ARL membership convenes online for Spring 2021 Association meeting on “The Big Pivot: Disruption, Discovery, Transformation” - May 17, 2021
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives, guests, and staff convened for the 178th Association Meeting via video-conference on April 20–29, 2021. Meeting participants discussed “The Big Pivot: Disruption, Discovery, Transformation” in four sessions, each targeting a timely, critical issue: the dissemination of misinformation… Read More
The SSP Annual Meeting: make plans to visit the Marketplace Gallery - May 13, 2021
The SSP Annual Meeting is scheduled for May 24-27, 2021. Over the past year, many benefits of virtual conferences have become clear. With no need to travel, colleagues are able to attend regardless of geographic location, ability to travel, commitments at home, etc., and many conferences have… Read More
IOP Publishing set to host inaugural Environmental Research 2021 conference - May 10, 2021
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is set to launch Environmental Research 2021 as a free-to-attend virtual conference for global audiences. The event is expected to bring together leading environmental experts to exchange expertise and discuss critical issues related to the environment and sustainability. Scheduled to be held from… Read More
The London Book Fair announces 2021 online event format - May 7, 2021
The Online Book Fair by LBF will run a series of events over three weeks in June, offering varied content for different audiences throughout the month. The programme will shine a spotlight on key areas of the Fair, creating the opportunity for a larger global audience than… Read More
The ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition (Virtual) Program Scheduler is now open - May 3, 2021
The American Library Association has announced that the 2021 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition (Virtual), June 23-29, Program Scheduler is now open. With more than 200 educational sessions, 250+ exhibitors, 25+ featured speakers, and more than 140 authors, there's incredible value in professional development… Read More
Elsevier and The Lancet partner to host educational webinar series on COVID-19 vaccines - April 23, 2021
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, will host an upcoming series of webinars produced in partnership with The Lancet Infectious Diseases, which is part of the highly respected The Lancet family of journals. The first webinar will take place April… Read More
OASPA and OPERAS to host series of three workshops on innovative business models for OA books - April 22, 2021
OASPA, together with OPERAS, is hosting a series of three workshops on business models for open access books explicitly targeted at small and medium-sized academic book publishers. These workshops are part of the OPERAS-P project work package 6 (Innovation), looking into innovative, non-bpc, business models to create… Read More
Three reasons librarians should attend SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting - April 16, 2021
The SSP Annual Meeting, scheduled for May 24-27, presents librarians with the opportunity to showcase their institution’s scholarly activities to the larger publishing community. Early and mid-career librarians may be especially interested in attending the Annual Meeting but struggle with articulating how a publishing meeting can benefit… Read More
Global Research Data Alliance Plenary to focus on global data reuse - April 5, 2021
With the pandemic highlighting the need for international cooperation, this year’s Research Data Alliance (RDA) Plenary virtual conference, scheduled for April 20-23, 2021, will focus on ’global mechanisms for data reuse’. Hosted by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) in collaboration with UK Research… Read More
CCC to host virtual Town Hall “Solve for Success: The Transformative Power of Data Visualization” - March 25, 2021
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) will be presenting a virtual Town Hall on March 31, 2021, at 11:00 EDT/16:00 BST, “Solve for Success: The Transformative Power of Data Visualization.” Data industry experts participating in the virtual Town Hall include: Toby Green, Managing Director, Policy Commons, Coherent Digital;… Read More
