When the world quarantined in 2020, working remotely was a necessity. Now that the world is finding its new normal, remote work is thriving. The benefits of remote work have opened up opportunities for many employees and their employers, including for associations. But the...
source: Sidecar
As associations prepare to welcome employees back to the workplace, there are key concepts to concentrate on. The president of the National Safety Council says communication, physical safety, readiness for change and vaccination discussions are pivotal for success.
source: Associations Now
The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) was originally developed in 2012. It is one of three platforms run by the Netherlands-based OAPEN Foundation and France’s OpenEdition. OAPEN provides infrastructure for OA books and promotes their awareness and discovery. It...
source: Delta Think
We’re excited (and a little nervous) to launch a new research project designed to assess the effects of metadata on research communications. We’re expecting this effort to be a significant contribution to the existing research on the topic and we’re really...
source: CrossRef
Giant retailers, including Amazon and Ikea, have pledged to go green, but their shipping is still pretty dirty. Now shoppers can now see how much pollution some of the biggest retail companies in the US each generate while bringing goods into the country, thanks to a new...
source: The Verge
The Bookseller is to publish a Climate Issue ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), with aim of interrogating what the trade can do to meet the challenge of environmental change in the wake of global warming.
source: The Bookseller
Sustainability as a concept has been with the printing industry for quite some time, with the initial focus occurring in the mid-1990s with print customers asking the question: “Are you a ‘green’ printer?” Since the 1990s, we continue to see ebbs...
source: Printing Impressions
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, announces its commitment to becoming net zero by 2040, signing the Climate Pledge together with parent company RELX, to reach the target at least a decade ahead of the Paris Climate Agreement’s...
source: YouTube - Elsevier
Many associations are struggling to keep their communities engaged with virtual and in-person events. The two main challenges are discoverability and driving engagement around the events.
source: Association TRENDS
Almost every team has that one dominant personality who is motivated by winning, competition, and reaching results. While dominant personalities are often seen as commanding and confident, their characteristics have a flip side. They can also become obstinate, aggressive...
source: Fast Company
When companies publish job opportunities, they sometimes forget that the interview process goes both ways. People with a great deal of talent and ambition know what they're worth, and they won't settle for mediocre positions or work for companies that don't measure up to...
source: Forbes
One of the fastest-growing sectors in retail over the past decade has been the value channel. This includes dollar stores and dollar sections, such as Target’s Bullseye’s Playground, as well as other low-price retail formats, such as off-price chains like Burlington...
source: Publisher's Weekly
The Italian book market has grown in the first six months of 2021, according to figures from the Italian Publishers Association (AIE), with 15 million more copies of printed books sold through trade channels compared to 2020, an increase of 44%.
source: The Bookseller
Bernette G. Ford, who as an author and editor was a leading advocate of making children’s books more diverse and making sure that people of color had opportunities to write and illustrate them, died on June 20 at her home in Brooklyn. She was 70.
source: The New York Times
If you want a preview of next year’s Emmy Awards, just take a walk past your local bookstore. According to data drawn from Publishers Marketplace, the industry’s clearinghouse for news and self-reported book deals, literary adaptations to television have been...
source: The Atlantic
