NISO to host in-person forum on the Future of Library Resource Discovery - August 17, 2015
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) will host a two–day meeting to take place in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 5 and 6, 2015 on The Future of Library Discovery. In February 2015, NISO published a white paper commissioned from library consultant Marshall Breeding by NISO's Discovery… Read More
Elsevier announces nine new Medicinal Chemistry Books at American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Boston - August 14, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced nine new medicinal chemistry books, including the latest edition of The Practice of Medicinal Chemistry, considered 'The Bible' by many medicinal chemists for nearly twenty years, which will be available in September. This highly respected resource for professors, students and researchers,… Read More
Actionable mobile health applications to redefine healthcare delivery in India, notes Wolters Kluwer Health at the first HIMSS summit held in India - August 10, 2015
Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information, business intelligence, and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, participated in 'The Digital India Healthcare Summit-2015,' the first HIMSS summit held in India. During the summit, company executives spoke about the rising use of Actionable Mobile… Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair to host The Markets: Global Publishing Summit 2015 - August 7, 2015
Seven relevant book and media markets are the focus of The Markets - Global Publishing Summit, the new event to kick off the Frankfurt Book Fair (October 14-18, 2015). During this one-day event, to be held on the day before the fair officially opens, industry experts… Read More
Kuansan Wang, Director of the Internet Service Research Centre at Microsoft Research, to give keynote at ALPSP Conference - August 5, 2015
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced that Kuansan Wang, Director of the Internet Service Research Centre at Microsoft Research, is now confirmed as a keynote speaker at next month's ALPSP Conference. Kuansan will consider how we are on a journey,… Read More
American Chemical Society national meeting features variety of presidential events - July 31, 2015
American Chemical Society (ACS) President Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt will sponsor several events related to the theme of the ACS 250th National Meeting & Exposition, 'Innovation from Discovery to Application.' The meeting runs from August 16-20 in Boston. The presidential events will be held at the… Read More
Sixth edition of The EMBO Meeting scheduled for September 5–8, 2015 - July 30, 2015
The sixth edition of The EMBO Meeting will be held in Birmingham in the United Kingdom from September 5–8, 2015. The EMBO Meeting brings together an outstanding lineup of speakers in one of the largest annual events for the life science community in Europe. It is… Read More
Figshare and DuraSpace webinar to discuss possibilities for integration between Figshare for Institutions and DuraCloud - July 28, 2015
London-based data repository organisation Figshare and DuraSpace will host a webinar to discuss the possibilities for integration between Figshare for Institutions and DuraCloud. The webinar, scheduled for August 20, from 7pm – 8pm BST, will be presented by Dan Valen, Product Specialist,… Read More
Major repository networks agree to collaborate on data exchange, technological development, and metadata - July 17, 2015
Three major regional open access repository networks and aggregators (OpenAire, LA Referencia, and SHARE), along with the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and Center for Open Science (COS) met in Charlottesville, Virginia, to discuss synergies and potential areas of collaboration on July 9 and 10,… Read More
The Frankfurt Book Fair and Publishing Perspectives to host The Markets: Global Publishing Summit - July 15, 2015
A new conference to kick off the Frankfurt Book Fair, to be held the day before the fair officially opens (14-18 October 2015), will set the theme for the world's largest industry meeting: 'The Markets – Global Publishing Summit' is the name of the one-day event,… Read More
