ConTech 2018 announces core themes and call for speakers - April 19, 2018
The ConTech 2018 chair team recently met to finalise a set of core themes and a call for speakers. Information providers and content owners are increasingly having to address the challenges of competing in a data world, driven by machine learning, artificial intelligence and other emerging… Read More
BookExpo and New York Rights Fair announce joint marketing agreement - April 12, 2018
BookExpo and New York Rights Fair (NYRF) have announced a joint marketing agreement whereby NYRF will become the Official Rights Fair of BookExpo, starting in 2018. The owners of NYRF, BolognaFiere, Publishers Weekly, and Combined Book Exhibit, will join forces with the… Read More
London Book Fair announces inaugural Freedom to Publish seminar - April 9, 2018
The London Book Fair (LBF) has announced the inaugural Freedom to Publish seminar, curated with the International Publishers Association (IPA) Censor, Advocate, or Disruptor? The Role of Publishers in an Evolving Publishing & Media Landscape on April 10, 2018, the first day of LBF. The… Read More
London Book Fair announces Market Focus 2019: Indonesia - April 6, 2018
The London Book Fair has announced Indonesia as the Market Focus for The London Book Fair 2019. The London Book Fair Market Focus programme, which is run in partnership with the British Council, will include cultural events celebrating Indonesian authors and books, and a professional programme… Read More
NFAIS to host Blockchain for Scholarly Publishing conference - April 5, 2018
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will host Blockchain for Scholarly Publishing, a conference on how blockchain could affect researcher workflows, including data collection, peer review, and access to published works. Attendees will explore blockchain's application, review case studies, and debate its challenges and… Read More
Invitation to complete survey on how archives and special collection repositories are being cited in publications - April 4, 2018
Research Libraries UK, in partnership with The National Archives and Jisc, have recently commissioned TheResearchBase to undertake a commissioned study into the citation of archive and special collection holding repositories within academic publications ('Citation Capture'). As a part of this important… Read More
