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The Death of Bibliometrics? Truth, Numbers and Things

September 4, 2013

The sad business of the American Academic and Scholarly Research Journal has come to a rather unexpected end. The journal is no more, having disappeared from the web along with its associated Research Center, and all record of it has disappeared from Scopus as well. Now only a few blog posts and a single citation in the Malaya Journal of Matematik remain as evidence that it ever existed or that it was once the site of a short exciting battle in the War Against Tosh. If you have no idea what I’m talking about it’s all here but I will summarise. Three weeks ago today it was noticed that the Scopus database was indexing a very low quality journal with the above title. A post (see the link above) appeared on LOL which drew attention to...Read more

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Kupu o te wiki

September 3, 2013

Kupu o te Wiki, or Word of the Week, is brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff. The word this week is: Pāpura (Pah-poo-rah) or Purple “they say blue and red make pāpura” ...Read more

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Altmetrics – What’s that all about?

August 30, 2013

Users of Symplectic will probably have noticed a little Altmetrics button next to the count of their citations. It will probably look a bit like this – If you’re lucky and your work has created some Internet and social media activity then...Read more

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Māori Land Court Minute Books re-shelved at Albany

August 29, 2013

The Māori Land Court Minute Books at the Albany Campus Library have been re-shelved to the front of the Ngā Kupu Ora collection on Level 3. If you have any questions about the Minute Books or would like to learn more about them contact our...Read more

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Nursing and Social Work database trials

August 28, 2013

Are you an academic or student in the areas of nursing or social work? Three database trials are now up and running that may be of interest to you. Please note the trial finishing dates. We’d love to hear your feedback using the links...Read more

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Building Work at Turitea Library

August 27, 2013

There is a small construction zone on Level 2 of Turitea Library during August-October, near the Information Desk. The offices are being re-configured to accommodate our new Information & Research Services team. We apologise for any...Read more

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Kupu o te wiki

August 26, 2013

Kupu o te Wiki, or Word of the Week, is brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff. The word this week is: Kōanga (core-ung-ah) or Spring Lambing season signals Kōanga is just around the corner ...Read more

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SPCA Cupcake Day at Turitea Library, Monday 26 August

August 24, 2013

On Monday morning, 26 August, Massey staff will be running an SPCA Cupcake Day stall in the Turitea Library foyer. Our thanks to all the keen bakers who are contributing, and to all of you who turn up to buy the goodies. Read the Manawatu Standard...Read more

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Kupu o te wiki

August 21, 2013

Kupu o te Wiki, or Word of the Week, is brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff. The word this week is: maikuku (my-koo-koo) or fingernail “off to the salon today, its about time I got my maikuku done”    ...Read more

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‘How to Find’ feedback

August 21, 2013

We’re currently looking at our How to Find pages. If you do use them please let us know how it goes, any time from now till Labour Weekend. Thanks for your help. ...Read more

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