SPARC and the World Bank to co-sponsor Open Access Week 2013 kick-off event - July 26, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank will co-sponsor the kick-off event for Open Access Week 2013 on October 21 in Washington, DC. The live event will take place at the World Bank facilities and will host a liveblog and webcast… Read More
NPG and BioCentury announce second annual SciBX Summit on Innovation in Drug Discovery & Development - July 25, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and BioCentury Publications, Inc., a source of biopharma business intelligence, have announced the second annual SciBX Summit on Innovation in Drug Discovery & Development. The Summit will be held October 29-30 in Boston, MA, at the Colonnade Hotel Boston.… Read More
First OCLC EMEA Regional Council Meeting to be held in South Africa in February 2014 - July 24, 2013
The programme has been announced for the first OCLC Europe, Middle East and Africa Regional Council Meeting to take place in Africa. The theme, 'Library Community in Action: advancing knowledge, cooperation and innovation' will address the importance of community - exploring how a cooperative approach can… Read More
Assessing library value explored at ACRL Conference 2013 - July 23, 2013
Several papers and posters on library value assessment were presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference in Indianapolis this spring, as noted in the ACRL Value of Academic Libraries blog. In 'Demonstrating Value through Assessment and Surveys,' Terri Fishel discusses a… Read More
Registrations now open for ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses 2013 - July 15, 2013
Registration is now open for the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) at four ARL member libraries through 2013. Dates are being finalised for course offerings at seven additional ARL libraries in 2014. ARL and… Read More
Library Assessment Conference 2010 papers featured in EBLIP - June 24, 2013
Fifteen articles about a range of assessment activities in academic libraries are featured in the latest issue of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP vol. 8, no. 2). An editorial by Martha Kyrillidou and Damon Jaggars summarises the themes of these papers selected from the 2010 Library Assessment Conference… Read More
G8 science ministers’ recommendations on access to research - June 18, 2013
As preparations were underway in Northern Ireland for the 39th G8 summit, science ministers from G8 nations met with their national science academies to discuss the most pressing issues in research facing scientists worldwide. Their recommendations will be put to the G8 leaders during talks being… Read More
Dr. Brian Levy of Health Language to address vendor readiness at HIMSS ICD-10 forum - June 17, 2013
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that Dr. Brian Levy of Health Language will discuss vendor readiness for ICD-10 during the ICD-10 Forum, presented by HIMSS Media. The session, ‘How to Identify Vendor Benchmarks and Timelines for Readiness,’ will take place on June… Read More
2014 SPARC Open Access to focus on ‘Convergence’ - June 17, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the next SPARC Open Access Meeting, themed ‘Convergence,’ will convene March 3–4, 2014, in Kansas City. The past year has seen growing momentum in the areas of open access, open data, and open educational… Read More
LBF, UK PA and British Council boost LBF Korea Market Focus 2014’s profile at Seoul Book Fair - June 17, 2013
The London Book Fair, British Council and the UK Publishers Association are participating in Seoul Book Fair 2013 in advance of Korea being the Market Focus country at the LBF 2014, scheduled for April 8-10. During Seoul Book Fair, the LBF Market Focus team, in association… Read More
