Allen Press to hold annual event on emerging trends in scholarly publishing in April - January 10, 2014
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, will present its annual Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing Seminar on April 24, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. The 2014 seminar is titled A Matter of Perspective. Leaders in the field of scholarly and… Read More
2014 IFLA Public Libraries Satellite Conference to focus on Public Library Futures in a global digital world - January 10, 2014
Public Library Futures in a global digital world is the theme for the 2014 IFLA Public Libraries Satellite Conference. Organised by the Public Libraries Section of ILFA, in collaboration with CILIP and the Society of Chief Librarians in England, this satellite conference will be hosted… Read More
Registrations for 2014 NFAIS Annual Conference now open - January 8, 2014
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), US, has announced that registrations are now being accepted for the 2014 NFAIS Annual Conference, Giving Voice to Content: Re-envisioning the Business of Information. The event is scheduled for February 23 - 25, 2014, at the Hyatt at… Read More
ARL and Ithaka S+R’s free web seminar to bring together leaders of seven of the eight cases profiled in the Searching for Sustainability report - January 8, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Ithaka S+R are offering a free web seminar that will bring together leaders of seven of the eight cases profiled in the recently published study funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Searching for Sustainability: Strategies… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education announces participation at 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show - January 8, 2014
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced its participation at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), where company executives will discuss how digital innovation continues to improve the education industry and provide an update on the state of adaptive learning technology in today's classrooms.… Read More
Expanded SPIE Photonics West 2014 industry track offers more for technology commercialization entrepreneurs, startups, investors, executives - January 3, 2014
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced that panel discussions on what startups need for success, promising technology commercialisation prospects, and insights on funding biophotonics ventures are among new elements of an expanded industry track at SPIE Photonics West 2014. Already the largest… Read More
ALA TechSource announces new workshop, Getting Started with Open Access - December 30, 2013
ALA TechSource has announced a new workshop, Getting Started with Open Access, with Emily Puckett Rodgers and Meredith Kahn. This workshop will last 90 minutes and is scheduled for January 15, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. EST. Journals continue their transition to becoming increasingly digital publications,… Read More
ARL and Ithaka S+R’s free web seminar to bring together leaders of seven of the eight cases profiled in the Searching for Sustainability report - December 27, 2013
Museums and libraries are taking advantage of advances in technology to move their rare and unique collections online. What most institutions learn quickly is that digitization is the easy part. As grant funding rarely covers ongoing operations, the larger challenge is to develop a successful strategy to make sure the… Read More
Proposal submission deadline approaching for Library Assessment Conference 2014 - December 23, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington Libraries, and the conference planning committee are accepting proposals through January 17, 2014, for the Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to be held in Seattle, Washington, August 4–6, 2014. The goal of… Read More
BISG to co-locate 2014 Making Information Pay Conference with 2014 IDPF Digital Book Conference at BookExpo America - December 19, 2013
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has announced the co-location of Making Information Pay 2014 with the International Digital Publishing Forum's (IDPF) annual Digital Book conference. The Making Information Pay conference will take place in the afternoon of May 29 as part of the expanded two-day… Read More
