London Info International announces first in a series of webinars – Creating and delivering value compliantly beyond traditional information delivery - May 10, 2017
London Info International has announced the first in a series of webinars, 'Creating and delivering value compliantly beyond traditional information delivery,' scheduled for May 23, 2017, 15:00 hours CEST / 14:00 hours BST / 9:00 hours EST. The way corporate scientists search, find and access… Read More
CCC’s RightsLink for Open Access Roundtable explores the future of OA - May 5, 2017
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global content management, copyright licensing, discovery and delivery solutions provider, recently brought together a panel of global leaders to share perspectives, challenges and stakeholder requirements around the payment, management and reporting of Article Processing Charges (APCs) and related author payments.… Read More
CCC’s seventh annual RightsLink Roundtable provides valuable insights - May 4, 2017
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global content management, copyright licensing, discovery, and delivery solutions provider, recently brought together international delegates from publishing organisations, rights and licensing freelancers, and medical communications agencies for a series of three roundtable meetings at the Institute of Directors in London.… Read More
Peer Review Week 2017 to run from September 11 – 17 - May 3, 2017
Following on from the success of Peer Review Week 2016, a group of organisations is working collaboratively to plan a week of activities and events to strengthen and celebrate peer review for the third year in a row. The theme of Peer Review Week 2017 is Transparency in Review,… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing to pilot new Mentorship Program - May 2, 2017
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) will pilot a new Mentorship Program starting in June 2017. The SSP Career Development Committee is seeking up to 12 mentors and up to 12 mentees to participate in this new program and provide feedback. This new program is ideal… Read More
ASTM International board of directors approve formation of Cannabis Standards Group - April 27, 2017
ASTM International, one of the world's leading standards organisations, has announced that its board of directors has approved the formation of a committee on cannabis (D37). The organisation also announced that the committee will hold its first official meeting June 11-12 in Toronto. Nearly 100… Read More
The Optical Society members and leaders participate in Global March for Science - April 27, 2017
The March for Science, held on April 22, took place in over 600 cities around the globe. Over 250 organisations including, The Optical Society (OSA), connected for this non-partisan celebration of the value of science and scientific inquiry. Fundamental optical research in the last century… Read More
Upcoming webinar to Optimise Your Medical Publications and Avoid - April 26, 2017
A panel of industry experts will provide tips and tools to enhance medical publication efforts and avoid so-called "predatory journals" in a webinar titled Optimise Your Medical Publications and Avoid "Predatory Journals", scheduled for May 9, 2017. Jeffrey Beall, Scholarly Communications Librarian and Associate Professor at the University of Colorado… Read More
HIMSS acquires Health 2.0 conferences, expands global educational offerings - April 26, 2017
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has acquired the conference component of Health 2.0, effective immediately, expanding its global educational offerings to familiar and new audiences. HIMSS will establish a new Health 2.0 business unit within the enterprise that includes HIMSS North America, HIMSS Analytics,… Read More
Theme of 2017 International Open Access Week to be ‘Open in order to…’ - April 25, 2017
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), in conjunction with this year's Open Access Week Advisory Committee, has announced that the theme for this year's 10th International Open Access Week, to be held October 23-29, will be 'Open in order to….' This year's theme… Read More
