18 September, 2017
Universities and Libraries More Open Libraries: A Danish Perspective Lisa Roberts, Head of Culture and Leisure at Peterborough City Council provides an interview about how Danish libraries combine both staffed and unmanned hours to have libraries that are open for longer, and the considerations that go into such a set up. NTU 3D-Prints Greener 'Concrete' Researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have successfully 3D-printed a material that resembles concrete by combining fly ash, steel slag - a by-product of the steel-making process. SUTD Graduates Design Device for Deaf People, Wins Design Contest Designed by seven graduates from SUTD, a gadget for deaf people
Pew Research Center Publishes Survey Findings on “How People Approach Facts and Information� and Role For Libraries/Librarians Source: John B. Horrigan, Pew Research Center
This survey finding, published on 11 September by the US based Pew Research Center, examines how people react to information, and what roles libraries can play. Access the 35-page report in PDF format from the Pew Research Center site.
How Can Root Cause Analysis Be Used in Academic Libraries Source: Karen Sobel, ScienceDirect
The use of Root Cause Analysis in government, technology, healthcare and other sectors in the past decades is well known. The authors realized that there are no examples of Libraries using this method, however, and explored how it can be applied to academic libraries. More about Library Planning and Strategy: 1. Diversity and Inclusion, SPEC Kit 356, Published by ARL
inspired by visual cues in video games has won the James Dyson Award.
Library Carpentry: Software Skills Training for Library Professionals
MediSix Therapeutics Signs Exclusive Licensing Agreement with the Source: Jez Cope and James Baker, Sussex Research Online National University of Singapore “Library Carpentry” is a term coined by the two researchers who, in this article, explain what skills they MediSix Therapeutics Pte have identified as critical for Librarians to train and learn Ltd., an early-stage cell in, and how they have gone about the training thus far. therapy company developing novel More about Training and Professional Development: therapeutics to target 1. Building Research Competencies in Canadian leukemia and lymphoma, Academic Libraries: The CARL Librarians' Research has signed an exclusive Institute licensing agreement with the National University of Singapore (NUS). New SUSS Entrepreneurship Course Offers Real-World Tests The programme, accredited by the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) and run in partnership with Alibaba's cloud computing arm, Alibaba Cloud, will not have exams, but will instead be tasked with securing funding for their business idea – with a time limit. Stanford University LOCKSS Program to Mainstream Distributed Digital Preservation through New Project For eighteen years, the Stanford University LOCKSS (Lots of Copies
A Longitudinal Study of Intellectual Cohesion in Digital Humanities Using Bibliometric Analyses Source: Muh-Chyun , Yun Jen Cheng and Kuang Hua Chen, SpringerLink
This research examines and traces how Digital Humanities research has developed, and as a result, how its diversity and coherence in interdisciplinary studies have grown accordingly as well. It also examined what it calls “fragmentation” of co-author networks, and what contributes to such fragmentation. More about Digital Humanities and Research: 1. Libraries and Research: Five Key Themes for Sustainable Innovation in Strategy and Services
Keep Stuff Safe) Program has supported the digital preservation needs of a diverse and growing community of institutions worldwide. A new program is being developed that will allow the software to be embedded in other systems.
Report: Time for a Digital Literacy Reboot in College Source: Dian Schaffhauser, NMC Horizon Project
The New Media Consortium (NMC) has released a new strategic brief on Digital Literacy in Higher Education. In this new report, it concludes that simply knowing how to use digital tools will not be enough for the future, and that “to be considered digitally literate, learners must be creators”. You can view the full report from here. More about Digital Literacy in Higher Education: 1. Digital Learning – an Interview 2. Higher Education Students want Staff to be Better at Technology… But Not to Use More of It
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