Knowledgespeak Newsletter

17 June 2013

ORCID awarded Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to support university and professional society integration of persistent identifiers ORCID has announced a new project aimed at encouraging the adoption and integration of persistent researcher identifiers by research universities and scientific and social science professional associations. Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, this project will provide external funding and personalised outreach and technical support to participating organisations. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Dr. Brian Levy of Health Language to address vendor readiness at HIMSS ICD-10 forum Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Dr. Brian Levy of Health Language will discuss vendor readiness for ICD-10 during the ICD-10 Forum, presented by HIMSS Media. The session, 'How to Identify Vendor Benchmarks and Timelines for Readiness,' will take place on June 17 from 11-11:45 a.m. EDT at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington D.C. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IEEE-SA approves IEEE 1904.1 Standard for Service Interoperability in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that the IEEE 1904.1 Standard for Service Interoperability in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (SIEPON) was approved by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) at the Standards Board meeting. The IEEE 1904.1 standard provides open, international, system-level specifications enabling multi-vendor, 'plug-and-play' interoperability in EPON systems. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 2014 SPARC Open Access to focus on 'Convergence' The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the next SPARC Open Access Meeting, themed 'Convergence,' will convene March 3-4, 2014, in Kansas City. The meeting is designed to emphasise collaborative actions that stakeholders can take to positively impact publishing, policy, digital repositories, author rights, and licensing. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme LBF, UK PA and British Council boost LBF Korea Market Focus 2014's profile at Seoul Book Fair The London Book Fair, British Council and the UK Publishers Association are participating in Seoul Book Fair 2013 in advance of Korea being the Market Focus country at the LBF 2014. The LBF Market Focus team, in association with its UK partners, will hold a reception on June 17, have a joint stand in the Seoul Book Fair (F36) and will host a seminar event on June 20 during Seoul Book Fair. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme UBM Tech names Karen Field as new General Manager of DESIGN West Business information provider UBM Tech has announced the appointment of Karen Field as Senior Vice President - Editorial Director, EE Times and General Manager of DESIGN West. In this new role, Field's main focus will be working directly with the global electronics community to develop cutting-edge educational/training programmes and unique interactive events and exhibits. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Are University Presses Better off Now than They Were Four Years Ago?); Casey Luskin (Peer-Reviewed Pro-Intelligent Design Articles and the "Insurrection" Against Journal Impact Factors); Alice Meadows (Open Access - Keeping It Real); Simon Chaplin (Making the case for open access books) and Impact of Social Sciences Blog (Developing indicators of the impact of scholarly communication is a massive technical challenge - but it's also much simpler than that). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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