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
PCG celebrates 25 years of service to scholarly publishers - February 3, 2015
Sales, marketing and research consultancy Publishers Communication Group (PCG) has announced plans to mark its silver jubilee in 2015, having helped more than one hundred publishers connect with thousands of libraries and millions of end-users around the world over the past quarter century. The company will… Read More
IOP Publishing celebrates International Year of Light 2015 - February 2, 2015
This year many scientific societies, educational institutions and other organisations are coming together to celebrate the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 (IYL 2015). This global initiative, which emerged from the international physics community and was formally approved by the United Nations in December 2013, is designed… Read More
Elsevier celebrates International Year of Light 2015, collaborates in the production of documentary film – Einstein’s Light - January 21, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced its collaboration in the film production of Einstein's Light which was first presented at the Opening Ceremony of the International Year of Light 2015 (IYL2015) held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Einstein's Light explores how scientific imagination and innovation advance… Read More
