Registration deadline for scholarly communication workshop on strategic skills extended - November 19, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication have announced that the early-bird registration deadline has been extended for the ARL-ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication (ISC) workshop, 'Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communication Program: Strategic Skills for Success,' to be… Read More
Semantico Strategy Director Rob Virkar-Yates to chair ALPSP seminar - November 16, 2012
UK-based online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd has announced that it is working with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), an international association for scholarly and professional publishers, on a seminar, entitled 'Ignore your authors at your peril. Strategies and tactics for building… Read More
Very few delegate places left for London Online Information event, say organisers - November 15, 2012
The Online Information 2012 Conference and Exhibition, taking place at the Victoria Park Plaza, London on November 20-21, has announced that there are only five delegate places remaining to register. Incisive Media, the organiser, reports that almost 400 delegates have already registered for the conference.… Read More
Scope eKnowledge Center to exhibit at Online Information 2012 - November 7, 2012
Scope eKnowledge Center, a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, will be exhibiting at the forthcoming Online Information 2012, scheduled for November 20 – 21, 2012, at the Victoria Park Plaza, London. Online Information 2012 will play host to hundreds of information professionals, librarians,… Read More
‘BMC Medicine’ study describes increasing prevalence of open access publishing - November 5, 2012
The sixth annual Open Access Week was recently held, and BioMed Central organised a number of events around the world to spread the word. A study published in BMC Medicine at the start of the Open Access Week showed how open access (OA) publishing is becoming… Read More
ASA 2013 conference programme announced - November 1, 2012
The Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries has announced its programme for the upcoming annual ASA Conference, to be held in London on February 25-26, 2013. The conference, dubbed 'The 3 Rs: Reach, Readership and Revenues', will cover the publishing value chain from researchers to readers,… Read More
ARL-ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication announce facilitators for Scholarly Communication Workshop on Strategic Skills for Success - October 31, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication will conduct a workshop ‘Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communication Program: Strategic Skills for Success’ to be held April 9–10, 2013, in Indianapolis, Indiana. On April 9, during a highly interactive… Read More
NFAIS to hold two workshops on indexing and indices - October 29, 2012
The US' National Federation for Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has announced that it will hold two workshops on indexing and indices in the coming months. The first workshop will focus on the approaches to indexing that are currently in use, their pros and cons, and possible… Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair presentation argues for broader implementation of chapter level metadata - October 25, 2012
Rich Kobel, Assistant Vice President of Business Development at Scope e-Knowledge Center, a leading content enhancement and knowledge services provider, presented at the Hot Spot Professional & Scientific Information (Hall 4.2) at the recently concluded Frankfurt Book Fair. Implementation of a thoughtful smart content strategy is… Read More
BioMed Central to celebrate Open Access Week 2012 via activities across the globe - October 22, 2012
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central has announced that, as the official sponsor of Open Access Week 2012, it is participating in various activities around the globe for the event. Open Access Week, organised by SPARC, is now entering its sixth year. It is projected as… Read More
