NFAIS members invited to free webinar on Google Books Settlement ruling - March 25, 2011
Chris Kenneally, Director of Business development at the US' Copyright Clearance Center, has extended a free registration to all NFAIS (National Federation of Advanced Information Services) members to join him and copyright expert Lois Wasoff for a webinar. The webinar - on… Read More
Berlin 9 Open Access Conference to be held in Washington, DC - March 25, 2011
The ninth installment in the Berlin Open Access Conference Series, which convenes leaders in the science, humanities, research, funding, and policy communities around The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, will take place at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute on November 9 and 10,… Read More
New Roles for Research Libraries Digital Curation for Preservation webcast scheduled for April 7 - March 23, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries has announced that it is offering a free and open webcast, 'New Roles for Research Libraries: Digital Curation for Preservation,' to complement the recently released report in the New Roles for New Times series. The webcast is scheduled for April 7,… Read More
Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2011 previews exhibitor announcements - March 22, 2011
O'Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb, co-producers of the annual Web 2.0 and Gov 2.0 events, recently previewed exhibitor announcements that will be made at the Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco, scheduled for March 28-31, 2011, at Moscone West. Web 2.0 Expos… Read More
ARL to hold Basic Skills for Analyzing Library Service Quality Assessment Data workshop and LibQUAL+ Share Fair - March 21, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Statistics and Assessment Program is offering a workshop entitled Basic Skills for Analyzing Library Service Quality Assessment Data. This workshop will provide basic skills for the quantitative analysis (both statistical and graphical) of library service quality assessment data. Prior to… Read More
OverDrive’s Digipalooza 2011 conference to explore new lending policies, business models and service enhancements - March 17, 2011
Public and school librarians from around the world will come together with publishing industry leaders at OverDrive's third international user group conference, Digipalooza. The event, scheduled for July 28-31, 2011, in Cleveland, is held every two years. This four-day educational and networking… Read More
ARL, Digital Library Federation to hold METS workshop in June - March 17, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Statistics and Assessment Program and the Digital Library Federation, a programme of the Council on Library and Information Resources, are offering a third, five-day METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard) workshop. Called "The Basics and Beyond", the workshop will be… Read More
JISC event keynote calls for universities to use technology to attract students - March 16, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) opened the JISC11 conference in Liverpool recently, attended by nearly 700 delegates from the higher education sectors in the UK, China, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain and Sweden. Giving the keynote address, Prof. Eric Thomas, vice chancellor of… Read More
NFAIS conference slides made available online - March 14, 2011
Speaker slides from the recently concluded National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) 2011 conference are now available online. NFAIS is a membership association for organisations that create, organise and facilitate access to authoritative information. The 2011 NFAIS Annual Conference sessions centered around taming the tide… Read More
UBM TechWeb announces sold out show floor for cloud computing event - March 8, 2011
Business information provider UBM TechWeb, US, has announced a sold out show floor and record breaking attendance numbers for Cloud Connect 2011, a technology event for cloud computing. Cloud Connect will seek to spotlight the latest technologies, strategies and innovations within cloud computing, beginning March 7… Read More
