (https://ir.clarivate.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2021/Clarivate-Announces-Private-Exchange-Offers-for-Two-Series-of-Notes-Open-to-Certain-Investors/default.aspx) Posted 10 August 2021 The Europeana Foundation have launched its 2021 Europeana Research Grants Programme. Posted 7 May 2021 Whose Bookcase Is This? A Brainteaser for those intrigued by fictional characters and their imaginary bookcases. Posted 15 February 2021 The Bird Librarian The "bird librarian" brings poisoners to justice. Posted 1 February 2021 Learn About Taxonomies in March Need to take a bite out of your taxonomy efforts? Taxonomy Bootcamp London, a sister conference to Internet Librarian International, is hosting a Bite-sized version on 2 March 2021. Posted 22 January 2021 Library Meme Content Winners IFLA's Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) Section and New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) announced the winners of their library meme contest. Posted 12 December 2020 The London Book Fair Moves to June 2021 The London Book Fair Moves to June 2021, with Andy Ventris Announced as New Director, with the aim of bringing the publishing industry together in person for first time since the outbreak of Covid-19. Posted 16 November 2020 Portsmouth Library wants its Harry Potter book back The Portsmouth City Library wants its Harry Potter first edition back, along with the £42,500 recent sales price Posted 20 October 2020 Cats running libraries Posted 5 October 2020 IFLA's 2021 Congress to be Virtual Instead of an in-person World Library & Information Congress in Rotterdam, IFLA has announced that the August 2021 congress will be entirely virtual. Posted 22 September 2020 EU Adviser Rules In Favor of German Library European Union magistrate Maciej Szpunar issued an advisory opinion stating that the digital cultural library run by Preussischer Kulturbesitz (the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) does not violate copyright laws. Posted 14 September 2020 Set in Concrete: The Württemberg State Library wins Architecture 2020 Concrete Award The extension to the Württemberg State Library in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, received the Architecture 2020 Concrete Award. Posted 22 August 2020 Complying with GDPR Kelly LeBlanc, a knowledge management and taxonomy specialist at FireOak Strategies, looked at GDPR compliance now that the legislation has been in place for awhile. Posted 12 August 2020 Open Content Survey Findings LYRASIS, a non-profit organization of libraries, archives, museums, and research institutions, based in the United States, published the 2020 Open Content Survey Report, which focuses on open content activities within the United States (U.S.) surrounding Open Access (OA) Scholarship, Open Data, and Open Educational Resources (OERs). Posted 7 August 2020 2020 Altmetric Research Award winners to study science communication dynamics of pandemics Winners of the 2020 Altmetric Research Award are Dr Fabio Castro Gouveia, a scientometrics and altmetrics specialist at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil, and Dr Elaine Rabello, a researcher with dual appointments at the Institute of Social Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Wageningen University, Netherlands. Posted 28 July 2020 Business Research Competencies The revised Business Research Competencies is now available. Posted 3 July 2020 10 New Works of Music in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic The Boccaccio Project Will Feature New Works by 10 Pairs of Composers and Performers to be Premiered Online During 10 Days in June Posted 13 June 2020 Most Misspelled Words in Google The Knowledge Academy have identified the most commonly misspelt words in Google searches. They've also found an uptick in people using Alexa or Siri to find the spellings they don't know. Posted 8 June 2020 New York Public Library’s top ten checkouts The New York Public Library will be celebrating its 125th birthday in 2020. Posted 13 January 2020 Multi-authorship and research analytics Report highlights the distorting effect of hyper-authored articles on citation and impact analysis. Posted 10 December 2019 The Internet and Jurisdiction Policy Network releases its first-ever Global Status Report Report covers mapping of trends, actors and initiatives regarding the potential cross-border legal challenges that could be encountered in cyberspace. Posted 29 November 2019 IARLA issues statement in support of Plan S The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA) welcomes the move towards the open access environment for journal articles. Posted 31 October 2019 Open Publishing Awards Eleven outstanding projects celebrated. Posted 18 October 2019 Research 4.0 – emerging tech and the future of research Demos, in partnership with Jisc, has set out to explore the potential impact of AI, robotics and other emerging technologies on the future of the research sector. Posted 4 October 2019 Global Learner Survey 2019 New Pearson report gathers opinions of 11,000 learners in 19 countries. Posted 20 September 2019 Doing digital business: 42 countries ranked How easy is it to conduct digital business globally and what policy changes could improve the current picture? Posted 8 September 2019 The ethics of being a journal editor New report explores the issues and concerns that keep journal editors up at night. Posted 6 September 2019 United Nations: Digital divide will worsen without better global cooperation The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released its Digital Economy Report 2019. Posted 5 September 2019 Latest data on global digital usage 3.5 billion people are using social media; half the world population watches online video; emoji usage continues to grow. Posted 18 July 2019 Summer reading and the Summer slide The long school holidays are around the corner. Posted 4 July 2019 Key themes and trends in HE Expected changes to the demographics of the student body has implications for HE libraries. Posted 8 June 2019 The humanities: critical issues in OA Goldsmiths College hosted a full day of discussions on what makes OA in the humanities ‘different'. Posted 26 May 2019 Big Deals in Europe The European University Association has released its 2019 Big Deals Survey Report. Posted 21 May 2019 Exploring Open Access scholarly ebook usage White paper suggests ways to improve usage data that will benefit all stakeholders including authors, publishers, funders, vendors, libraries, and readers. Posted 9 May 2019 Europe: A library manifesto Libraries matter for Europe and Europe matters for libraries. IFLA and its partners have developed a library manifesto for Europe. Here are the highlights. Posted 26 April 2019 Wikidata – a white paper for librarians In this Association of Research Libraries white paper expert Wikidata users recommend ways for librarians to use the open knowledge base in advancing global discovery of their collections, faculty, and institutions. Posted 23 April 2019 Good data practice – five factors for success New Springer nature white paper draws on several reports to recommend practical ways to accelerate data sharing. Posted 2 April 2019 The role of the University Librarian The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a statement describing the ways in which librarians help advance global scholarship. Posted 20 March 2019 The top 100 great novels? OCLC identifies the 100 novels most widely held in public libraries around the world. Posted 7 March 2019 Information as an asset: influencing at the highest level Information Governance needs to be owned at the top and cascaded down effectively. Posted 19 February 2019 Tech Cities generate and attract talent International real estate agent Savills has published its latest Tech Cities index report. Posted 6 February 2019 Ten innovations for teaching, learning and assessment Ten innovations that have the potential to provoke real change in pedagogy are explored in new report. Posted 10 January 2019 Research Information Management: a global survey New report shows complexity of research information management activities and the need for interoperability. Posted 11 December 2018 Altmetric releases Top 100 scientific articles of 2018 The Altmetric Top 100 typically features research from a variety of disciplines, written by authors from all corners of the globe. Posted 11 December 2018 Chart topping global researchers – list reveals influential researchers and institutions Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics) is an annual list of influential researchers in the sciences and social sciences from around the world. Posted 29 November 2018 The digital student experience Digital Experience Insights Survey gives a student-centric view of HE and FE digital environments. 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