Nominations for 2013 Service Quality Evaluation Academy called for - September 13, 2012
The 2013 Service Quality Evaluation Academy, co-sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), is now accepting participant nominations, with a deadline of December 14, 2012. The event is scheduled for March 11–15, 2013, at New Orleans, Louisiana.… Read More
Reference and User Services Association seeks webinar proposals for 2013 online learning offerings - September 13, 2012
E-books, library programming and outreach, reference services, collection marketing and leading a book group are some of the webinar topics sought by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) for spring 2013. Proposals can be submitted via online form through December 1, 2012. RUSA webinars… Read More
UBM TechWeb’s E2 Innovate announces keynote speakers - September 10, 2012
E2 Innovate, formerly known as the Enterprise 2.0 Conference, produced by UBM TechWeb, has announced initial keynote speakers from Emergence Capital Partners, Google, Greylock Partners, IDC, Mayfield Fund and more. E2 Innovate is scheduled to be held from November 12-15, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.… Read More
NFAIS webinar to examine new products and services from Google - September 7, 2012
The US' National Federation for Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold a 90 minute webinar to provide an update on the Google landscape on September 26, 2012. John Blossom, President of Shore Communications, Inc, will offer insights on the new approaches and directions he is observing… Read More
Shore Communications president John Blossom to keynote RSuite User Conference - September 6, 2012
RSuite CMS, a content management system for publishers, will host 150 publishing executives at its annual RSuite User Conference, scheduled for September 20 at The Hub Cira Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Blossom, president at Shore Communications, will keynote the event and speak on the… Read More
Registrations now open for ARL forum on workforce for 21st-century libraries - August 31, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that it will host a forum, 'Library Workforce for 21st-Century Research Libraries,' on October 11–12, 2012, in Washington, DC, immediately following the ARL Membership Meeting. The forum is open to all and is geared for research library directors,… Read More
LibQUAL+ opens registration for 2013 - August 30, 2012
LibQUAL+ has announced the opening of registration for 2013. With an ever-expanding community composed of libraries from over 25 countries around the world, now is the time to kick-start your assessment with the capability to benchmark with more than a million complete surveys of data. … Read More
DuraSpace/ARL/DLF E-Science Institute invites programme participants - August 29, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, has announced that this is the final week to register for the 2012 DuraSpace/ARL/DLF E-Science Institute programme. There are just a few openings still available for the programme, which runs from September 6 through December 13, 2012. The… Read More
SPARC and the World Bank to co-sponsor Open Access Week 2012 kick-off webcast - August 28, 2012
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank have announced they will co-sponsor the kick-off event for Open Access Week 2012 on October 22, 2012, in Washington, DC. The live event will take place at the state of the art World Bank… Read More
OCLC Research and Open Planets Foundation to conduct Preservation Health Check Workshop at iPRES2012 - August 28, 2012
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, and the Open Planets Foundation (OPF) are conducting a Preservation Health Check pilot to analyse the quality of preservation metadata created and in use by operational repository and deposit systems and evaluate the potential of such metadata for assessing digital… Read More
