Digital Science to showcase GRID at the 2015 ODI Summit - October 29, 2015
Digital Science, a technology company serving the needs of scientific and research communities, will be exhibiting at the ODI Summit 2015, the Open Data Institute's annual conference on innovation and excellence in open data, with speakers from business, government, the arts, startups and charities. The Summit… Read More
SSP 38th Annual Meeting theme revealed; opens call for participation - October 27, 2015
The Society for Scholarly Publishing has announced that its 38th Annual Meeting is scheduled for June 1-3, 2016, at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, British Columbia. 'Crossing Boundaries: New Horizons in Scholarly Communication' has been revealed as the theme of the 38th Annual Meeting. A… Read More
Cambridge University Press announces participation in first Academic Book Week - October 27, 2015
Cambridge University Press has announced its participation in the first ever Academic Book Week – an international celebration of the diversity, innovation and influence of academic books – by giving free access to its 20 most influential books, as chosen by Cambridge editors. This includes works… Read More
Columbia University Libraries participate in eighth annual Open Access Week - October 26, 2015
Columbia University Libraries announced its participation at the eighth annual Open Access Week. Open Access Week, a global event now entering its eighth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share… Read More
Cengage Learning to highlight expanded institutional offerings at EDUCAUSE 2015 - October 23, 2015
Cengage Learning will be highlighting its expanded institutional offerings at EDUCAUSE 2015 in Indianapolis, including the company's student-centric mobile products and the recent acquisition of the education technology company Learning Objects. This year's theme—Recharge with Cengage Learning—focuses on best practices in implementing education technology and… Read More
Emerald Publishing Director to play leading role in Charleston Open Access event - October 20, 2015
Tony Roche, Publishing Director at Emerald Group Publishing, will be one of the panel of contributors leading the ‘Open Perspectives in Open Access: Realities of Commercial Publishing' session at the Charleston Conference, South Carolina, on November 5 at 12.45pm (ET). Open Access (OA) remains a… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing launches new contribution to the Open Access debate - October 19, 2015
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing is marking International Open Access Week (October 19-25) with the launch of a Special Issue on Open Access (OA) from Online Information Review, with contributions from some of the world's leading experts on the debate. The aim of this Special… Read More
First ICSTI, NISO webinar to address the topic ‘A Pathway from Open Access and Data Sharing to Open Science in Practice’ - October 19, 2015
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) will organise its first webinar titled 'A Pathway from Open Access and Data Sharing to Open Science in Practice,' in close partnership with NISO. This webinar is scheduled for November 10, 2015, from… Read More
Highlights of the third day of Frankfurt Book Fair - October 16, 2015
On the third day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, highlighted events included the opening of the 'Media and Technology Forum' as part of the 'New European Media Summit; Peace Prize winner Navid Kermani discussed Iranian literature; and a press conference highlighted the results of the 'Frankfurt… Read More
Award-winning literature and networking events take centre stage at Frankfurt Book Fair, day 2 - October 15, 2015
On the second day of the Book Fair, highlighted events included panels on the future of content with "Copyright Clearance Center" discussing open access and the Book Fair media partner "Press Reader" talking about disruption in newspapers and magazines. Additionally, a photo… Read More
