New Delhi to host first Macmillan Science Communication scientific writing and publishing workshop - November 8, 2013
Macmillan Science Communication (MSC), an exclusive partner of Nature Publishing Group (NPG), has announced its first workshop in New Delhi on November 29, 2013. Sponsored by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the intensive workshop will help one hundred researchers from across India improve… Read More
Onsite and virtual registration for NFAIS workshop ‘Open Access to Published Research: Current Status and Future Directions’ now open - November 4, 2013
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold a one-day workshop on November 22, 2013. This workshop will take a look at the current state of open access to published research and the significant social, financial, technical and legislative forces that are driving it.… Read More
Healthcare Leadership Forum to examine implementation of evidence-based medicine in daily clinical practice - October 30, 2013
The Healthcare Leadership Forum, scheduled for Nov. 14-15 in Chicago will bring together clinical and IT leaders to learn about best practices for integrating evidence into clinical practice to enable more efficient, high-quality healthcare delivery. The event will be hosted by Clinical Innovation + Technology and sponsored by Read More
OSA celebrates Open Access Week, recognises need for authors to have publishing options - October 25, 2013
In celebration of ‘Open Access Week,' The Optical Society (OSA) applauds those who are working together to develop sustainable options for maximising research investments, increasing the influence of published research, and enhancing the advancement of scholarship. OSA is the publisher of 16 high-quality peer-reviewed journals, of… Read More
ProQuest partners with the American University of Sharjah to co-host the Middle East Academic Libraries Symposium - October 24, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is co-hosting the Middle East Academic Libraries Symposium (October 23 - 24) together with the American University of Sharjah (AUS). The event has been created to bring together senior leaders from the academic library market with key representatives from… Read More
Open Access Week events focus on increasing impact of research - October 22, 2013
Hundreds of events will take place across the globe to highlight the power of Open Access to increase the impact of scientific and scholarly research during the sixth annual Open Access Week, October 21 - 27, 2013. Open Access – the free, immediate, online access to… Read More
ACM joins call for ‘Hour Of Code’ to underscore critical role of computing in all careers - October 16, 2013
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has joined leaders of the computing community to invite schools, teachers, and parents to experience computer programming through the Code.org campaign known as Hour of Code. Scheduled to occur during Computer Science Education Week, December 9-15, this nationwide campaign hopes… Read More
Dr. Derek Lowe to keynote second annual SciBX Summit on Innovation in Drug Discovery & Development - October 16, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and BioCentury Publications, Inc. have announced that Dr. Derek Lowe will be the keynote speaker at the second annual SciBX Summit on Innovation in Drug Discovery & Development. The Summit will be held October 29-30 in Boston, Mass., at the… Read More
Around 276,000 visitors attend Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 - October 14, 2013
The Frankfurt Book Fair closed on October 13 with around 7,300 exhibitors in total, from over 100 countries. Altogether 275,342 visitors attended the Fair (October 9 – 13), of which 142,921 were present during the trade visitors' days. Apart from the Brazilian authors calling for… Read More
Econtent takes centre stage on day 3 of the Frankfurt Book Fair - October 11, 2013
Apart from the weary faces and tired feet around the halls of this truly International event, the buzz and talk on the 3rd day of the Frankfurt Book Fair is all about making econtent much more attractive, accessible and a good revenue stream for all types… Read More
