OCLC Research and Jisc to co-sponsor first European MOOCs and Libraries conference - June 3, 2013
Library information provider OCLC Research and Jisc are co-sponsoring MOOCs and Libraries: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, a one-day event hosted by the Open University Library. The event, scheduled for July 12, will be held at the Pullman Hotel in Central London. The… Read More
IEEE Standards Association symposium on EDA interoperability launched - May 31, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced the launch of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Symposium on Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Interoperability. The event - scheduled to take place October 24, 2013, in Silicon Valley - is intended to help members of the electronics/semiconductor design and verification… Read More
Industry experts discuss how digital rights management and brand protection impacts standards industry at Techstreet’s bi-annual forum - May 30, 2013
Techstreet, part of the Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters, recently presented the bi-annual Standards Publishers Innovation Forum (SPIF). Leaders from the standards publishing industry gathered May 16th in Alexandria, VA for the spring forum, Protecting Your IP Assets: Detection, Prevention and Remediation… Read More
Jisc annual conference scheduled for March 2014 - May 29, 2013
Jisc has announced that its annual conference will be held at the ICC in Birmingham on March 11-12, 2014. After a two-year break the conference is taking a new guise as the Jisc Digital Festival. The event will again bring together expertise and knowledge to… Read More
Scope to participate at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing - May 23, 2013
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced that Rich Kobel, Associate Vice President of Business Development at Scope, will moderate a session titled "Enhancing Discoverability of Book Content" at the Annual Meeting of the Society… Read More
Bowker uPublishU sessions to assist aspiring authors connect with audiences - May 17, 2013
ProQuest affiliate Bowker will be an industry sponsor at uPublishU at BookExpo America (BEA), the acclaimed conference for self-publishers. The company will host three sessions entitled 'Get To Know Your Key Audience & Where To Reach Them,' 'Making Your Metadata Rock,' and 'Understanding How to Distribute… Read More
ARL to host Library Assessment Forum at ALA Annual Conference - May 15, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will host a Library Assessment Forum at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, featuring research on the value of e-books in academic libraries conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) as part of the LibValue project. The… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing to be media partner of the first World Research and Innovation Congress - May 15, 2013
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced that it is the media partner of the first 'World Research and Innovation Congress (WRIC) – Pioneers in Healthcare.' The event is scheduled to be held from June 5-6, 2013, at Steigenberger Grand Hotel in Brussels. The… Read More
RSuite CMS to exhibit at AEP’s Content in Context Conference - May 15, 2013
RSuite CMS, a content management system for publishers, will be exhibiting at the Association of Educational Publishers' Content in Context Conference (CIC) from June 2-5 in Washington, D.C. CIC aims to present a range of informative and practical sessions that address all issues relating to the… Read More
EBSCO’s 2013 Information Days event in Norway deemed successful - May 10, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO, US, has announced that its 2013 Information Days event in Norway was judged by delegates to have been a success. It is stated to have helped librarians to face the challenging task of promoting the resources in their own libraries, and letting… Read More
