Publishing For Digital Minds pursues global audience with multilingual social media backchannel - December 15, 2014
The London Book Fair, in association with The Publishers Association, has announced plans to put international social media at the heart of the next edition of Publishing for Digital Minds. It will recruit a team of social media experts to live-tweet and blog the 2015 conference… Read More
London Book Fair announces Mexico Market Focus Professional Programme for LBF 2015 - December 11, 2014
The London Book Fair (LBF), in partnership with The Publishers Association (PA), and CONACULTA and CANIEM in Mexico, has announced the Mexico Market Focus Professional Programme for LBF 2015. The programme was announced in London at the Mexico Market Focus: Rights Forum… Read More
Tackling textbook costs through open educational resources: a primer at ALA midwinter - December 3, 2014
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Research Coalition (SPARC) in collaboration with the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication is offering an institute on open educational resources at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting 2015 in Chicago, on January 29, 1:00-5:00 p.m., and… Read More
Jisc Digital Festival 2015 opens for registration - November 25, 2014
Jisc has announced that registration for the Jisc Digital Festival 2015 is now open. The festival, scheduled for March 9-10, 2015 at the ICC in Birmingham, will showcase the very best in UK digital talent. Simon Nelson, chief executive of FutureLearn, the social learning platform… Read More
IPA and The London Book Fair announce third edition of What Works? Successful Education Policies, Resources and Technologies conference - November 20, 2014
The International Publishers Association (IPA) and The London Book Fair (LBF) have announced that the third edition of What Works? Successful Education Policies, Resources and Technologies will take place on April 16, 2015, in association with The Publishers Association. The World… Read More
Digital Science and Boston Library Consortium workshop to address emerging needs of the research ecosystem - November 20, 2014
Digital Science, a technology company with a focus on the sciences, and the Boston Library Consortium are organising a workshop focused on the management, dissemination, and collaboration around research data in the university. Today's research ecosystem is increasingly complex and includes… Read More
STM Week 2014: One week, three events - November 18, 2014
The STM Association once again descends on London for its annual 'STM Week' events. Industry favourites Innovations and eProduction are joined this time by a new seminar focussing on OA: Beyond Open Access. Innovations: Social Media and Scholarly Publishing – exchanging, engaging and empowering will be… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and Association for Nursing Professional Development announce new healthcare webinar series - November 12, 2014
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health and the Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) have announced that that they are creating and jointly providing a webinar series geared toward nursing professional development (NPD) specialists who administer continuing nursing education in… Read More
Consumer engagement takes centre stage as Publishing for Digital Minds names 2015 conference chairs - November 10, 2014
The London Book Fair, in association with The Publishers' Association, has revealed that consumer engagement will be at the top of the agenda for the seventh edition of the Publishing Digital Minds Conference as it announced the chair and deputy chair for… Read More
Harvard Business Review and the NEJM launch second online forum on Health Care Innovation - November 7, 2014
Harvard Business Review (HBR) and the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) have launched a second installment of the Leading Health Care Innovation Insight Center, an eight-week online forum dedicated to helping leaders, managers, and other decision makers in health care improve… Read More
