Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) conference will go online in January 2021.

Topic: The new face of trust

The preliminary program is announced. Registration is open.

Topic: Cataloguing by entities or the big bang of  data!

The conference, organized by Bibliographic Transition in France, will deal with the notion of cataloguing by entities in three stages, through an explanation of the concept, then the presentation of the necessary tools and finally some projects or achievements in progress.

Please register before 1 December 2020

This edition of SemWeb.Pro will be an opportunity to highlight the synergies and complementarities between the Semantic Web and related approaches derived from graph databases (Property Graph, GraphQL, etc), which accelerate the development of concrete applications in different sectors of activity: industry, medical, culture and many others.

Please register for free for the remaining online sessions to be held until 27 November 2020.

The 22nd International Conference on Grey Literature, organised by GreyNet International, will happen online on 19 November 2020.
Topic: Applications of Grey Literature for Science and Society

Registration closes 1st November 2020. The program is online.

The GL2020 conference papers will be published in the Series – International Conference Proceedings on Grey Literature. – ISSN 1386-2316. A selection of conference papers will be published by GreyNet International in The Grey Journal (TGJ) the flagship journal for the grey literature community.

Core is a new division of ALA (American Library Association) that is emerging from the former associations ALCTS (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services), LITA (Library Information Technology Association), and LLAMA (Library Leadership and Management Association). Core will serve the professional needs of those who work in all types of library organizations. In this e-Forum, will be discussed the perspectives on the new professional organization, on the interconnections between the operational areas represented by the Core sections, and on what it will take for Core to succeed.

Registration

Each day, discussion begins and ends at:

Pacific: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Mountain: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Central: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Eastern: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The theme for this year’s International Open Access Week, to be held from 19-25 October, will be: Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion. This is a time to coordinate in taking action to make openness the default for research, and to ensure that equity is at the center of this work. Notably, EIFL will be celebrating the event with libraries and researchers. Watch  their programme.

With the theme Digits: for Good, World Digital Preservation Day 2020 is an opportunity to connect the digital preservation community and celebrate the positive impact digital preservation has, for good. This event is open to participation from anyone interested in securing our digital legacy.

Share your stories through blog posts, social media posts, events and creative activities! ISSN International Centre is getting ready to share its plans on World Digital Preservation Day. Stay tuned! #DigiPres #digitalpreservation #WDPD2020 @DPC_chat 

Watch live on #WDPD2020 5th November at 12 noon UK time : https://dpconline.org/events/wdpd-event/dpa2020-presentations

Remote presentations will include a mix of live and pre-recorded sessions, and both options will include live Q&A for attendees. The event platform will provide a virtual vendor showcase, several networking opportunities, and a user-friendly interface for conference sessions.

Topic: Quo Vadis? Where do we go from here?

Tentative agenda, subject to change.

Registration information

A postconference workshop will be held online using Zoom on 17 November 2020, 1:00 – 4:00 pm EST: Prototyping for Progress: Using a design thinking approach to implement OA and collections strategy.

DCMI Virtual, the conference of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, will be a programme of virtual, invited and moderated sessions including keynotes, expert panel discussions, tutorials and presentations.

The programme is online, as well as the list of speakers and abstracts.

PIDapalooza 2021 will be a one-of-a-kind experience: a 24-hour nonstop PID party happening around the world. The party starts on January 27 at 14:30 UTC (see the time in your location here). Sessions will take place over the course of the following 24 hours.

Mark your calendars and think about a session to propose.