7th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP)
This conference held in Amsterdam, from September 15th-17th, 2015, was organised by OASPA, Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, in order to exchange information about standards, OA mandates, business models, metrics and innovative practices in scholarly communication.
This was the opportunity to meet publishers and other stakeholders of the OA community, to promote the use ROAD and to discuss its future directions.
On August 11th, Dr. Khomotso Marumo, Director of the Bibliographic Services and Collections Management at the National Library of South Africa, met Mr Clément Oury (Head of Data, Network and Standards Department at IC).
IFLA 2015 at Cap Town, from August 15 to 21:
6-19 August 2015: The ISSN International Centre will exhibit at IFLA conference in Cape Town in South Africa (booth n°E127).
On 17 August:
Dr. Cecília Leite Oliveira, Director of the Brazilian Science and Technology Information Institute (IBICT) and Mrs Gaëlle Béquet, will make a presentation on the special thematic number of the journal Ciência da Informação, about ISSN’s 40th Anniversary (afternoon). As from 3:30 p.m, Mrs Béquet and our team look forward to your participation to this special presentation on booth E127. Wine and snacks will be proposed to participants!
On 18 August:
Session 116 Dynamic Transformations and Developments in the World of Serials and Other Continuing Resources – Serials and Other Continuing Resources: 9:30 a.m.: Mrs Gaëlle Béquet, Director of the IC, will make a presentation entitled “E-serials Preservation: a Worldwide Challenge for Research Libraries »
On 19 August:
Session 166 Impact of standards on the international library community – Committee on Standards : 09:30 a.m. Mrs Béquet will make a presentation entitled: “Interaction Between IFLA Standards and Other Library Standards: ISBD, RDA, UNIMARC and ISSN: a Long-Lasting Relationship.
Find more on this link: http://www.professionalabstracts.com/iflawlic2015/iplanner/
