ACS invites students, faculty, public to ‘ACS on Campus’ event at Cornell University - April 9, 2012
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has invited students, faculty and interested members of the public to ACS on Campus at Cornell University on April 20, 2012 in Clark Hall. The event will debut new ACS on Campus content. Seminars will explore… Read More
Pharmacy OneSource to host free webinar on Pharmacogenomics - April 6, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Pharmacy OneSource is hosting a complimentary webinar with Leslie Mackowiak, RPh, MS in 'Putting Pharmacogenomics into Practice Strategies for Successful Implementation'. The webinar is scheduled for April 18, 2012, from 12:00 PM - 1:00… Read More
Online registration for 2012 ClimateQUAL Webcast now open - April 6, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that online registration is now open for the 2012 ClimateQUAL Webcast, a free workshop designed to provide potential and current participants with vital information on the ClimateQUAL service. The ClimateQUAL service is a survey protocol capturing data on… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education working with US govt. initiative to advance digital learning in schools - April 3, 2012
Officials from the US Department of Education (DoE) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently brought together leaders from the digital education industry to formulate a unified strategy for moving the nation’s K-12 classrooms into the digital age. Among the education and technology industry leaders… Read More
OCLC offers recording of Search Engine Optimization for Institutional Repositories webinar - April 3, 2012
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced that the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for institutional repositories webinar recording is now available on the OCLC Research website. This webinar provided SEO techniques designed to improve the indexing ratios of institutional repositories in Google Scholar. More… Read More
MarkLogic World 2012 event to offer keynotes, case studies, industry trends on Big Data - March 30, 2012
Enterprise software firm MarkLogic Corporation, US, has announced that Big Data experts will join the company at MarkLogic World 2012. The event will take place at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC from May 1-3, 2012. Participants at the event can expect to meet… Read More
NISO announces 2012 Educational Programmes - March 22, 2012
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced that it will offer 14 webinars, three forums, 10 teleconferences, and a series of four joint webinars with the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) in 2012. Webinar programme topics cover a wide variety of standards and technology areas… Read More
ESF to host session on challenges of life in extreme environments - March 20, 2012
The European Science Foundation (ESF) has announced that it will host a session on the challenges of life in extreme environments on March 27 at Planet Under Pressure 2012. The session will look at different aspects of life in extreme environments - from knowledge to sustainable… Read More
OA policies, author rights discussed at SPARC’s first-ever OA meet - March 19, 2012
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) recently wrapped up a first-ever Open Access (OA) Meeting in Kansas City, Montana. The meeting built on the foundation established by the SPARC Digital Repositories meeting, and its expanded focus included information on institutional OA policies, author rights… Read More
TOC event to be held in Buenos Aires, marking Latin American premiere - March 16, 2012
The Tools of Change for Publishing (TOC) event is celebrating its premiere in Latin America. Together with O’Reilly Media and the Feria del Libro de Buenos Aires (April 19 – May 7, 2012), the Frankfurt Book Fair will bring the conference on publishing innovation to Buenos… Read More
