Visualising Research: using data visualisation to explore how research is funded in the UK - March 3, 2014
Around £3 billion of Government funding is apportioned annually between the seven UK Research Councils. This investment creates a huge amount of information, which is held in the 'Gateway to Research' database and available for anyone to access online. But how can people make sense of… Read More
NIH adds substantial set of genetic, health information to online database - February 28, 2014
Researchers will now have access to genetic data linked to medical information on a diverse group of over 78,000 people, enabling investigations into many diseases and conditions. The data, from one of the nation’s largest and most diverse genomics projects - Genetic Epidemiology Research on Aging (GERA) - have just… Read More
2014 ORCID Outreach Meeting and Codefest to be held from May 21-22 in Chicago - February 27, 2014
ORCID, a non-profit organisation that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, has announced that the Spring 2014 ORCID Outreach Meeting and Codefest will be held from May 21-22 in Chicago. The Outreach Meeting will showcase how universities and professional societies are incorporating ORCID… Read More
Digital trailblazer Martha Lane Fox to speak at LBF Publishing for Digital Minds Conference - February 26, 2014
The London Book Fair has announced that Baroness Martha Lane Fox, the UK Digital Champion, co-founder of lastminute.com and noted lover of literature, will appear in conversation with conference Chair Anna Rafferty at this year's Publishing for Digital Minds Conference. The conference, which takes place on… Read More
ACCUCOMS and ISPG expand agreement to include South East Asia - February 26, 2014
The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) has announced that it is expanding the agreement with its Middle East and Latin America representative, ACCUCOMS, to now include South East Asia, including such key countries as: Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. ACCUCOMS has been a… Read More
Anthony Horowitz to deliver Author Keynote at the Publishing for Digital Minds Conference - February 20, 2014
The London Book Fair has announced that Anthony Horowitz, one of the most prolific and accomplished multi-disciplinary writers working today, will deliver the Author Keynote at the Publishing for Digital Minds Conference, in association with The Publishers Association and sponsored by Copyright Clearance Center, on April… Read More
