Registrations for Society for Scholarly Publishing’s 2011 IN meeting now open - June 17, 2011
The Society for Scholarly Publishing has announced that registration is now open for its fall IN meeting. Scheduled to be held from September 18 - 20, at the Waterview Conference Center in Arlington, Virginia, this year's IN meeting is focused on three key pillars of publishing… Read More
ALA announces interactive travelling exhibition opportunity for public libraries - June 16, 2011
The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, in partnership with the National Center for Interactive Learning at Space Science Institute, the Lunar and Planetary Institute and the National Girls Collaborative Project, has announced a new travelling exhibition opportunity for public libraries. Following a competitive application… Read More
MarkLogic webinar to discuss Big Data challenges - June 10, 2011
Information infrastructure software provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, will host a webinar featuring Matt Aslett, senior analyst, enterprise software, The 451 Group, to discuss the trends changing the way organisations approach the management of Big Data. Aslett will be joined by Chris Biow, Federal CTO, MarkLogic,… Read More
Nominations for 2012 Service Quality Evaluation Academy called for - June 9, 2011
The 2012 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 16, 2011. The event is scheduled for March 12-16, 2012, in New Orleans, Louisiana.… Read More
Goportis to hold summit on digital preservation in October - June 7, 2011
Goportis - Leibniz Library Network for Research Information is organising the Digital Preservation Summit from October 19-20, 2011, in Hamburg. An international group of practitioners of digital preservation will be coming together to discuss concrete solutions for their daily work and share… Read More
New Zealand to be Guest of Honour at Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 - June 2, 2011
The Frankfurt Book Fair has announced that New Zealand will be the Guest of Honour at nkfurt Book Fair 2012, scheduled for October 10 - 14, 2012. Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Juergen Boos, and Chief Executive of New Zealand's Ministry for Culture and Heritage,… Read More
JISC scholarly communications roundtable moots customised open access models - June 1, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that publishers, researchers and librarians met earlier this week under its scholarly communications roundtable. They debated the global and UK position for scholarly communications, including the transition from traditional journal publishing models to open access (OA) for… Read More
Computex Taipei 2011 expected to attract over 120,000 attendees - May 31, 2011
Computex Taipei 2011 will run from May 31- June 4, 2011 with five main themes - Tablet PCs, eBooks, Smart Phones, 3D Tech, and Cloud Service. It is expected that more than 35,000 buyers from across the globe will descend on Taipei to participate in Asia's… Read More
BEA 2011 event sees conferences, e-reader launches and debates on publishing models - May 31, 2011
The BookExpo America (BEA) week kicked off with IDPF's annual Digital Book 2011 conference. This was followed by a week that featured the release of two new low-cost digital e-readers, a book blogging session at the Javits Center, and debate about future business models for e-publishing.… Read More
Beijing to host ICSTI 2011 Summer Conference - May 30, 2011
International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) has announced that its 2011 Summer Conference will be held from June 7-8, 2011, in Beijing. Hosted by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC), the theme of the meeting will be 'Upgrading Information… Read More
