The Open Access movement has radically changed the face of access to scholarly knowledge over the last twenty years. While it is far from universal (both as concerns disciplines covered, and geography), it has seen a growing share of research published without barriers to access and use, meaning that readers […]
Read full post…Monthly Archive for October, 2021
Happy Open Access Week 2021! How to achieve Open Access – and in particular the theme of this year’s week, ‘it matters how we open knowledge’ – is a question mobilising libraries and library organisations around the world. With the world far from a situation where all scholarly communication is […]
Read full post…Working with the SDGs, Working with Politicians: Interview with the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
Engaging with the UN Sustainable Development Goals opens up possibilities for libraries to create connections with United Nations agencies, while focusing initiatives on the individual topics they cover can help build support for the work of our institutions across governments, among politicians. We talked with Maia Simonishvili, from the National […]
Read full post…The UN World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (27 October) raises awareness of the urgent need to take action towards acknowledging the importance of audiovisual material and preserving it for future generations. These materials record and transmit stories, sharing the cultures, creativity, and memory of people from the past and today, […]
Read full post…To make the most of information, people need to have the skills to be confident, competent users. Libraries have long known this, supporting students and researchers in navigating through available resources, in particular in order to improve research. As information has become more and more abundant, the need to make […]
Read full post…Librarianship is arguably a naturally collaborative profession. We work together to develop services, to share resources, and of course – through associations at the national, regional and global levels – to develop common understanding, standards and positions. We also know that collaboration is good for us, and for the services […]
Read full post…The previous posts in this sub-series of 10-Minute Digital Librarian posts have focused on the importance of protecting yourself, and your users, online. However, when we only think about internet use in terms of protection against bad things happening, this risks creating a sense of fear or uncertainty. This can […]
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