The London Book Fair announces Korea as Market Focus for 2014 - December 12, 2012
The London Book Fair and The Korean Publishers Association have announced Korea as the Market Focus of The London Book Fair 2014. The launch event at Asia House was attended by The London Book Fair, The Korean Publishers Association and LBF Market Focus strategic partners, the… Read More
ACRL seeks new presenters for ‘Standards for Libraries in Higher Education’ workshop - November 28, 2012
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is accepting applications from prospective new presenters for the workshop 'Planning, Assessing, and Communicating Library Impact: Putting the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education into Action.' The day-long workshop is led by one or two expert presenters at… Read More
Thomson Reuters hosts inaugural Techstreet Standards Publishers Innovation Forum - November 21, 2012
Leaders from the standards publishing industry convened November 9th in Alexandria, Virginia, for the inaugural Standards Publishers Innovation Forum (SPIF), presented by Techstreet, part of the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters. Representatives from ASTM International, American Petroleum Institute, IEEE Standards Association and elsewhere… Read More
Experts examine complex issues, explain OA at Open Access Africa - November 21, 2012
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central had organised the third Open Access Africa conference at the University of Cape Town (UCT) last week. This was followed by the Berlin10 open access meeting at the University of Stellenbosch. Jonathan Harle of the Association of Commonwealth Universities has… Read More
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
