Call for Proposals for PKP 2017 International Scholarly Publishing Conference now open - January 30, 2017
The Public Knowledge Project has issued a Call for Proposals for the PKP 2017 International Scholarly Publishing Conference to be held in Montreal, Quebec from August 2- 4, 2017. The conference will be co-hosted by Érudit, and will take place at the… Read More
NRF hosts first African DSpace-CRIS Repository Workshop - January 30, 2017
The National Research Foundation (NRF) hosted a successful DSpace-CRIS workshop at its National Facility the iThemba Labs, in Cape Town from December 4-5, 2016. It was attended by 38 participants including IT administrators, librarians and repository practitioners, drawn from various universities and research councils. The University of Cape Town… Read More
CCC hosts republication and content reuse roundtable - January 23, 2017
Global licensing and content solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) recently brought together permissions acquisition experts to network, share views, and help shape the future requirements and workflows of republication and content reuse markets. The ‘Republication and Content Reuse Roundtable’ took place at the Harvard… Read More
The London Book Fair announces keynote speakers for Quantum Conference 2017 - January 20, 2017
The London Book Fair has confirmed two keynote speakers for its Quantum Conference, scheduled for March 13, 2017, 09:30 – 16:00 hrs. Steve Bohme, Research Director at Nielsen Book Research UK, will share the findings from Nielsen’s annual Books and Consumer study, while Sophie Corcut from… Read More
Cambridge University Press announces support for the Academic Book Week for second consecutive year - January 20, 2017
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced its support for the Academic Book Week 2017 for the second year running, with a focus on championing innovation in publishing. To celebrate, Cambridge will be making twenty of their most innovative books, as chosen by editors, available freely… Read More
NISO announces series of educational programs for 2017 - January 20, 2017
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced a strong series of educational programs for 2017, encompassing fourteen 90-minute webinars and six virtual conferences. All of these rich offerings are tailored to allow live viewing as well as archive use and viewing by individuals as well… Read More
The Society for Scholarly Publishing organises regional event covering open access in education - December 27, 2016
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) held its first Philadelphia-based regional programming event, 'Open Access in Education: Open Educational Resources (OERs) and the Open Syllabus Project in the Context of Scholarly Publishing', on December 7, 2016, at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The format… Read More
Path-Breaking medical researcher and survivor of rare, fatal disease to keynote the NFAIS 2017 Annual Conference - December 21, 2016
Named by Forbes magazine as one of the top 30 young scientists changing the world, Dr. David Fajgenbaum, who is revolutionising the way medical research is conducted, will deliver the Keynote Address at the National Federation of Advanced Information Service's (NFAIS™) 59th Annual Conference, February 26-28,… Read More
CAS hosts three Innovation Summit events in China, Japan and Brazil to inspire global economic growth - December 20, 2016
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, hosted three Innovation Summit events in China, Japan and Brazil during November. Innovation Summit, a CAS event, is organised to engage global business leaders and influential decision makers to collectively address business challenges that face all organisations, regardless… Read More
OASPA webinar focuses on the current state of OA publishing in different parts of the Global South - December 19, 2016
OASPA recently hosted a timely and wide-ranging discussion on the current state of open access publishing in different parts of the Global South. Xin Bi, University Librarian at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and Editor and China Ambassador of the Directory for Open Access Journals (DOAJ) in… Read More
