Submissions open for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2015 - October 9, 2014
The London Book Fair (LBF), in association with The UK Publishers Association (The PA), has announced that submissions are now open for the LBF International Excellence Awards 2015. Entries for the awards need to be registered online via the LBF website by January 9, 2015. … Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014 begins - October 8, 2014
This year the Frankfurt Book Fair began with a very thought provoking conference organised by the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) on October 7. Cathy Wolfe President & CEO, Medical Research, Wolters Kluwer, keynote speech began with an… Read More
Facing up to the challenges of education and culture policy – Education at the Frankfurt Book Fair - October 3, 2014
Digitisation and globalisation have made it necessary to rethink our education and cultural policies. Technology companies like Apple, Microsoft and Google are investing more and more in educational activities, while trends such as massive open online courses (MOOCs) are bringing into question the need for classrooms and face-to-face exchanges with… Read More
NSF grants $1 million to MU to expand supercomputer equipment and expertise for big data analytics - October 3, 2014
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1 million in two grants to the University of Missouri to install a supercomputer enabling data-intensive research and education at MU in fields such as bioinformatics, geoinformatics, high performance computing and engineering applications. The grants also will fund the… Read More
Registrations now open for ARL seminar for new assessment professionals - October 2, 2014
Registration is now open for ‘Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: An ARL Seminar for Recently Appointed Assessment Professionals,’ to be held in Washington, DC, May 14–15, 2015. This two-day in-person event is designed for librarians and coordinators who are new to the… Read More
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses joins The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group, adds two AACN journals to ISPG offerings - October 1, 2014
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently joined The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) and will add two of AACN's award-winning journals to the ISPG offerings - American Journal of Critical Care and Critical Care Nurse. As part of this… Read More
