Applications now open for the Annual SSP Fellowship Program - February 8, 2019
The Career Development Committee of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is inviting applications for the 2019 Annual Fellowship Program. Interested candidates can begin the application process here. Early-career professionals in the first four years of their employment in the scholarly… Read More
Elsevier to feature clinical decision support solutions at HIMSS19 - February 8, 2019
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, will showcase its clinical decision support and patient engagement solutions at Booth #3331 at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2019 annual meeting in Orlando, FL, USA, February 12-14, 2019. Elsevier's Care Planning… Read More
First online seminar in the ICSTI 2019 Webinar series scheduled for February 14 - February 4, 2019
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) has announced its first complimentary online seminar in the ICSTI 2019 Webinar series. The webinar 'From Information to Knowledge with AI' is scheduled for February 14, 2019, from10:30 am -12:00 noon EST, and will be hosted by… Read More
Wiley’s inaugural Global Innovation Conclave examines ways to bridge the skills gap and improve job readiness - February 4, 2019
Wiley, a global leader in research and education, brought together leaders of industry and academia for the inaugural Wiley Global Innovation Conclave 2019 (WGIC) in Bengaluru, India. With a focus on bridging the skills gap and improving job readiness, this event fostered thoughtful conversation around the… Read More
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
