Taylor & Francis sponsors Canadian Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences - June 29, 2011
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, has announced the successful sponsorship of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The company's Global Publishing Director, David Green, was on a panel of publishing leaders. Here, the debate ranged from the current state… Read More
CAS names 16 Ph.D. Chemistry students to 2011 SciFinder Academic Exchange Program - June 23, 2011
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced that sixteen Ph.D. students from schools in 13 countries will gather in Columbus, Ohio, this August to collaborate with CAS as members of the 2011 SciFinder Academic Exchange Program. … Read More
BioMed Central and Edanz host free workshops on OA and scientific writing for authors in China - June 22, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, and Edanz recently hosted two complimentary workshops for authors in China. Zhejiang University School of Medicine (ZUSM), a BioMed Central member, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTU-SM), hosted more than 140 scientists at seminars, led by Diane… Read More
Pharmacy OneSource to host free webinar on optimising core measures - June 17, 2011
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of Sentri7, a clinical surveillance, documentation and reporting application, is hosting a complimentary webinar on optimising core measures. The webinar, 'Optimizing Core Measures Performance through Pharmacist-Driven Programs,' is scheduled… Read More
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
