ECS professor to call for new mandates and metrics for open access at three conferences - September 8, 2010
Prof. Stevan Harnad, one of the pioneers of the open access (OA) movement worldwide, will be reporting on metrics to evaluate the impact of peer-reviewed research papers, at three conferences in Europe this month. The professor from the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer… Read More
Google CEO Eric Schmidt delivers closing international keynote at IFA 2010 - September 8, 2010
Google Inc. CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt took to the keynote stage at the Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) trade show to preview new technologies - including tools for Android-powered smartphones that translate conversations from one language to another as you speak. Schmidt spoke in Berlin at the 50th… Read More
ARL calls for nominations and applications for the 2011-12 Leadership and Career Development Program - September 6, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking nominations and applications for the 2011-12 Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP). The LCDP is an 18-month fellowship programme to prepare mid-career librarians from under-represented racial and ethnic groups to take on increasingly demanding leadership roles in ARL… Read More
CPMRC’s annual conference to focus on transforming healthcare - September 2, 2010
The Clinical Practice Model Resource Center (CPMRC), an Elsevier firm engaged in developing clinical practice guidelines for healthcare, has announced that its 19th International Conference will take place January 19-22, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco. The conference will highlight the innovations and… Read More
ARL and CNI to co-host forum on ‘Achieving Strategic Change in Research Libraries’ - September 2, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) are co-hosting a forum on 'Achieving Strategic Change in Research Libraries', immediately following the ARL Membership Meeting. This forum, scheduled for October 14-15, 2010, in Washington DC, will explore the strategic questions that… Read More
Mendeley, Nature Network and British Library to co-host Science Online London 2010 - September 1, 2010
Media technology startup Mendeley, UK, together with Nature Network and the British Library will host Science Online London 2010. The event is scheduled for September 3-4, 2010, at the British Library. The third annual conference is expected to bring together scientists, bloggers,… Read More
Wired Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson to keynote MarkLogic Digital Publishing Summit 2010 - August 31, 2010
Information infrastructure software provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, will keynote MarkLogic's Digital Publishing Summit in New York. The MarkLogic Digital Publishing Summit is scheduled for October 28, 2010, at The Plaza Hotel in New York. Anderson recently… Read More
OCLC Research webinar to focus on role of data analysis in library collection management - August 30, 2010
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced that it will host a free webinar titled 'Managing Collections in the Networked Environment: New Analytic Approaches', on September 9, 2010, at 2 p.m. EDT. Program Officer Constance Malpas and a panel of young library leaders will present… Read More
OCLC Research to host Global Books Webinar on September 16 - August 25, 2010
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced that it will host the Global Books Webinar on September 16, 2010, at 12 pm EDT. Post-Doctoral researcher Timothy J. Dickey will present an overview of an OCLC Research data mining project that looks at WorldCat data to… Read More
Pearson Education’s Kathy Hurley to keynote SSP IN 2010 conference - August 24, 2010
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), a nonprofit organisation formed to promote and advance communication among the scholarly publishing community, has announced Kathy Hurley as the keynote speaker for the IN 2010 Conference, scheduled for September 21-23, 2010. Hurley is Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships Pearson… Read More
