Expanded SPIE Photonics West 2014 industry track offers more for technology commercialization entrepreneurs, startups, investors, executives - January 3, 2014
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced that panel discussions on what startups need for success, promising technology commercialisation prospects, and insights on funding biophotonics ventures are among new elements of an expanded industry track at SPIE Photonics West 2014. Already the largest… Read More
ALA TechSource announces new workshop, Getting Started with Open Access - December 30, 2013
ALA TechSource has announced a new workshop, Getting Started with Open Access, with Emily Puckett Rodgers and Meredith Kahn. This workshop will last 90 minutes and is scheduled for January 15, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. EST. Journals continue their transition to becoming increasingly digital publications,… Read More
ARL and Ithaka S+R’s free web seminar to bring together leaders of seven of the eight cases profiled in the Searching for Sustainability report - December 27, 2013
Museums and libraries are taking advantage of advances in technology to move their rare and unique collections online. What most institutions learn quickly is that digitization is the easy part. As grant funding rarely covers ongoing operations, the larger challenge is to develop a successful strategy to make sure the… Read More
Proposal submission deadline approaching for Library Assessment Conference 2014 - December 23, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington Libraries, and the conference planning committee are accepting proposals through January 17, 2014, for the Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to be held in Seattle, Washington, August 4–6, 2014. The goal of… Read More
Brill and Semantico launch BrillOnline Discovery - December 20, 2013
Academic publisher Brill and UK-based online publishing services provider Semantico have announced the launch of BrillOnline Discovery, which offers users the option to search across all of Brill's online resources from one central place. BrillOnline Discovery uses the Scolaris Linking Hub technology developed by Semantico. This… Read More
Techstreet launches latest version of its enterprise standards management platform, Techstreet Subscriptions - December 19, 2013
Industry codes and standards provider Techstreet, part of the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, has announced the launch of the latest version of its enterprise standards management platform, Techstreet Subscriptions. Techstreet Subscriptions provides customers with new collaboration capabilities, including note taking and the… Read More
