From jilloneill at nfais.org Fri Oct 1 09:40:26 2010 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:40:26 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Interviews at the Frankfurt Book Fair Message-ID: <8ED03F8F8C5148BEA2D363CB3DBA214D@DDPXRT91> Posted by member request: If you are attending the Frankfurt Book Fair, you may want to make room in your schedule for one or two of the Knowledgespeak Executive Interviews being conducted onsite. *Knowledgespeak to deliver real-time insights from industry leaders at the Frankfurt Book Fair* Chennai, India, September 29, 2010: Scope eKnowledge Center, the publishers of the STM industry news service, Knowledgespeak (www.knowledgespeak.com), will be conducting a series of interviews with select industry executives at the upcoming Frankfurt Book Fair, October 6-8. The goal is to provide a unique real-time perspective from the vantage points of established leaders within the STM industry, inspired by the live events taking place at the Book Fair itself. Since its inception in 2005, Knowledgespeak has published several dozen exclusive interviews with senior executives, covering different topics of interest to information industry professionals. In a slight departure from this traditional Knowledgespeak Executive Interview feature, industry leaders will be interviewed on site, at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The interviews will be held at the Scope stand (4.2 H448), to allow the interviewees to engage with attendees; the interview will also be published in the Knowledgespeak newsletter. Among the executives to be interviewed are: . Andrew Richardson, Managing Director Europe, Vice President Business Development, Wolters Kluwer Heath Medical Research . Marty Kahn, CEO, ProQuest . Fred Dylla, Executive Director, AIP . William Park, CEO, DeepDyve . Judith Barnsby, Head of e-Development, IOP . Tim Collins, President, EBSCO Publishing . Keith MacGregor, Executive Vice President, Scientific and Scholarly Research,Thomson Reuters . Victor Henning, Co-Founder & CEO, Mendeley Limited Please visit www.knowledgespeak.com/FBFinterviews.asp for the most up-to-date interview schedule. Frankfurt Book Fair visitors are welcome to attend the interview sessions. For more information, please contact: Elizabeth Donohue Associate Vice President, Content Consulting Scope eKnowledge Center, US +1 813 892 4752 bdonohue at scopeknowledge.com www.scopeknowledge.com Hector Bolanos General Manager, Business Development Scope eKnowledge Center, UK +44 20 7096 0493 hector at scopeknowledge.com www.scopeknowledge.com *** End of text*** Jill O'Neill Director, Planning & Communication NFAIS (v) 215-893-1561 (email) jilloneill at nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Mon Oct 4 08:08:39 2010 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:08:39 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Reminder: NFAIS Workshop on Improving Information Discoverability anmd Use Message-ID: <004501cb63bc$e15d2310$a4176930$@org> NFAIS Workshop on Improving the User Search Experience: Leveraging Content to Improve Discoverability and Use. Question: In a world of information overload can information discovery - and therefore its ultimate use - be optimized? This NFAIS workshop, scheduled from 9:00am - 4:30pm on October 13th in Philadelphia, PA will provide some answers for both content providers and librarians.. Virtual attendance is optional for those unable to travel to Philadelphia. Come and learn from experts such as Jake Zarnegar, President, Silver Chair Information Systems, who will open the meeting with an overview on the importance of content organization and structure, the effective use of taxonomies, thesauri, indexes, and metadata, and the importance of semantic tagging to create "smart" content. Speakers from Wolters Kluwer and The H.W. Wilson Company will present case studies on the effective use of taxonomies and you will hear from OCLC on the leveraging of metadata as demonstrated by OCLC's WorldCat Genres. After lunch the speakers from CSA and Thomson Reuters Healthcare & Science will discuss indexing and tagging as a method of improving information discovery, not only at the article level, but also at a much more granular level (charts, tables, etc.). And you will learn from representatives of the New England Journal of Medicine and Science how they are including multimedia and user-generated content to enhance the overall utility of their products and services. IEEE will present a case study on the use of automated or computer-assisted indexing will be presented as a potential tool for managing information overload. And in closing, you will learn about a new initiative for the development of best practices to ensure the discoverability and preservation of supplemental materials that are included as part of many scholarly and scientific journals. The program, registration forms, directions to the meeting location, list of nearby hotels, and general information