Elsevier partners with the Energy Institute to organise first Energy Systems conference - September 12, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced its official collaboration with the Energy Institute (EI) in organising the first Energy Systems conference to be held from June 24-25, 2014 in London. Policy makers, researchers and energy industry figures today face an enormous challenge to develop a safer, more… Read More
CONTEC Frankfurt attracts top-level names from across the entire publishing ecosystem - September 9, 2013
CONTEC Frankfurt, a pre-Frankfurt event organised by the Frankfurt Academy, will premiere on October 8, 2013, with a programme featuring over 60 speakers and 25 interactive sessions that will address the complexity of needs of the entire international publishing industry – trade and STM publishers, agents,… Read More
UK Library webinar to highlight document delivery evolution and advances - September 4, 2013
Reprints Desk, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Research Solutions, Inc. (RSSS), has opened registration for the '3rd Generation DocDel for the UK,' a free document delivery webinar to be held online from 12:00-12:30 British Summer Time (BST) on September 18, 2013. Speakers will include Reprints… Read More
ARL Membership Meeting scheduled for October 9–10 - September 3, 2013
ARL President Wendy Lougee, university librarian at University of Minnesota, will convene the 163rd ARL Membership Meeting in Arlington, Virginia, on the afternoon of October 9. Several programmes that build on recent discussions about strategic thinking and the future framework for ARL are in development. The… Read More
Ex Libris and Data Planet sign agreement to include Data Planet Statistical Content in Primo Central Index - August 28, 2013
Library technology solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, recently signed an agreement with Data Planet to include its extensive collections of original datasets in the Primo Central Index. More than 12,000 summary-level data records from Data-Planet will be available in the Primo Central Index, allowing all… Read More
OA to research publications reaching ‘tipping point’, says new European Commission study - August 22, 2013
A new study, funded by the European Commission, has confirmed the global shift towards making research findings available free of charge for readers. This new research suggests that open access is reaching the tipping point, with around 50 percent of scientific papers published in 2011 now… Read More
