TERI Press holds event on environmental challenges faced by publishing industry - March 17, 2009
TERI Press, the publishing arm of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India, recently organised an event, Pathways to Green Publishing: a stakeholders' dialogue on ecological and sustainable publishing practices. The event emphasised on the role that the publishing industry can play in going green to… Read More
BioMed Central to host scientific programme ‘Frontiers of Retrovirology’ - March 12, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that it will be conducting a scientific programme 'Frontiers of Retrovirology: Complex retroviruses, retroelements and their hosts' in Montpellier, France. Scheduled for September 21-23, 2009, the conference will bring together leading human retrovirus researchers… Read More
First international Open Access Week announced - March 10, 2009
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), the Public Library of Science (PLoS), and Students for FreeCulture have jointly announced the first international Open Access Week (October 19 - 23, 2009). Open Access… Read More
Thomson Reuters and the University Of Queensland to host bibliometrics conference on research evaluation - March 10, 2009
The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced an upcoming international bibliometrics conference on research evaluation. Jointly organised with The University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane from April 16-17, the conference will address issues and challenges of metrics-based research evaluation. National and institutional perspectives… Read More
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
