SPARC to host free online event ‘The (OA)Week ahead: Getting started on Open Access Week 2011’ - February 15, 2011
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) is conducting an online event titled 'The (OA)Week ahead: Getting started on Open Access Week 2011.' The event is scheduled for February 22, 2011, 1:00 - 2:00PM Eastern. Interested parties are invited to join in for a conversation… Read More
Registrations for 2011 NFAIS Annual Conference still open - February 14, 2011
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), a membership association for organisations that create, organise and facilitate access to authoritative information, has announced that registrations are still being accepted for the 2011 NFAIS Annual Conference, Taming the Information Tsunami: The New World of Discovery? The… Read More
Registrations for 7th Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication now open - February 14, 2011
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has announced that registrations for the 7th Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI7) is now open. This event will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 22 - 24, 2011. Interested parties may register with the online form available… Read More
MarkLogic to highlight impact of social media and mobile devices on the publishing industry at O’Reilly TOC Conference - February 11, 2011
Information infrastructure software provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that Jason Monberg, vice president of product management, MarkLogic, will be speaking at the forthcoming O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference in New York City. Monberg's presentation, 'The New Publishing: Anywhere, Anytime, Anyhow' will look at how… Read More
Web 2.0 Expo spotlights organisations making a difference with Web 2.0 technologies in third annual Nonprofit Pavilion - February 10, 2011
O'Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb, co-producers of Web 2.0 Expo, have announced the list of participating companies for this year's Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2011 Nonprofit Pavilion. The annual event for those building the next-generation Web creates the Nonprofit Pavilion… Read More
European conference on theory and practice of digital libraries to be held in Berlin - February 9, 2011
The European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, a scientific forum on digital libraries that has been held annually over the past 14 years, will take place on September 26-29, 2011 in Berlin. The conference has now been renamed 'International Conference on Theory… Read More
Highlights from BioMed Central’s Open Access Africa 2010 conference now online - February 9, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that videos, slideshows and photos from the Open Access Africa 2010 conference are now available online. The conference, held late last year in Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, was hosted by BioMed Central, in conjunction with Computer Aid International.… Read More
Amsterdam to host Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science - February 8, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science is the first of the series to be held outside the US. This year the conference will take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from October 2 - 5, 2011. Previous… Read More
UBM TechWeb’s Enterprise Connect conference announces featured session lineup - February 8, 2011
Business information provider UBM TechWeb, US, has announced Enterprise Connect's conference featured session lineup. Enterprise Connect will be held February 28-March 3, 2011, at the Gaylord Palms Hotel in Orlando, FL. Registration is now open at http://www.enterpriseconnect.com/orlando. In addition to a keynote… Read More
Registrations for O’Reilly Tools of Change Publishing Conference drawing to a close - February 7, 2011
Registration is open for participation in the O'Reilly Tools of Change (TOC) for Publishing Conference, to be hosted by publisher O'Reilly Media, US, on February 14-16, 2011. TOC seeks to connect the people, companies and organisations building the future of publishing, and… Read More
