The 4th SPARC Japan Seminar 2014
(5 February 2015) The seminar, What should we do for expanding “Green Contents?” takes place 9 March 2015 from 1pm at the National Institute of Informatics. Details are here.
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Get your tickets for the ADA Copyright Forum
(2 February 2015) The Australian Digital Alliance Copyright Forum takes place 13 February 2015 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra. Topics include FAIR, HathiTrust, open access and more. If you’re not attending, Internet NZ is sponsoring a live stream of the program. For lots more detail visit the ADA blog here.
DPC offers scholarships for the Digital Preservation Training Programme, March 2015
(4 February 2015) The Digital Preservation Coalition is offering two fully funded scholarships to attend the upcoming March 2015 instance of ULCC’s intermediate level Digital Preservation Training Programme – The Practice of Digital Preservation at Senate House, University of London, London. The Digital Preservation Training Programme (DPTP) is designed for all those working in institutional…
Data Curation Training Program at HKUST
(28 January 2015) In order to manage, preserve and archive research data, the Library of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, will host a 3-day Data Curation Training Program 25-27 February 2015. It is co-organized by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and the Division…
10th International Digital Curation Conference, 9-12 February
(27 January 2015) For a decade IDCC has brought together leaders and experts in digital curation and the significance of good curation to research and innovation is now well recognised across the globe. The 10th International Digital Curation Conference will be held from Monday 9 February to Thursday 12 February 2015 at 30 Euston Square, London.…
ICADL2015 heads to Seoul
(23 January 2015) The 17th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2015) will be held in Seoul, Korea, 9-11 December 2015. Visit the conference website for submissions of papers.
International Librarians Network opens new round
(8 January 2015) ILN has announced that applications are now open for the next round of this popular program to commence in March 2015. Want to build your professional network and learn about librarianship around the world? Love the idea of professional travel but don’t have the budget? The International Librarians Network (ILN) is for…
IFLA World Library and Information Congress participation grants
(13 January 2015) The IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2015 has made available funds to provide support for 20 delegates to attend IFLA WLIC 2015 in South Africa by waiving their registration fee. Additional expenses need to be covered by other sponsorship or by candidates themselves. Applicants should be first time attendees to the…
National Conference on Library and Information Science (NACLIS) 2015
(14 January 2015) Sri Lanka’s National Conference on Library and Information Science NACLIS 2015, will be held in June 2015. The main theme this year is Challenges for Information Professionals and LIS services in the 21st century. The call for papers is here.
Philippines to host A-LIEP 2015
(5 January 2015) The Asia-Pacific Library and Information Education and Practice (A-LIEP) Conference will be held in the Philippines from October 21 to 23, 2015. Details on the venue, registration and other concerns will be announced at a later date. The theme for this year’s conference is: Asia-Pacific LIS: Exploring Unity and Diversity. The aim of…