SPARC and World Bank announce speakers for Open Access Week 2012 webcast - September 25, 2012
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank have announced the speakers for their co-sponsored kick-off event for Open Access Week 2012. The event will be held October 22, from 4pm - 5:30pm, at the World Bank in Washington, DC. The… Read More
SCOAP3 Article Processing Charges announced - September 25, 2012
As part of the SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics) tendering process recently conducted by CERN for the benefit of SCOAP3, the agreed-upon Article Processing Charges (APCs) for SCOAP3 participating journals are now publicly available. Within the SCOAP3 model, these APCs… Read More
Library of Congress to host ICSTI 2012 Annual Conference - September 24, 2012
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) has announced that it will hold its 2012 Annual Conference & Exhibition on October 15-16, 2012 in Washington DC. The event, hosted by the Library of Congress, will follow the ICSTI membership General Assembly meetings taking place… Read More
Registration deadline for ARL forum on Workforce for 21st-Century Libraries extended to September 21 - September 19, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that the ARL Fall Forum, ‘Library Workforce for 21st-Century Research Libraries,’ will be held from October 11–12, 2012, in Washington, DC, immediately following the ARL Membership Meeting. The forum is open to all and is geared for… Read More
Future 3D classrooms, Africa Day to be featured at Frankfurt Book Fair - September 18, 2012
Frankfurt Book Fair has announced that in Hall 4.2, the Book Fair's hall for education, science and specialist information, the visitors can witness 3D classes for future students. They can experiment first-hand in the ‘Classroom of the Future'. During the Book Fair, entire classes will have… Read More
PLA obtains grant to develop online digital literacy resource collection - September 17, 2012
The US' Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced that the Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has been awarded a $291,178 grant through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. PLA will partner with the ALA's Office… Read More
