OASPA webinar panelists discuss attribution - May 23, 2016
Cameron Neylon from Curtin University, Michael Carroll from American University, and Ernesto Priego from the City University London recently joined OASPA for a webinar to discuss attribution in open access publishing - an important, timely issue for publishers that goes hand-in-hand with licensing. Catriona MacCallum (PLOS)… Read More
Association of Research Libraries seeks proposals for SPEC Survey Topics 2017 - May 18, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking proposals for 2017 SPEC survey topics. For more than 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program to assist libraries in the continuous improvement of their management systems. Each year, ARL works with… Read More
Digital Science to host 2016 ORCID UK members meeting - May 13, 2016
The first ORCID UK members' meeting will be held at Digital Science's London office, The Macmillan Building, 4 Crinan St, London N1 9XW, from 9.00am - 1.00pm on May 26. The meeting will start with an ORCID Town Hall session for… Read More
Norway to be Guest of Honour at Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 - May 13, 2016
The Frankfurt Book Fair has announced Norway's participation as the Guest of Honour of Frankfurt Book Fair 2019. Margit Walsø, Director of NORLA (The Centre for Norwegian Literature Abroad), and Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, signed the contracts in the foyer of the… Read More
Theme for 2016 International Open Access Week to be ‘Open in Action’ - May 13, 2016
In conjunction with this year's Open Access Week Advisory Committee, SPARC has announced the theme for this year's 9th International Open Access Week, to be held October 24-30. The theme for 2016 will be 'Open in Action.' International Open Access Week has always been about… Read More
Presentations and discussions at COAR annual meeting 2016 - May 9, 2016
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) conducted its Annual Meeting and General Assembly on April 12-13, 2016 in Vienna/Austria. Through a diverse mix of conference sessions, round-table discussions and open dialogue, the meeting pushed attendees to examine the future of repositories and the challenges and… Read More
David S. Kidder and Dr. Margaret-Ann Amour featured keynote presenters at the Society for Scholarly Publishing 38th Annual Meeting, June 1-3 - May 4, 2016
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced that its keynote speakers for the SSP 38th Annual Meeting to be held June 1-3 in Vancouver, BC are David S. Kidder and Dr. Margaret-Ann Amour. Kidder, who will speak on June 2, is the co-founder and CEO… Read More
OpenAIRE webinar on call for proposals to fund APC-free Open Access journals and platforms - May 3, 2016
OpenAIRE is hosting a webinar to learn more about the new OpenAIRE call for proposals to fund APC-free Open Access journals and platforms under the alternative funding mechanism of the FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot. The webinar will be held on May 12, 2016 at 10:00… Read More
OASPA issues call for contributions for 8th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing - May 2, 2016
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) will be holding the 8th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) in the US this year at the Westin Arlington Gateway hotel in Virginia, on September 21 - 22, 2016. Now established as a key event in… Read More
STM Launches Tech Trends 2020: The Floodgates of Technology are Open! - April 28, 2016
The new STM Tech Trends is being launched at the ongoing STM Annual US Conference in Washington DC. The theme of this year’s infographic look into the future of STM publishing is: The Floodgates of Technology are Open. The Tech Trends 2020 emphasize how the growth… Read More
