Elsevier announces winners of 2009 Semantic Web Challenge - November 10, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the winners of the 2009 Semantic Web Challenge, which took place at the International Semantic Web Conference held in Washington, D.C. A jury consisting of eleven leading experts from both academia and industry awarded the four best applications with cash… Read More
Online Information & IMS 2009 announce free educational show floor seminar programme - November 6, 2009
Incisive Media, the UK-based organiser of the Online Information and IMS 2009 conference, has unveiled a comprehensive programme of over 110 free educational show floor seminars. The programme offers show visitors the chance to hear from some of the leading lights in the industry. The full… Read More
Elsevier to partner with universities to host webinars for librarians and researchers - November 4, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it is partnering with several universities from around the globe to launch Scholarly Perspectives 2009, a webinar series for librarians and researchers. Senior researchers and librarians from the University of Aberdeen, Princeton University and the University of Hong Kong… Read More
Scope eKnowledge Center to participate in Online Information 2009 event - November 3, 2009
Scope eKnowledge Center has announced that it is exhibiting (stall 754) at Online Information 2009, 1-3 December 2009, in London. R. Sivadas, Scope’s CEO, commented “We are delighted to be participating more actively in the information industries’ premier annual event as both an exhibitor and an… Read More
Key initiatives, good response seen at International Open Access Week, says SPARC - November 2, 2009
Open access (OA) to research will play a central role in research and scholarship for years to come, going by the response to the first International Open Access Week (October 19 – 23), SPARC has stated. The event was organised by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and… Read More
Autonomy named headline sponsor for IMS 2009 event - October 23, 2009
Specialist business information provider Incisive Media has named Autonomy, a provider of enterprise infrastructure software, as the headline sponsor for the Information Management Solution (IMS) Exhibition (IMS) 2009 show. Incisive Media, which organises the show annually, has slated it for December 1-3 this year at Olympia… Read More
ICSTI to host one-day workshop – Interactive Publications and the Record of Science - October 20, 2009
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) has announced that it is organising a one-day workshop titled Interactive Publications and the Record of Science. Open to both members and non-members, the workshop will be held at Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, on February… Read More
Keynotes and event programme for 2009 Web 2.0 Expo New York announced - October 20, 2009
TechWeb and O'Reilly Media, Inc., co-producers of Web 2.0 Expo and Web 2.0 Summit, have announced this year's keynotes and new program elements for the Web 2.0 Expo New York event. The event, scheduled for November 16-19, 2009, at the Javits Convention Center, will showcase the… Read More
ARL to host METS Workshop: The Basics and Beyond - October 15, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a five day workshop entitled METS: The Basics and Beyond. To be held in partnership with Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich and Rick Beaubien of the METS Editorial Board, this workshop is scheduled from January 18-22, 2010 in Boston. It… Read More
CIBER, YBP and ebrary to deliver keynote address on global library survey at the Charleston Conference - October 14, 2009
The Charleston Conference has announced that CIBER research group, Baker & Taylor’s YBP Library Services, and digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, will present one of this year’s keynote addresses on the results of their global library survey examining challenges, trends, and best practices… Read More
