Digital publishers find shared purpose at W3C Publishing Summit - November 14, 2017
Members of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recently met for a Publishing Summit, the organisation's first annual meeting since combining forces with the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) in February. The two-day conference drew more than 200 participants from around the world, a mix of… Read More
SPEC Survey webcast on Libraries, Presses, and Publishing - November 9, 2017
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of free webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast will follow the publication of each SPEC Kit in 2017.… Read More
Registrations for SCOAP3 Forum 2017 now open - November 7, 2017
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) will be hosting its annual online Forum - an open event presenting achievements after almost four years and an outlook into the future of the initiative, on December 7, 2017. The Forum also offers an… Read More
London Info International to host Copyright Card Game as part of the Open Conference Stream on December 5 - November 1, 2017
London Info International will host the Copyright Card Game as part of the Open Conference Stream on December 5, 2017. Copyright is an important subject for all information professionals but one that often causes anxieties. Some of the anxiety is related to the complexity of… Read More
CRKN 2017 Annual General Meeting in Review - November 1, 2017
CRKN's 2017 Annual General Meeting was held October 18-20 in Montreal, Quebec. The meetings were well attended with 94 registered members and stakeholders, plus invited guest speakers and staff. Attendees benefited from the quality of the facilities at the Marriott Château Champlain. The event opened… Read More
Macmillan Learning launches fifth annual Executive STEM Summit in partnership with Scientific American - October 30, 2017
Macmillan Learning, a premier educational solutions company, has launched their fifth annual Executive STEM Summit in partnership with Scientific American. The two-day event brought together leaders from education, business, technology, policy and research communities to debate the most critical issues facing STEM education. The robust… Read More
Pearson announces EDUCAUSE 2017 lineup - October 30, 2017
Pearson has announced its lineup for EDUCAUSE 2017, as part of its 'This is Digital Learning' theme for the conference. The theme highlights how technology is providing increased access to high-quality, affordable higher education opportunities that enhance the learning experience and prepare learners for success in… Read More
Digital Science to present keynotes at Russian Academic Excellence Project ‘5Top100’ event - October 25, 2017
Technology company Digital Science is presenting several keynotes at the official event of the Russian Academic Excellence Project, '5Top100' on October 25-27. Four Digital Science reports in the Russian language will also be released at this event. Held in Ekaterinburg, the event is jointly organised… Read More
Clarivate Analytics partners with the International Society for Informetrics and Scientometrics as ISSI 2017 conference sponsor - October 19, 2017
Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to enable researchers to accelerate discovery, has announced its partnership with the International Society for Informetrics and Scientometrics (ISSI) as one of two sponsors of its ISSI 2017 conference which will be held at Wuhan… Read More
SSP 40th Annual Meeting Scholarly Publishing at the Crossroads: What’s working, what’s holding us back, where do we go from here? - October 13, 2017
As the Society for Scholarly Publishing celebrates its 40th anniversary, the theme for the conference highlights the many crossroads within scholarly publishing, including past and future practices, changing revenue models, funding challenges, regulation changes, technological innovations, and reaching new markets while maintaining established ones. These crossroads… Read More
