ConTech Legal 2019 launches - March 8, 2019
ConTech Legal 2019 will take place on June 27 at One Whitehall Place, London, SW1A. An exciting new event, ConTech Legal will help the legal information industry understand how new technologies are disrupting the creation, management and dissemination of legal content and how becoming more data-driven… Read More
Research4Life and GOALI to develop common online training modules for its programmes - March 8, 2019
Research4Life launched GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information) in March 2018 to provide developing countries with access to academic legal content and training. For the first anniversary, the team launched a feedback survey in order to better understand what their users need. More than… Read More
ARL organises Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2019, highlights balance in the copyright system - March 8, 2019
The sixth annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week took place February 25 - March 1, 2019, with 163 participating organisations as well as numerous individuals worldwide. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) organised the event and participants included universities, libraries, library associations, and many other organisations, such… Read More
Contech 2019 announces call for speakers - March 7, 2019
ConTech 2019 is aimed at information providers and content owners who increasingly have to address the challenges of competing in a data world, driven by machine learning, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. ConTech 2019 will help organisations assess their organisational and product data maturity. They… Read More
Fourth VSNU eZine on open access: The importance of ‘international alignment’ - March 5, 2019
The goal of achieving 100% open access for scientific publications by 2020 is coming into view. This means many efforts are underway to achieve this aim. International alignment is the common thread for the future: it is becoming increasingly clear that there is a need for international cooperation in terms… Read More
Northwestern University Press joins initiative to diversify academic publishing - March 1, 2019
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a four-year, $1,205,000 grant to the University of Washington Press to support the continued development and expansion of the pipeline program designed to diversify academic publishing by offering apprenticeships in acquisitions departments. This new grant… Read More
