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
Lynn Silipigni Connaway to present NASIG webinar on May 14 - May 6, 2013
The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) has announced a webinar titled 'Working Outside of the Library: With Google you are not limited. You have as much as you can pull up'. In this webinar, scheduled for 3:00 pm (EST) on May 14, 2013, Dr. Lynn… Read More
OCLC Research to host webinar on managing research data at libraries - April 30, 2013
Library information provider OCLC Research is to host a webinar on May 14, 2013, titled 'Managing Research Data—from Goals to Reality'. It has invited all OCLC Research Library Partners to join the dialogue between Sally Rumsey, Digital Research Librarian at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford,… Read More
Thomson Reuters posts sessions from conference on impact of US govt. R&D programme - April 17, 2013
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has posted the sessions from its recent industry conference, 'Understanding Federal R&D Impact through Research Assessment and Program Evaluation,' which took place at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The conference reportedly explored the impact of… Read More
COPE holds European Seminar on publication ethics from student to professional - April 16, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central's in-house team of Biology and Medical Editors attended the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) European Seminar, held at Charles Darwin House, London. The theme of the seminar was 'Publication ethics from student to professional', and the talks ranged from the role… Read More
