NISO announces series of educational programs for 2017 - January 20, 2017
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced a strong series of educational programs for 2017, encompassing fourteen 90-minute webinars and six virtual conferences. All of these rich offerings are tailored to allow live viewing as well as archive use and viewing by individuals as well… Read More
ASTM International joins NFAIS as a new member - January 16, 2017
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAISTM), a global non-profit membership organisation serving the information services community, has announced that ASTM International has joined NFAIS as a new member. ASTM International, based in West Conshohocken, PA, is one of the… Read More
University of Florida’s Judith Russell to receive NFAIS 2017 Miles Conrad Award at Annual Conference - January 5, 2017
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAISTM), a global non-profit membership organisation serving the information services community, has announced that Judith Russell, the Dean of University Libraries at the University of Florida, has been selected to receive the NFAIS 2017 Miles Conrad Award. NFAIS's… Read More
Enhanced article context at ScienceOpen - January 5, 2017
As part of the ongoing development of ScienceOpen 2.017, ScienceOpen has announced a new context-enhanced webpage for each of its 27 million article records. Such enriched article metadata is becoming increasingly important in defining the context of research in the evolution of scholarly communication as we… Read More
Cochrane South Africa appoints Charles Shey Wiysonge as new Director - January 5, 2017
Cochrane South Africa has announced the appointment of Charles Shey Wiysonge as its new Director, effective December 2016. Originally trained as a physician, Professor Wiysonge has also completed extensive postgraduate training in epidemiology, evidence-based health care, and vaccinology. His previous roles have included serving as… Read More
Drafts charters of W3C Publishing Business Group, EPUB 3 Community Group available - December 27, 2016
As part of work towards implementing the plan to combine IDPF with W3C, proposed initial charters have been drafted for the anticipated new W3C Publishing Business Group and W3C EPUB 3 Community Group. These drafts were prepared in collaboration with co-chairs of the IDPF EPUB… Read More
