2014 SPARC Open Access to focus on ‘Convergence’ - June 17, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the next SPARC Open Access Meeting, themed ‘Convergence,’ will convene March 3–4, 2014, in Kansas City. The past year has seen growing momentum in the areas of open access, open data, and open educational… Read More
LBF, UK PA and British Council boost LBF Korea Market Focus 2014’s profile at Seoul Book Fair - June 17, 2013
The London Book Fair, British Council and the UK Publishers Association are participating in Seoul Book Fair 2013 in advance of Korea being the Market Focus country at the LBF 2014, scheduled for April 8-10. During Seoul Book Fair, the LBF Market Focus team, in association… Read More
Thomson Reuters and One Mind for Research collaborate to advance traumatic brain injury knowledge - June 13, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced an extension of its relationship with One Mind™ for Research to further the understanding of the central nervous system (CNS) and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) through tranSMART. tranSMART is an open source data sharing and… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health announces series of regional seminars for healthcare executives in Brazil - June 12, 2013
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced a series of regional seminars in Brazil entitled 'Adopting Clinical Decision Support Systems: Brazil Experience Mirrors Efficiencies Seen Globally.' The regional, invitation-only seminars are designed for key healthcare executives and will be held from June 11 to… Read More
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute unveils international initiative to promote sharing of standardised genetic and clinical data - June 11, 2013
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute recently unveiled an international initiative to promote the sharing of standardised genetic and clinical data. More than 60 leading healthcare, research and disease advocacy organisations from across the world are joining together to form an international alliance dedicated to enabling secure… Read More
NLM and AAHSL to co-sponsor leadership fellows program for future academic health sciences library directors - June 11, 2013
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced the 2013-2014 year of the leadership program jointly sponsored with the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL). The NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program is focused on preparing emerging leaders for the position of library director in academic health… Read More
