2016 SSP Annual Meeting session recordings now available - June 28, 2016
At this year's SSP Annual Meeting, boundaries were stretched, ideas were challenged, and borders were crossed. For those who were not able to attend or could not make it to all the sessions, recordings of all sessions including keynotes, plenaries, and concurrent sessions are now available… Read More
AAUP 2016 convenes in Philadelphia - June 17, 2016
The 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP), being held in Philadelphia, is hosting more than 700 publishing and scholarly communications professionals from June 16–18. The program has been designed to 'Energize & Innovate,' providing opportunities to share knowledge, develop new… Read More
THE MARKETS – Global Publishing Summit 2016 - June 14, 2016
In 2015, for the first time in four years, sales of printed books once again rose slightly, by 0.4 per cent, from 2.748 billion pounds to 2.760 billion pounds. By contrast, at the same time and for the first time in seven years, digital sales (e-books, audio downloads, online subscriptions)… Read More
W3C and IDPF to organise one-day Publishing Community Meeting at W3C TPAC 2016 - June 13, 2016
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) are organizing a one-day Publishing Community Meeting during W3C's largest annual event, TPAC (Technical Plenary / Advisory Committee week). The Publishing Community Meeting at W3C TPAC (Lisbon, Portugal)… Read More
Cochrane partners with four leading organisations to host the first Global Evidence Summit in 2017 - June 13, 2016
Cochrane, together with four other leading organisations in the production and dissemination of evidence for decision making in the global health, social, and economic policy and practice sectors – has announced the first 'Global Evidence Summit' in Cape Town, South Africa. Next year, Cochrane, a… Read More
NFAIS announces ‘Call for Presentations’ for 2016-2017 Lunch & Learn education series - June 9, 2016
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a global non-profit membership organisation serving the information services community, has announced a 'Call for Presentations' for its 2016-2017 Lunch & Learn with NFAIS virtual education series. The submissions deadline for the 2016-2017 series cycle is August 1,… Read More
Digital preservation experts to discuss emerging trends and challenges in digital preservation at the seventh Rosetta Advisory Group Meeting - June 8, 2016
Users of the Ex Libris Rosetta digital asset management and preservation solution are gathering this week at New York University in New York, NY, for the seventh annual meeting of the Rosetta Advisory Group. This year, the meeting examines the ways in which Rosetta users… Read More
Registrations now open for 2016 Charleston Library Conference - June 7, 2016
The Charleston Library Conference has announced that registration is now open for the 2016 event. This annual conference on issues in book and serial acquisition will again be held in the historic downtown Charleston, SC, with headquarters at the Gaillard Center and the Francis Marion Hotel.… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center hosts sixth annual RightsLink Roundtable - June 3, 2016
Global licensing and content solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) recently brought publishers together for a forum at the Harvard Club in New York City for its sixth annual RightsLink® Roundtable to discuss and discover shared success, challenges, and new ideas for future development of… Read More
2016 SSP Early Career Professional Survey results to be detailed at Annual Meeting - May 31, 2016
The SSP Early Career Task Force will release the results of their February survey aimed at early career professionals in the scholarly communication industry at the 2016 Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting, being held June 1-3 in Vancouver, BC. The session, 'Sharing the Future… Read More
