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
JISC to offer online participation for JISC11 via Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite - March 8, 2011
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), UK, has announced that this year's live-streaming partner Sonic Foundry will make JISC11 its most interactive conference to date. More than 600 delegates are expected to attend JISC11 on March 14 and 15 in Liverpool. Those unable to attend will… Read More
GITEC Summit 2011 to host panel discussion on how optimising unstructured information is mission critical for government agencies - March 3, 2011
Information infrastructure software provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that MarkLogic Federal CTO Chris Biow will speak on a panel at the Government Information Technology Executive Council (GITEC) Summit in Orlando, Florida. Biow will be joined by Daniel Whorton, chief technology officer, SGT and… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing announces 2011 annual meeting - March 2, 2011
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced that its annual meeting will be held from June 1-3, 2011, at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA. 'It's What Counts: How Data Transforms Our World' has been chosen as the theme of the conference. The… Read More
MarkLogic summit to address leveraging unstructured information to create new business opportunities - February 25, 2011
Information infrastructure software provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced the first annual UK Summit focused on addressing the unstructured information challenge. The conference will take place at the British Academy of Film & Television Arts at 195 Piccadilly. UK businesses, analysts and industry experts… Read More
NFAIS webinar to examine findings of study on e-books and future of university presses - February 24, 2011
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is hosting a webinar that will address key findings from a three-year study titled "E-books and the Future of University Presses". NFAIS is a membership association for organisations that seek to create, organise and facilitate access to authoritative… Read More
Fifth annual ICT Virtual Event draws over 5,100 professionals to network and learn online - February 23, 2011
Virgo Publishing, LLC, and Infection Control Today magazine have announced that the fifth annual ICT Virtual Event, an online conference on professional development for infection preventionists, is the industry's first 100 percent virtual gathering for infection prevention and control professionals. More than… Read More
