Institution of Engineering and Technology to host global STEM competition in the UK - June 6, 2017
The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) skills of hundreds of budding young engineers will be challenged when they compete in a robotic competition for students organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), hosted at the University of Bath and sponsored by Bechtel. … Read More
CiteScore releases 2016 annual values and updates - June 5, 2017
Elsevier, a global information analytics company specialising in science and health, has released CiteScore 2016 annual values and a number of improvements to its set of simple, reproducible serial metrics that cover all journals, book series, conference proceedings and trade publications in Scopus. CiteScore metrics now… Read More
IET calls on the electrical industry to have its say on the 18th Edition of IET Wiring Regulations - June 5, 2017
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is calling on the electrical industry to have its say and influence the content of the 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations (BS 7671), following the release of the Draft for Public Comment (DPC) for BS 7671:2018. … Read More
German National Consortium and Portico sign digital preservation agreement - June 5, 2017
Digital preservation service Portico and a national consortium of German academic institutions has announced an agreement for consortium member libraries to join the Portico digital preservation service. By participating in Portico, German institutions and the communities they serve will be assured continued access to important scholarly… Read More
Research Information partners with London Info International to host its first one-day conference - June 5, 2017
Research Information will host its first one-day conference, in partnership with London Info International. 'Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle,' an interactive one-day conference for publishers, information professionals and academics, will be held on December 4 at the Business Design Centre, London. Organised by Research… Read More
Kathi Kromer new head of ALA Washington Office - June 5, 2017
The American Library Association has announced the appointment of Kathi Kromer as the new Associate Executive Director (AED), Washington, D.C. Office. Kromer will join the ALA Washington Office team on June 5, 2017. Prior to joining ALA, Kromer was with The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association… Read More
