Registrations now open for HathiTrust Research Center UnCamp 2013 - August 15, 2013
HathiTrust has announced that registration is open until August 31 for the second annual HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) UnCamp, to be held September 8–9, 2013, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. HathiTrust is a partnership of major academic and research libraries that are collaborating to… Read More
ALCTS announces series of four webinars on Massive Open Online Courses - August 14, 2013
The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is offering a series on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as libraries and librarians carefully watch them develop. This series of four webinars will help librarians gain an understanding of the complexity of the MOOC 'movement,' learn… Read More
Call for speakers for 29th annual Computers in Libraries now open - August 13, 2013
Information Today, Inc., a key provider of technology conferences for more than thirty years with Internet Librarian and KMWorld, has announced that call for speakers for the 29th annual Computers in Libraries is now open. The annual Computers in Libraries conference claims to be the most… Read More
Pearson to co-host workshop on digital publishing for education - August 9, 2013
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, will co-host a workshop on digital publishing in education, EDUPUB, with the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), on October 29-30, 2013, in Boston. Co-chairs of the workshop are Paul Belfanti (Director, Content Architecture, Pearson North America) and… Read More
Cloud Connect Chicago to align content tracks with competing cloud ecosystems - August 9, 2013
Cloud Connect Chicago, produced by UBM Tech, has announced a new conference programme built around the most competitive enterprise cloud stacks including OpenStack, CloudStack and Amazon Web Services. As the premier technology event for the cloud community, featuring the latest technologies, strategies and innovations, Cloud Connect… Read More
CONTEC Brazil 2013 to focus on ‘Different Ways of Teaching’ - August 8, 2013
The Frankfurt Academy has announced that CONTEC Brazil will return with a focus on the theme 'Different Ways of Teaching' on August 30. The conference, which was launched last year by the Frankfurt Academy – the international conference brand of the Frankfurt Book Fair – will… Read More
CONTEC Frankfurt – new speakers and sessions announced - August 1, 2013
The Frankfurt Academy team is planning the inaugural edition of CONTEC Frankfurt – a new conference series created to meet the needs of all members of the publishing ecosystem. On the eve of the Frankfurt Book Fair (October 8, 2013), CONTEC Frankfurt will shed light on… Read More
IDPF calls for participation in EDUPUB Workshop - July 31, 2013
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) has announced EDUPUB, an IDPF workshop on digital publishing for education. The workshop will take place October 29-30, 2013 in Boston (USA). EDUPUB is hosted by Pearson Education and organisationally co-sponsored by W3C and IMS Global Learning, with corporate… Read More
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
