McGraw-Hill hosts inaugural Developmental Education Summit - December 17, 2010
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, in collaboration with California State University and California Community Colleges, brought together teachers, administrators and educational partners to discuss strategies to accelerate learning in developmental education through innovation at the company's first Developmental Education Summit held in Monterey… Read More
EU meeting on pan-European open data portal - December 16, 2010
The European Commission organised a technical workshop on the goals and requirements for a possible pan-European data portal on November 3, 2010. Experts with practical experience in their respective countries were invited to share their experiences and ideas. According to the… Read More
SIIA Information Industry Summit to explore mobile technology trends and opportunities revolutionising digital content - December 16, 2010
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has announced that the tenth annual Information Industry Summit will be held January 25-26, 2011, in New York City. The conference is expected to bring together hundreds of industry executives to address key trends such as new business models,… Read More
SPARC, ACRL announce speakers for forum on changing state of open-access journal publishing - December 15, 2010
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have announced the speakers for a panel discussion on 'Marketplace: Open Access and the changing state of scholarly publishing'. The event is being held in… Read More
Posters from over 100 conferences now included in F1000 Posters - December 14, 2010
Article evaluation services provider Faculty of 1000 (F1000), UK, has announced that F1000 Posters has grown rapidly since its launch in June 2010 and now incorporates posters from more than 100 national and international conferences. These include submissions from many of the world's largest scientific meetings.… Read More
SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting highlights now available - December 10, 2010
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released summaries, slides, and video from the SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting, jointly hosted by SPARC, SPARC Japan/NII, and SPARC Europe, in Baltimore on November 8-9, 2010. The SPARC digital repositories meetings have played an integral… Read More
Partnering to Publish seminar presentations now available online - December 10, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is making available the presentations and video archive of the 'Partnering to Publish: Innovative Roles for Societies, Institutions, Presses, and Libraries' seminar. The seminar was jointly sponsored by ARL and the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) on November 10, 2010.… Read More
UBM TechWeb to host Cloud Connect 2011 event in California - December 9, 2010
Business information provider UBM TechWeb, US, has announced Cloud Connect 2011, a technology event for cloud computing that is stated to feature the latest technologies, strategies and innovations within cloud computing. According to the company, jncredible market momentum has all industry eyes on the cloud, fueling… Read More
WK Health to showcase medication safety, patient care at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting - December 6, 2010
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that it will highlight medication safety and patient care through its Facts & Comparisons eAnswers drug reference solutions at the 45th American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting from December 5 -… Read More
Enterprise search and e-publishing solutions among key themes discussed on the final day of Online Information 2010 - December 3, 2010
While the cold weather continued outside, conversation and learning remained very warm at the final day of the Online Information 2010 conference. Key themes on Thursday included enterprise search solutions, e-publishing solutions and e-Books, and XML. Several seminar sessions offered advice about copyright and tips… Read More
