An XKCD comic—and its many remixes—perfectly captures the absurdity of academic research. […] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/05/xkcd-science-paper-meme-nails-academic-publishing/618810/

In a town under siege from Assad’s regime, a small group of revolutionaries found a new mission: to build a library from books rescued from the rubble. For those stranded in the city, books offered an imaginative escape from the … Weiterlesen →

Librarian(P3) – (2021/0120 (127779)) Organization: NEPIK-IAEA Library Unit Primary Location: Austria-Vienna-Vienna-IAEA Headquarters Job Posting: 2021-02-18, 5:02:33 PM Closing Date: 2021-03-18, 11:59:00 PM Duration in Months: 36 Contract Type: Fixed Term – Regular Probation Period: 1 Year Organizational Setting The objective … Weiterlesen →

As “Do the research” becomes a rallying cry for conspiracy theorists, classical information literacy is not enough. […] Quelle: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2021/02/how-librarians-can-fight-qanon/618047/

A community of mathematicians is using software called Lean to build a new digital repository. They hope it represents where their field is headed next. Quelle: https://www.wired.com/story/the-effort-to-build-the-mathematical-library-of-the-future/

The Internet Archive Will Digitize & Preserve Millions of Academic Articles with Its New Database, “Internet Archive Scholar” […] Quelle: http://www.openculture.com/2020/09/internet-archive-scholar.html https://scholar-qa.archive.org  

Philipp Hainhofer’s Das Große Stammbuch, signed by influential 17th-century Europeans, acquired by Herzog August Bibliothek […] Quelle: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/27/german-friendship-book-sold-library-das-grosses-stammbuch-germany-herzog-august-bibliothek