London Book Fair conference stresses on importance of discoverability for e-books - April 11, 2011
Enhanced e-books are dead, discoverability is the most important issue facing e-book vendors, while pricing strategies should be measured against other digital content, not physical books. These were the key themes that emerged from the recently concluded London Book Fair's Digital Conference, The Digital Now: Creating… Read More
Pharmacy OneSource to host free webinar on environmental sampling - April 11, 2011
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of Simplifi 797, a quality assurance application, is hosting a complimentary webinar on environmental sampling. The webinar, 'What's Bugging You About USP 797 Environmental Sampling?,' is scheduled for April… Read More
Wiley hosts Developmental Psychology Roundtable at SRCD biennial meeting - April 7, 2011
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. recently hosted the Wiley Psychology Roundtable entitled Putting Research into Practice. The invitation-only forum, held at the 2011 Society for Research and Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting in Montreal, focused on developmental psychology, and discussed about the needs and methods… Read More
CAS to demonstrate SciFinder Mobile and SciPlanner at ACS Spring National Meeting - March 28, 2011
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced that it will be on-site at the 241st ACS National Meeting and Exposition to provide previews of two enhancements to its SciFinder research platform - SciFinder Mobile and SciPlanner. SciFinder Mobile, scheduled for… Read More
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
