Dr. Jon Tennant to keynote special luncheon at NFAIS 2019 Annual Conference - February 1, 2019
Open Science advocate, activist, and researcher Dr. Jon Tennant will deliver a luncheon address at the National Federation of Advanced Information Services' (NFAISTM) 61st Annual Conference, February 13 - 15, 2019, at the Hilton Old Town Alexandria Hotel in Virginia. Dr. Tennant completed his award-winning PhD… Read More
Plan S under spotlight at LBF’s Research & Scholarly Publishing Forum - January 31, 2019
The London Book Fair 2019's Research and Scholarly Publishing Forum, scheduled to be held on March 13, 2019, will tackle the key issues and trends facing academic publishing, including the impact of 'Plan S' on publishing business models, and the latest on OA monographs. The conference… Read More
ConTech 2018 videos and ConTech 2019 launched - January 23, 2019
The first ever ConTech Conference in London in 2018 boasted first class keynotes, ground-breaking insights, discoveries, revelations and technological advances. The founding ConTech community reacted very positively to the arrival of this new event in the conference calendar. The feedback has been universally positive with 100%… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing to organise pre-conference at UKSG 2019 in Telford - January 15, 2019
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is organising a pre-conference on April 7, the day immediately preceding UKSG's 42nd Annual Conference and Exhibition at the Telford International Centre. UKSG is a charitable organisation offering educational programs to members of the scholarly communication and knowledge communities,… Read More
COAR hosts webinar on Plan S and repositories - January 11, 2019
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) recently provided a response to the guidance on the implementation of Plan S, and hosted a webinar with the repository community to discuss Plan S requirements and the potential implications of them for repositories. Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing seeks mentors and mentees to participate in 2019 Spring Mentorship Program - January 10, 2019
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is now accepting applications for the next cohort of its Mentorship Program. After completion of the Fall 2018 cohort, the SSP Career Development Committee is now seeking potential mentors and mentees to participate in the program for Spring 2019. This… Read More
Global humanitarian and practicing ER physician, Dr. Samuel J. Zidovetski, to keynote NFAIS 2019 Annual Conference - December 17, 2018
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has announced that researcher, practicing ER physician, co-founder of Save A Brain Foundation, and global health humanitarian, Dr. Samuel J. Zidovetski, will deliver the keynote address at NFAIS' 61st Annual Conference, scheduled for February 13 - 15, 2019,… Read More
Cenveo Publisher Services renews its commitment to provide print and fulfilment services for 2019 SSP Annual Meeting - December 13, 2018
Cenveo Publisher Services, a division of Cenveo, Inc., has renewed its commitment to provide print and fulfillment services for the 2019 Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Annual Meeting to be held at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, May 29-31, 2019. A… Read More
COAR hosts webinar on role of open repositories in research data management - December 12, 2018
COAR recently hosted a members-only webinar on the role of open repositories in research data management (RDM). RDM is a large component of open science, and the role of repositories is crucial in supporting RDM. Many repository services that began by collecting articles have expressed interest… Read More
Elsevier partners with health professionals to launch new event highlighting clinical decision support, AI and big data in the hospital - December 10, 2018
Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, is organising a symposium dedicated to Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS), entitled Clinical Decision Support System, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in the Hospital: Impacts and Limitations Seen by Physicians. The event… Read More
