ARL Membership convenes in Atlanta for Spring 2018 meeting - May 14, 2018
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives, ARL Leadership Fellows, staff, and guests gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 24–26, 2018, for the 172nd Association Meeting. The meeting was convened by ARL president Mary Ann Mavrinac, vice provost and Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean… Read More
Deadline for Library Assessment Conference 2018 call for proposals extended to May 11 - May 7, 2018
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington Libraries, and the Conference Steering Committee have extended the deadline for submitting paper and poster proposals for the 2018 Library Assessment Conference to May 11, 2018. The seventh biennial Library Assessment Conference will be held… Read More
COASP 2018: Call for contributions - May 2, 2018
Now in its 10th anniversary year, the Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) is a major annual scholarly publishing conference that brings the open access community together to discuss new developments and innovations in scholarly publishing, and unite in the shared goal to enable research… Read More
ConTech 2018 – Conference chairs announced - April 25, 2018
Info International is working with a group of conference chairs to create the programme for the new event - ConTech 2018. The team includes: Vincent Cassidy, Director of Academic Markets, Institution of Engineering and Technology; Paul Blake, Senior Content Designer, Department for Digital, Media, Culture &… Read More
Registrations for 10th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing now open - April 24, 2018
Registrations are now open for the 10th anniversary of the annual conference, the Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP). The conference will take place on September 17th-19th, 2018, at the University of Vienna, Austria. As in previous years discount is being offered on registration… Read More
ConTech 2018 announces core themes and call for speakers - April 19, 2018
The ConTech 2018 chair team recently met to finalise a set of core themes and a call for speakers. Information providers and content owners are increasingly having to address the challenges of competing in a data world, driven by machine learning, artificial intelligence and other emerging… Read More
First SSP Berlin Regional Event discusses ways to improve discoverability of OA books - April 18, 2018
Members of the scholarly communications community in Berlin gathered for the first-ever Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) regional event on continental Europe to discuss ways to increase the discoverability of open access books on March 9, 2018. The speakers included Agata Morka, Senior Manager, OA books… Read More
Wiley partners with the March for Science - April 16, 2018
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has announced a partnership with the March for Science, a global nonpartisan movement that highlights the critical role science plays in improving our lives, understanding our world, and informing policymaking in communities across the world. On April 14, 2018, more… Read More
American Journal Experts offers educational webinar for the Carlos Chagas Institute as part of ICC’s the Academic Journey event - April 10, 2018
Author services provider American Journal Experts (AJE) collaborated with the Carlos Chagas Institute (ICC/Fiocruz), located in Brazil, to provide an educational webinar to authors in March 2018. AJE works with authors around the globe, both individually and through institutions and organisations and supports them in the… Read More
Inaugural SSP London regional event – a new opportunity for cross-stakeholder discussion on the industry’s necessary evolution - April 9, 2018
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) held its inaugural London event in Covent Garden on March 15, 2018. Liz Allen, Director of Strategic Initiatives at F1000, spoke about the changes we're seeing, and need to see, in the scholarly communications landscape. Her presentation was provocative and… Read More
