Library Assessment Conference 2018 to convene in Houston, Texas - March 9, 2017
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the University of Washington (UW) Libraries have announced that the next Library Assessment Conference will be held in Houston, Texas, in the fall of 2018. The University of Houston (UH) Libraries and Texas A&M University Libraries will serve as… Read More
Digital Science, Overleaf and Altmetric at The London Book Fair - March 6, 2017
The London Book Fair (LBF) is an annual event that acts as a meeting point for publishers and distributors from a wide range of industries including print, audio, TV, film and digital. LBF sees more than 25,000 publishing professionals arrive in London for the event and… Read More
EBSCO Information Services to fund EBSCO FOLIO Innovation Challenge - March 6, 2017
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is introducing the EBSCO FOLIO Innovation Challenge. The grant program will award $100,000 in grants to libraries to develop innovative technology solutions that address the challenges academic libraries face. A total of $100,000 will be awarded to multiple institutions—grants between $5,000… Read More
Marking the 15th Anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Initiative - March 3, 2017
This year marks the 15th Anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), a landmark meeting convened in Budapest by the Open Society Foundations (OSF) that aimed to accelerate progress in the international effort to make research articles in all academic fields freely available. The participants… Read More
Australian Research Council and La Trobe University launch Pilot Program with CHOR - March 3, 2017
CHOR, a developer of public access research management solutions, has announced its second international pilot program to assist government funding agencies in the identification and tracking of public accessibility to published research in peer-reviewed journals. Starting in March 2017, in partnership with the Australian Research Council… Read More
New initiatives being launched for London Info International 2017 - March 1, 2017
Following on from the successful launch of London Info as a conference and exhibition in December 2016, a series of new initiatives have been launched for LII 2017. LII 2017 will be held at the Business Design Centre on December 5th and 6th, 2017. The… Read More
