International publishers to gather in London for International Publishers Congress and The London Book Fair - April 8, 2016
London will be the setting for the 31st International Publishers Congress, beginning April 9 -12, for the second time in the event's history. Alongside panels on copyright and freedom to publish, the Congress will hear from renowned authors Philip Pullman and Alaa Al-Aswany, and Hachette… Read More
Essential academic and scholarly publishing events at this year’s The London Book Fair - April 5, 2016
The London Book Fair has announced a comprehensive schedule of academic and scholarly publishing debates and talks at this year's event, taking place from April 12 – 14, 2016. LBF, now in its 45th year, has welcomed steadily increasing numbers of scholarly publishing delegates through… Read More
Leiden University Libraries joins the International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium - March 30, 2016
Leiden University Libraries has announced that it will integrate the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) image delivery technologies into its digital library infrastructure. Leiden University Libraries is the founding member of the IIIF Consortium. A growing community of the world's leading research libraries and image… Read More
Major research library organisations meet to discuss international collaboration - March 29, 2016
The first joint meeting of five of the world’s most prominent academic and research library organisations took place at the British Library in London on March 8, 2016, ahead of the Research Libraries UK Conference. The meeting gathered together the elected leaders and executive directors of the Read More
Florida’s Council of State University Libraries join NFAIS as new member - March 28, 2016
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a global nonprofit membership organisation serving the information services community, has announced that the state of Florida's Council of State University Libraries (CSUL) has joined NFAIS as a new member. The CSUL members are: University of Florida (already… Read More
SCOAP3 publishes 10,000th Open Access article - March 22, 2016
SCOAP3 has announced the publication of its 10,000th Open Access article. Since the start of its operation in 2014, the initiative has supported Open Access publication of High-Energy-Physics articles in 10 high-quality peer-reviewed journals. More than 18,000 scientists from over 90 countries have benefited from… Read More
