Frankfurt Book Fair to host The Markets: Global Publishing Summit 2015 - August 7, 2015
Seven relevant book and media markets are the focus of The Markets - Global Publishing Summit, the new event to kick off the Frankfurt Book Fair (October 14-18, 2015). During this one-day event, to be held on the day before the fair officially opens, industry experts… Read More
NISO launches new project to develop XML standard for producing standards documents - August 7, 2015
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) voting members have approved a new project to standardize the ISO Standard Tag Set (ISOSTS) in line with JATS (ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2012 JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite) for application by standards development organisations (SDOs) and use in the standards ecosystem. In… Read More
Australian National University chosen as new host of the World Wide Web Consortium Australia Office - July 29, 2015
The Australian National University (ANU) is set to play a significant role in guiding the future of the Web after being chosen as the new host of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Australia Office. The W3C is an international consortium of over 400 member organisations… Read More
IFLA, FAO and COAR to organise Sustainable Development Goals: The Impact of Access to Information on our Societies e-forum - July 22, 2015
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and COAR, are organising an e-forum on 'Sustainable Development Goals: The Impact of Access to Information on our Societies' which will take place… Read More
Applications called for EBSCO Charleston Scholarship - July 22, 2015
Applications are now being accepted for a scholarship to attend the Charleston Conference through a grant sponsored by EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO). The EBSCO Charleston Conference Scholarship awards up to $1000 for conference registration and other expenses related to attending the conference. The Charleston Conference… Read More
Major repository networks agree to collaborate on data exchange, technological development, and metadata - July 17, 2015
Three major regional open access repository networks and aggregators (OpenAire, LA Referencia, and SHARE), along with the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and Center for Open Science (COS) met in Charlottesville, Virginia, to discuss synergies and potential areas of collaboration on July 9 and 10,… Read More
