American Chemical Society national meeting features variety of presidential events - July 31, 2015
American Chemical Society (ACS) President Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt will sponsor several events related to the theme of the ACS 250th National Meeting & Exposition, 'Innovation from Discovery to Application.' The meeting runs from August 16-20 in Boston. The presidential events will be held at the… Read More
Sixth edition of The EMBO Meeting scheduled for September 5–8, 2015 - July 30, 2015
The sixth edition of The EMBO Meeting will be held in Birmingham in the United Kingdom from September 5–8, 2015. The EMBO Meeting brings together an outstanding lineup of speakers in one of the largest annual events for the life science community in Europe. It is… Read More
Figshare and DuraSpace webinar to discuss possibilities for integration between Figshare for Institutions and DuraCloud - July 28, 2015
London-based data repository organisation Figshare and DuraSpace will host a webinar to discuss the possibilities for integration between Figshare for Institutions and DuraCloud. The webinar, scheduled for August 20, from 7pm – 8pm BST, will be presented by Dan Valen, Product Specialist,… Read More
Major repository networks agree to collaborate on data exchange, technological development, and metadata - July 17, 2015
Three major regional open access repository networks and aggregators (OpenAire, LA Referencia, and SHARE), along with the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and Center for Open Science (COS) met in Charlottesville, Virginia, to discuss synergies and potential areas of collaboration on July 9 and 10,… Read More
The Frankfurt Book Fair and Publishing Perspectives to host The Markets: Global Publishing Summit - July 15, 2015
A new conference to kick off the Frankfurt Book Fair, to be held the day before the fair officially opens (14-18 October 2015), will set the theme for the world's largest industry meeting: 'The Markets – Global Publishing Summit' is the name of the one-day event,… Read More
KSU to host conference on scientific publishing issues - July 9, 2015
King Saud University (KSU), which is leading the vanguard in promoting and supporting scientific research in the Kingdom, will host the Saudi international conference on scientific publishing for 2015 to discuss issues and challenges surrounding scientific publishing in the Arab world with specific focus on difficulties… Read More
ARL’s series of webcasts present findings from latest SPEC surveys - July 9, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast will follow the publication of each SPEC Kit in 2015. … Read More
CERN organises Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9) for the ninth time - July 7, 2015
For the ninth time CERN organised the Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9) held in Geneva, from June 17-19. With more than 200 participants from around the world (mostly from Europe and North America), OAI9 had a very rich, diverse and interesting programme, starting… Read More
NFAIS launches Lunch & Learn Virtual Education Series - June 29, 2015
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a global, nonprofit membership organisation serving the information community, has announced the launch of a virtual program called the NFAIS Lunch & Learn Education Series. As part of this program, NFAIS invites information experts and professionals to submit… Read More
Elsevier unveils seven Library Information Science Books at ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition - June 26, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of seven new library and information science books, including Digital Futures, a co-branded book project with the UK's Jisc; Informed Systems by Mary M. Somerville; and Marketing the 21st Century Library by Debra Lucas-Alfieri. These and four others… Read More
