New technologies and business models will be examined, as well as the re-emerging role of collection development and librarianship in the continuing digital evolution of the scholarly ecosystem.

Theme: The Evolving Scholarly Environment

Major topic: Next generation repositories.

The programme is available.

The latest scientific results and technology innovations around semantic technologies.

Two special tracks:  Multilinguality and Semantics & Transparency

Registrations are still open.

Clément Oury, Head of Data, Network and Standards department at ISSN IC, will attend the next ICIDIS meeting and UKSG annual conference.

Panelists: Xin Bi (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University/DOAJ), Ina Smith (Academy of Science of South Africa), Abel Packer (SciELO), Lars Bjørnshauge (DOAJ).

On the same topic, access the December 2016 webinar and the blogpost reflecting on the discussion.

The IFLA Governing Board seeks nominations for new members of the IFLA Committee on Standards by Wednesday 1st March 2017. See more details about eligibility and how to send nominations.

UKSG celebrates its 40th anniversary with a programme highlighting publication ethics and practices, scholarly communication funding and future.

Enhancing the quality and credibility of peer review and scientific publication.

Call for research abstracts open until 15 February 2017

The IFLA Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation invites interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session.

Topic: Documentary heritage: digitisation, and born digital heritage – facing the challenges to preserve our heritage for the future.

Deadline: 6 March 2017