American Library Association to discuss new directions for digital content at Annual Conference - May 27, 2014
The American Library Association (ALA) Digital Content Working Group will host a session named 'ALA and Moving Ahead with Digital Content,' during the 2014 American Library Association Annual Conference in Las Vegas. This session broadly discusses the recent ebook activities and future plans for digital content.… Read More
Reprints Desk to present Medical Affairs Webinar on Enhanced Literature Workflows - May 19, 2014
Reprints Desk, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Research Solutions, Inc. (RSSS), has announced two webinars, scheduled for May 28, 2014, to highlight how QUOSA and Article Galaxy can be used together to efficiently acquire, manage and share relevant scientific literature for Medical Liaisons, Medical Communications, and… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center names winners of its Conference Scholarship Program for Academic Librarians - May 14, 2014
Global licensing and content solutions organisation Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has named the four winners of its Conference Scholarship Program for Academic Librarians: Susan Van Alstyne, Berkeley College; Nina Collins, Indiana Institute of Technology; George Gottschalk, Rogers State University; and John-Bauer Graham, Jacksonville State University.… Read More
Allen Press to host sixth annual Best Practices and Innovative Solutions webinar series - May 12, 2014
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, will host the sixth annual Best Practices and Innovative Solutions webinar series beginning this June. These six one-hour webinars, designed for societies, associations, and publishers, will be presented monthly beginning June 12 and ending November 20. Attendees can… Read More
SPARC announces ‘Generation Open’ as theme for 2014 International Open Access Week - May 9, 2014
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the theme for this year's International Open Access Week is "Generation Open". The theme will highlight the importance of students and early career researchers as advocates for change in the short-term, through institutional and governmental… Read More
Contributions for 6th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing called for - May 7, 2014
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA, has announced that UNESCO will be hosting the 6th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing, at their Paris Headquarters. The program planning for the event is well underway. As in previous years, the conference is directed towards the… Read More
WEDI organises emergency summit on ICD-10 implementation - May 5, 2014
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organisation focused on better health through information technology (IT), has joined the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and several other stakeholder organisations in pulling together a meeting to develop an industry action plan… Read More
IOP Publishing announces participation in 2014 NHS pilot - May 5, 2014
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP), UK, has announced that it is participating in a pilot that will enable access to journal content licensed by Jisc Collections to eligible staff working across the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. AAAS, Annual Reviews, Elsevier,… Read More
OSA to exhibit at the USA Science and Engineering Festival - April 23, 2014
The Optical Society (OSA) will be exhibiting at the USA Science and Engineering Festival, taking place in Washington, D.C. April 26-27. OSA volunteers will be on hand to perform education demonstrations in the 'Big Top Physics' tent, a joint project between OSA, Sigma Pi Sigma, the… Read More
NISO-BISG 8th annual ALA forum: The Changing Standards Landscape - April 22, 2014
The Changing Standards Landscape, an annual program organised jointly by the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV. The 2014 program will explore how… Read More
