COAR announces participation in Europe’s OpenAIRE2020 - February 27, 2015
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has announced its participation in the OpenAIRE2020, to work towards international alignment of repository networks, a key priority for COAR. COAR will lead the work package, 'International Alignment', enabling to further support work already underway at COAR to facilitate… Read More
Registrations now open for COAR-SPARC Conference 2015 - February 26, 2015
Registration is now open for the COAR-SPARC Conference 2015, "Connecting Research Results, Bridging Communities, Opening Scholarship," to be held in Porto, Portugal, April 15–16. Co-hosted by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories… Read More
CNI project briefing proposals for Spring 2015 meeting due February 27 - February 25, 2015
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is accepting proposals for project briefings to be presented at the CNI Spring 2015 Membership Meeting in Seattle, Washington, April 13–14. Proposal submission is open to anyone, including non-members of CNI. A project briefing is a 45-minute or one-hour… Read More
NASIG and SSP announce joint meeting on information policies - February 24, 2015
NASIG and the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) have announced a joint full-day program, 'Evolving Information Policies & Their Implications: A Conversation for Librarians & Publishers.' The program is scheduled for May 27, 2015, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia (DC)… Read More
The London Book Fair to extend Publishing for Digital Minds conference into the virtual arena, first social media conference to focus on trends in global publishing - February 23, 2015
The London Book Fair has announced that it will extend the Publishing for Digital Minds conference into the virtual arena on March 18, 2015, with the first social media conference to focus on trends in global publishing. The virtual conference, 'Around the World in 8… Read More
Springer’s eBooks on center stage at Australian universities - February 20, 2015
STM publisher Springer is putting its eBooks front and center in a new campaign scheduled for Orientation Week in Adelaide, Australia, this month. While the full breadth of the effort will feature a lot of moving parts at multiple locations, there is no question that the… Read More
ALPSP, the LBF and the PA announce inaugural Research and Scholarly Publishing Forum - February 18, 2015
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced the launch of the inaugural Research and Scholarly Publishing Forum at the London Book Fair. Developed in collaboration with the London Book Fair (LBF), ALPSP and the Publishers Association, 'Access all Areas: Global Trends in… Read More
Registrations now open for 36th Annual IATUL Conference 2015 - February 17, 2015
The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) will host the 36th Annual IATUL Conference 2015 in Hannover from July 5- 9, 2015. Participants can now register for the event. The reduced early bird fee applies for registrations received made by April 17, 2015. … Read More
Registration now open for OCLC Research Library Partnership meeting - February 12, 2015
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has announced that registrations are now open for the OCLC Research Library Partnership meeting, scheduled for June 3-5, 2014, in San Francisco. Exclusively for OCLC Research Library Partners, this gathering at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel… Read More
Hannah Telfer to present third keynote speech at Publishing for Digital Minds Conference - February 9, 2015
The London Book Fair, in association with The Publishers Association, has announced that Hannah Telfer, group director for consumer and digital development of Penguin Random House UK, will give the third keynote speech at the Publishing for Digital Minds Conference. Telfer will join Digital Author… Read More