on Philadelphia are available at: http://www.nfais.org/page/280-improving-the-user-experience-part-ii). On-site Attendance:, NFAIS members pay $425 and non-members pay $475.Continetnal breakfast, lunch and all day beverages are included Virtual Attendance: NFAIS members pay $375 and non-members pay $425. Reduced virtual registrations are available for groups of 3, 6 or unlimited attendees (go to the registration site for more information: http://www.nfais.org/page/280-improving-the-user-experience-part-ii). For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/. NFAIS: Supporting the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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How journals are presented online, how they are identified, and how they are transferred from one publisher or platform provider to another can leave researchers, students -- and even librarians -- confused and frustrated. This webinar will discuss several initiatives that are designed to alleviate this problem. SPEAKERS AND TOPICS ? E-Journal Presentation & Identification: Developing Recommended Practices Regina Reynolds, ISSN Coordinator, Library of Congress The NISO Working Group on Recommended Practices for the Presentation and Identification of E-Journals is creating guidelines to help publishers, providers, and others in the journal supply chain offer consistent and proper identification of journal content that is mounted online. For pre-reading about this initiative, read the article "In Search of Best Practices for Presentation of E-Journals." by Regina Reynolds and Cindy Hepfer (ISQ 21.1 [Spring 2009): 18-24). ? ISSN-L: The Linking ISSN Fran?oise Pelle, Director, ISSN International Center The revised ISSN standard issued in 2007 launched the concept of the Linking ISSN (ISSN-L), which collocates or links among different media versions of a continuing resource. For more information, see ?What is an ISSN-L.? ? xISSN Web Service: Exposing Serials Identifiers, Relationships, and Metadata Karen Coombs, Product Manager, OCLC Developer Network ? Biography xISSN is a web service provide by OCLC which provides developers and librarians with new ways to use and examine serials metadata from WorldCat and other sources. xISSN can help with tracing a changing title of a journal, knowing which form of a serial an ISSN represented, seeing all the ISSN associated with a journal, determining the peer review status of a journal, or knowing the feed for a journal Table of Contents and more. See xISSN, OCLC Web Service for an overview. ? Project Transfer: Publisher Guidelines for the Transfer of Journal Content Ed Pentz, Executive Director, CrossRef The UKSG Transfer Code of Practice, now on version 2, provides guidelines to help publishers ensure that journal content remains easily accessible when it is moved between two parties. For more information see the Project Transfer webpage. REGISTRATION Registration is per site (defined as access for one computer). NISO and NASIG members may register at a discounted rate. A student discount is also available. Can't make it on the scheduled date or time? Registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year, which can be viewed at your convenience. For more information or to register, visit the event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/journal/ Cynthia Hodgson NISO Technical Editor Consultant National Information Standards Organization Email: chodgson at niso.org Phone: 301-654-2512 Jill O'Neill Director, Planning & Communication NFAIS (v) 215-893-1561 (email) jilloneill at nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Wed Oct 6 09:51:21 2010 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:51:21 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Indexing of Scientific Reports (Inquiry) Message-ID: Jean Fisher of Vantage Information Services, a member of NFAIS through the ASIDIC merger, has submitted an inquiry to this list. She needs to know whether in indexing a scientific report, it is standard practice to index the bibliographic references or not? 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That said, most participants-though not all-see the role of scholarly presses remaining as great as ever, if not greater, because the need to vet and validate content, prepare a manuscript for publication and long-term sustainability, and capture a user's scarce attention all require the skills that publishers have cultivated over the decades. (added emphasis mine) Jill O'Neill Director, Planning & Communication NFAIS (v) 215-893-1561 (email) jilloneill at nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Mon Oct 11 07:47:06 2010 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:47:06 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Humanities - FINAL REMINDER Message-ID: <008501cb693a$0792c530$16b84f90$@org> FINAL REMINDER: The NFAIS Humanities Roundtable IX is Scheduled for October 18, 2010 This is just a final reminder that the Annual NFAIS Humanities