Library Assessment Conference 2020 proceedings now online - September 13, 2021
The Proceedings of the 2020–2021 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment are now available on the conference website. The eighth biennial Library Assessment Conference, held virtually between October 29, 2020, and March 17, 2021, brought together 931 participants primarily from North American academic libraries. The… Read More
73rd Frankfurter Buchmesse scheduled to be held from October 20-24 as a digital, hybrid and in-person event - September 1, 2021
Frankfurter Buchmesse will bring the international publishing community together again this year. Publishers, service providers and literary agents from over 60 countries have registered for the 73rd Frankfurter Buchmesse, which is scheduled to take place from October 20-24, 2021 as an in-person event with digital and hybrid… Read More
NISO Plus 2021 content now openly available - August 27, 2021
Six months on from NISO Plus 2021, the content is now open for everyone to watch, use, share — and even cite! The 90 videos cover a wide range of important topics for the information community, from accessibility to standards in open research infrastructure, as well… Read More
SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting now available on OnDemand - August 20, 2021
At the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s (SSP) 43rd Annual Meeting in May, a vibrant community of librarians, academics, publishers, service providers, technologists, and scholarly publishing professionals from across the globe gathered to chart a new course and embrace the chaos to ignite innovation. Without dwelling on the… Read More
‘It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity’ to be the theme for the 2021 Open Access Week - August 16, 2021
The 2021 Open Access Week Advisory Committee has announced the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week, to be held October 25-31. The theme will be “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity.” This year’s theme intentionally aligns with the recently released UNESCO… Read More
SSP announces its fifth annual New Directions Seminar in Scholarly Publishing - July 19, 2021
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced its fifth annual New Directions Seminar in Scholarly Publishing, happening online October 6-7, 2021. This year’s theme, “How to Move Fast and Not Break Things: Balancing High-Speed Outputs at the Risk of Slamming on the Brakes,” takes a deep… Read More
73rd edition of the Frankfurter Buchmesse set to take place on the fairgrounds in Frankfurt from October 20-24 - July 12, 2021
As the leading trade fair for the international publishing and content industry, Frankfurter Buchmesse (20-24 October 2021) is further developing its in-person events and digital offerings. The 73rd edition of the industry’s largest gathering is set to take place on the fairgrounds in Frankfurt, subject to the… Read More
CHORUS Forum: Fair Data from funding to publication at JOSS 2021 - July 8, 2021
Around 130 participants came together to join the CHORUS Forum at the Japan Open Science Summit (JOSS) on June18th, timed in the morning for the panelists from Japan and the evening for those from the USA. Most of the delegates came from Japan, but they were supplemented… Read More
Peer Review Week 2021 to explore the role of identity in peer review - July 6, 2021
This year’s Peer Review Week (PRW), an annual event led by academic publishers, institutions, societies, and researchers, will be dedicated to the theme “Identity in Peer Review.” During the week of September 20 – 24, participating organizations will organize virtual events and activities to highlight the role… Read More
Open Science FAIR 2021: call for proposals - June 30, 2021
The third Open Science FAIR (‘Fostering local and global open science communities’) is scheduled to be held from September 20 – 23, 2021. The event aims to bring together and empower Open Science communities and services to identify common practices; to see what the best synergies are… Read More
