THE MARKETS – Global Publishing Summit 2016 - June 14, 2016
In 2015, for the first time in four years, sales of printed books once again rose slightly, by 0.4 per cent, from 2.748 billion pounds to 2.760 billion pounds. By contrast, at the same time and for the first time in seven years, digital sales (e-books, audio downloads, online subscriptions)… Read More
W3C and IDPF to organise one-day Publishing Community Meeting at W3C TPAC 2016 - June 13, 2016
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) are organizing a one-day Publishing Community Meeting during W3C's largest annual event, TPAC (Technical Plenary / Advisory Committee week). The Publishing Community Meeting at W3C TPAC (Lisbon, Portugal)… Read More
Cochrane partners with four leading organisations to host the first Global Evidence Summit in 2017 - June 13, 2016
Cochrane, together with four other leading organisations in the production and dissemination of evidence for decision making in the global health, social, and economic policy and practice sectors – has announced the first 'Global Evidence Summit' in Cape Town, South Africa. Next year, Cochrane, a… Read More
ProQuest completes digitisation of rare books at Wellcome Library - June 10, 2016
ProQuest's renowned Early European Books (EEB) program now includes nearly 10,000 digitized titles and more than 4 million pages from the Wellcome Library, the pre-eminent collection in Europe devoted to the history of medicine and related topics. In collaboration during the past five years with… Read More
Stellenbosch University selects Ex Libris Alma for optimising library services - June 9, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that South Africa's Stellenbosch University (SU) has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® resource management service to complement the library's Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. This investment will help the university control costs and maintain its ranking as… Read More
NFAIS announces ‘Call for Presentations’ for 2016-2017 Lunch & Learn education series - June 9, 2016
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a global non-profit membership organisation serving the information services community, has announced a 'Call for Presentations' for its 2016-2017 Lunch & Learn with NFAIS virtual education series. The submissions deadline for the 2016-2017 series cycle is August 1,… Read More
