John Wiley & Sons to host mental health webinar - February 24, 2010
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced its first free mental health webinar focusing on the military on March 8, 2010, 2 pm EST. The webinar, titled Mental Health and the Military: Understanding and Treating Post-Deployment Problems and Reintegration Stress, is part of the… Read More
Elsevier to showcase medical education resources at AMSA convention - February 23, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it is celebrating medical education innovation at the American Medical Student Association’s (AMSA) 60th Annual Convention, March 11-14, 2010, at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California. Among the resources that Elsevier will showcase at AMSA is Student Consult, which… Read More
Nature Publishing Group to be official media partner for 2010 WIN Symposium - February 19, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, will be the official media partner for 2010 WIN (Worldwide Innovative Networking) Symposium, it has been announced. The WIN Consortium is a joint initiative of the Institut Gustave Roussy (France) and the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer… Read More
Association of Research Libraries Statistics and Measurement Program to host workshop on Value and Impact - February 18, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Statistics and Measurement Program is offering a full-day workshop on Value and Impact with Stephen Town, Director of the University Library & Archives, University of York (UK). The aim of the workshop is to explain, illustrate, and engage with potential… Read More
BioMed Central conference to review progress in key areas of post-genomic research in biology and medicine - February 17, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of ‘Beyond the Genome: The true gene count, human evolution and disease genomics’, an international conference which will bring together leading researchers and industry representatives from around the globe. The conference, organised by BioMed Central, is… Read More
Library Assessment Conference 2010 call for proposals extended to Feb 26 - February 15, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Virginia Library, the University of Washington Libraries, and the Conference Planning Committee have extended the call for proposals for the 2010 Library Assessment Conference up to February 26. The event, called ‘Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment’, is… Read More
Emerald to sponsor 2nd Annual Conference of the AROQA - February 12, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced that it will sponsor the 2nd Annual Conference of the AROQA (Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education). The event is scheduled to be held at the University of Kuwait from February 15-17, 2010.… Read More
Emerald to exhibit at VALA’s 15th Biennial Conference and Exhibition - February 4, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced that it will be exhibiting at VALA’s 15th Biennial Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, February 9-11, 2010. Delegates are invited to visit booth 36 to discover the latest update of Emerald Management First -… Read More
ARL-ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication announce 8-part webinar series for libraries - February 3, 2010
The ARL-ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication (ISC) has announced a series of eight webinars for libraries to continue developing their scholarly communication programmes. The webinar series is targeted at individuals from institutions that have sent representatives to previous ISC events. This initiative seeks to provide an… Read More
JISC announces JISC Conference 2010 blog competition - January 27, 2010
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), UK, has announced a blog competition for the education community. As part of the JISC Conference 2010, JISC is asking teachers, learners and researchers to share their experiences of technology around the event theme: ‘technology – at the heart of… Read More