Elsevier Foundation launches series of new programs addressing sustainability development goals - February 2, 2016
The Elsevier Foundation has launched a series of new programs to improve health information delivery, research ecosystems in developing countries, and diversity in science, technology and medicine (STM); a total annual contribution of $1 million. Through 2018, the Elsevier Foundation will build on its experience… Read More
Proposal submission deadline for 2016 Library Assessment Conference extended to February 3 - February 1, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington Libraries, and the conference steering committee have extended the proposal submission deadline for the 2016 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment to February 3. The conference will be held in Arlington, Virginia, October 31–November… Read More
Copyright in publishing will be a key theme at the International Publishers Congress in April 2016 - February 1, 2016
Francis Gurry, Director General of Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation, is confirmed to speak at the 31st International Publishers Congress in London in April 2016. He will speak on a panel chaired by Paul Doda, Chair of the IPA Copyright Committee. The panel entitled 'Global Trends… Read More
Data on the Web Best Practices publishes near final version of Dataset Usage Vocabulary - January 29, 2016
The Data on the Web Best Practices Working Group has published the near final version of its Dataset Usage Vocabulary. It is designed to answer the natural desire of publishers to be able to see how the data that they have gone to the effort of… Read More
Xuemao Wang selected to serve on the steering committee of SPARC - January 27, 2016
Xuemao Wang, dean and university librarian, has been selected to serve on the steering committee of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). SPARC is a global coalition of 200-plus academic and research libraries that works to enable open sharing of research output and… Read More
National Institute of Informatics in Japan and COAR to co-organise meeting of the Asian OA Community in Tokyo - January 25, 2016
The National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan and COAR are co-organising a meeting of the Asian OA Community in Tokyo, Japan on March 4th, 2016 in conjunction with the Research Data Alliance meeting. The aim of this meeting is to… Read More
