SPARC announces international presenters for November meeting - September 20, 2010
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that leaders, innovators, and practitioners from North America, Europe, and Asia will test new frontiers in online open archives at the 2010 SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. The international gathering, organised by SPARC in… Read More
RSuite User Conference to highlight client implementation of RSuite CMS - September 15, 2010
Content management consulting and solutions provider Really Strategies, Inc., US, has announced that four of its RSuite clients will discuss their implementations of RSuite CMS in their publishing organisations on October 20, 2010, at the RSuite User Conference. This includes presentations from Oxford University Press, Wolters… Read More
Emerald to exhibit at the British Academy of Management Annual Conference 2010 - September 13, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it will be exhibiting at the British Academy of Management Conference. The conference is scheduled to be held in Sheffield, UK, from September 14-16, 2010. Visitors are invited to Stand 6 to discover… Read More
Mobile content to take centre-stage at Frankfurt Book Fair - September 10, 2010
The Frankfurt Book Fair, a subsidiary of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association, has announced that STM, academic publishing and specialist information companies will be exhibiting at the Fair between October 6-10. The Frankfurt Book Fair, Hall 4.2 has reportedly made a name for itself as… Read More
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
