Highlights from Controlled Vocabularies Workshop in #COAR2017 Annual Meeting - May 30, 2017
The COAR Controlled Vocabularies Workshop was held on May 8, 2017 at the COAR 2017 Annual Meeting. More than 40 participants joined in the half day open session. The session was organised to introduce COAR vocabularies to the members including what has been done so far,… Read More
Preliminary program announced for COASP 2017 - May 26, 2017
The preliminary program for the 9th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing, COASP, along with details of how to register for the conference, is now available on the conference page: https://oaspa.org/conference. The conference will be held at the Altis Grand Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, on September… Read More
ARL announces SPEC Survey webcast on Data Curation - May 18, 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
Paula Stephan and Jeffrey Mervis to be featured keynote presenters at the Society for Scholarly Publishing 39th Annual Meeting - May 17, 2017
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced that its keynote speakers for the SSP 39th Annual Meeting to be held May 31-June 2 in Boston, MA, will be Paula Stephan and Jeffrey Mervis. Stephan will speak on May 31. Stephan's research interests focus on the… Read More
Scope e-Knowledge to exhibit and present at the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Meeting - May 15, 2017
Scope e-Knowledge Center, an award winning services partner to publishers and information providers worldwide, will be attending and presenting at the Society for Scholarly Publishing meeting, May 31 - June 2 in Boston, Massachusetts USA. A primary focus for Scope at the meeting will be… Read More
Summary of COAR Annual Meeting - May 15, 2017
The COAR Annual Meeting took place at the Università Ca' Foscari in Venice, Italy, on May 8-10, 2017. Eighty international delegates attended the three day meeting, which focused on fostering closer collaboration across countries and regions, and facilitating dialogue about issues of common concern. … Read More
LBF and Nielsen Book announce third edition of the Virtual Conference: Publishing Around the Globe - May 12, 2017
The London Book Fair has announced that the third edition of its Virtual Conference: Publishing Around the Globe, will return on June 1, 2017, exploring key trends in important global publishing markets through a series of social media events taking place on one day. Supported… Read More
OpenCon 2017 scheduled for November 11-13 in Berlin, Germany; applications open June 27 - May 11, 2017
SPARC and the Right to Research Coalition, in partnership with the Max Planck Society, have announced that OpenCon 2017 will take place on November 11-13 in Berlin, Germany, at the Max Planck Society's Harnack House. OpenCon is more than a conference. It is a platform… Read More
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
