Emerald Group Publishing to sponsor ACRL conference - March 9, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it is sponsoring the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) conference in Seattle, Washington, to be held March 12-15, 2009. Emerald will be exhibiting its new eBook series collection at the event.… Read More
International science and technology conference to be held in Ottawa - February 25, 2009
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) has announced that its 'Managing Data for Science' annual conference and general assembly will be held from June 9-11, 2009, at Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa. Hosted by the NRC Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical… Read More
WorldWideScience Alliance annual meeting - February 5, 2009
The WorldWideScience Alliance has announced that it will hold its Annual Meeting in Paris, France, on March 1, 2009. The meeting is being held in conjunction with the winter meeting of its primary sponsor, the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI). The International Council… Read More
OCLC to be main sponsor of JISC Conference 2009 - February 4, 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) will be the main sponsor of its 6th annual conference. The conference, scheduled for March 23-24, 2009, will be held in Edinburgh. The… Read More
ebrary selected to conduct E-book Think Tank at ER&L - February 4, 2009
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced that it has been chosen to conduct the 2009 E-book Think Tank at the ER&L09 Conference, held February 9-12, 2009, in Los Angeles, CA. In addition to covering successful innovations regarding e-books and electronic content, panelists will discuss how… Read More
British Library to hold digital conference on managing personal digital archives - February 3, 2009
The British Library is hosting a digital conference called the Digital Lives Research Conference at the British Library in London February 9-11, 2009. The event, hosted by the Digital Lives Research Project and funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, will examine how libraries… Read More
International grant competition Digging into Data Challenge launched - January 21, 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee together with the National Endowment for the Humanities, the USA's National Science Foundation and Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council have announced an international grant competition - the Digging into Data Challenge. The challenge is… Read More
New publishing house KTI International launched - January 20, 2009
KTI International, a new publishing house that aims to provide high quality knowledge focusing on key technologies has been launched. The company is the brainchild of Dr Nigel Hollingworth and Professor Waqar Ahmed, who jointly provide a blend of skills, experience and knowledge of engineering,… Read More
Emerald to showcase eBook Series Collection at ALA Midwinter Meeting 2009 - January 13, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it will launch its eBook series collections at the forthcoming American Library Association Meeting and mark the first anniversary of the acquisition of the Elsevier books and book series undertaken a year ago.… Read More
NPG, French foundation hold meeting of Emergence & Convergence mini-symposia - December 31, 2008
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the La Fondation Ipsen recently conducted the sixth meeting of the Emergence & Convergence mini-symposia. The event comprised one-day meetings highlighting various dynamic sectors in biological and medical research. The meeting discussed a particularly… Read More
