Registrations for 8th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing still open - September 1, 2016
The 8th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP), hosted by the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), is still open for registrations. The conference will be held at the Westin Arlington Gateway, Virginia, USA, on September 21 and 22. Previously held in Europe, this… Read More
Taxonomy Boot Camp London to be held from October 18-19, 2016 - August 31, 2016
The first ever Taxonomy Boot Camp London will be held from October 18-19, 2016, at the Olympia Conference Centre, London. Whatever your interests or your level of experience, this brand new conference will help you understand why more and more organisations are recognising the value… Read More
Zoe Harris to keynote ALPSP Conference & Awards 2016 - August 24, 2016
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers has announced Zoe Harris from Trinity Mirror will be the keynote speaker at the 2016 ALPSP Conference and Awards. Her presentation is entitled 'What can scholarly publishing learn from what newspapers have been through and where they are… Read More
STM to conduct Intensive Course in Journal Publishing in Hong Kong - August 23, 2016
International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers' (STM) is conducting an intensive course in journal publishing, designed for people working in scholarly publishing, primarily with journals. The course is scheduled to be held from November 6-9, 2016, at Lantau Island, Hong Kong. To gain… Read More
ARL/SAA Mosaic Program Leadership Forum promotes diversity in archives, special collections profession - August 22, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) hosted the third ARL/SAA Mosaic Program Leadership Forum on August 10, 2016, in Atlanta, Georgia, in conjunction with the SAA Annual Meeting. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the… Read More
Venue and agenda for first OpenAthens Customer Conference announced - August 19, 2016
OpenAthens, part of Eduserv, a not-for-profit IT services company based in Bath, UK, has announced the venue and agenda for the first OpenAthens Customer Conference. The conference will bring together information professionals and technical experts from across the spectrum of healthcare, academia, corporate and publishing under… Read More
Emerald to showcase new social sciences books programme at ASA 2016 - August 19, 2016
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing will be exhibiting at the American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, in Seattle from August 20-23 and showcasing the new social sciences books programme. Emerald is actively commissioning books and series across a range of topics… Read More
SpotOn 2016 to focus on what peer review might look like in 2030 - August 11, 2016
SpotOn, the popular conference series looking at science policy, outreach and tools will be held at the Wellcome Collection in London on November 5, 2016. SpotOn 2016 will focus on what peer review might look like in 2030 and will be led by BioMed Central, Digital… Read More
OCLC to host Faceted Controlled Vocabularies discussion list - August 11, 2016
OCLC has announced the debut of a new electronic discussion list. Hosted by OCLC, FACETVOC-L (Faceted Controlled Vocabularies discussion list) is a discussion list focused on faceted controlled vocabularies used in libraries, archives and museums. This includes vocabularies such as FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology),… Read More
OCLC among local hosts for IFLA Congress in Columbus - August 5, 2016
OCLC, the leading global library cooperative based in Dublin, will welcome thousands of librarians from across the world as the premier sponsor and a local host of the 2016 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Columbus August 13-19. The IFLA… Read More
