Registrations now open for upcoming ORCID Outreach Meeting - March 16, 2015
The Open Research and Contributor ID (ORCID) has announced that registration for upcoming ORCID Outreach Meeting is now open. The ORCID Outreach Meeting is a joint conference, organised together with CASRAI, and hosted by the University of Barcelona. The conference will explore the way that research… Read More
Jisc Digital Festival presents best digital talent under the theme ‘connect more’ - March 16, 2015
Teachers, IT managers, librarians, lecturers and research managers from across the UK were given the chance to discuss the positive impact of technology on further and higher education and discover new tools and approaches to its use at this year's Jisc Digital Festival. Held in… Read More
The London Book Fair and the Publishers Association announce leaders in social & viral content as new speakers for Publishing for Digital Minds Conference - March 13, 2015
The London Book Fair, in association with the Publishers Association, has confirmed a raft of new speakers for the Publishing for Digital Minds Conference (pDMC), including leading publishers and content professionals from Gleam Futures, Mashable, Lonely Planet and Cambridge University Press. The latest additions to pDMC… Read More
Reprints Desk’ Senior Sales Engineer Chris Atwood to present to academic library users of ILLiad and Odyssey software applications at upcoming academic library conference - March 10, 2015
Document delivery supplier Reprints Desk, Inc., a Research Solutions company, has announced that the company's Senior Sales Engineer Chris Atwood will deliver a presentation entitled 'Streamlining Content Acquisition and CONTU Compliance via ILLiad' to attending academic library professionals on March 18, 2015, at the ILLiad International… Read More
SPARC announces theme for 8th International Open Access Week - March 5, 2015
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the theme for this year's 8th International Open Access Week will be 'Open for Collaboration.' The theme highlights the ways in which collaboration both inspires and advances the Open Access movement—from the partnerships behind launching… Read More
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