Roundtable is scheduled for next Monday, October 18, 2010. The one-day NFAIS program, Turn and Face the New: Delivering Humanities Research in a Changing Environment, will take place at the state-of-the-art Graduate Center of the City University of New York in Manhattan, from 9:00am to 4:15pm. The meeting will highlight some of the major trends impacting the humanities information environment - e-books, mobile computing, social media, discovery services, and the future of abstracting and indexing services. And there will be ample time for attendees to share their own perspectives on changing user information behavior and the evolution of the humanities information landscape. While the meeting has a humanities information context, the program content is applicable to all information providers and librarians (see final program at: http://www.nfais.org/page/277-2010-nfais-humanities-roundtable). The morning will begin with a look at the changing library customer. With feedback from recent research, you will learn about the status of the print monograph, the tipping point for the purchase and use of e-books, and how these trends are impacting university presses. The focus will then turn to the mobile delivery of information with a discussion on content preparation and its optimal delivery mechanism - via a mobile application or a mobile-optimized web site. This will be followed by a case study on how to successfully develop and use a blog to create an organizational online voice. The morning will close with am interesting look at usage statistics from hosted content. You will learn what current technology can (and cannot) do with regard to tracking the user's path, what hosts can share with content providers, and how usage statistics drive platform development. The afternoon will begin with a panel of humanities information providers sharing their perspective on the future of the humanities market - how user needs, expectations, and skills are changing and how technology is driving that change. This will be followed by a session on how the reading experience itself is evolving - the devices that are used, how users are reacting to those devices, and what new trends can be expected in the coming year. There will be an update on the impact of discovery services in the delivery of humanities information, and the closing keynote will discuss the future of abstracting and indexing services - what they do well, how they can expand - and how they can even thrive. The final program, directions to the meeting facility, and registration information are now available on the NFAIS Web site at: http://www.nfais.org/page/277-2010-nfais-humanities-roundtable. Register soon, as seating is limited. Registration for this one-day session, including continental breakfast, lunch and two refreshment breaks, is only $95 for NFAIS members and $115 for non-members. For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto: mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org. Founded in 1958, NFAIS is a premier membership organization of more than 80 of the world's leading producers of databases, information services, and information technology in the sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, and the arts and humanities. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community Bonnie Lawlor Executive Director National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004 Philadelphia, PA 19102 1-215-893-1561 Phone 1-215-893-1564 Fax blawlor at nfais.org www.nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Mon Oct 11 12:20:53 2010 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:20:53 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Assessing Value and Usage - NEW NFAIS Workshop Message-ID: <01a801cb6960$47061930$d5124b90$@org> NFAIS Workshop on Assessing the Usage and Value of Scholarly and Scientific Output: An Overview of Traditional and Emerging Metrics. Registration Discounts Available Through October 22nd. The digital environment has not only transformed the definition of a "publication," but also has changed the ways in which researchers interact with and cite information. As a result, new methods for measuring the usage and value of scholarly and scientific content, including large scientific data sets, are becoming increasingly important. Want to know more about these diverse metrics and how they complement the more traditional approaches? Join us on November 10, 2010 when experts from around the globe will gather in Philadelphia, PA for a one-day workshop organized by the NFAIS Committee on Usage Statistics. Both onsite and virtual registrations are available at a discount until October 22nd. The meeting will open with Oliver Pesch, Chief Strategist, EBSCO Information Services, providing a look at what's new with Project COUNTER and SUSHI. He will be followed by Ross MacIntyre, Senior Manager, Mimas, University of Manchester, UK, who will describe a relatively new initiative, PIRUS 2, that takes COUNTER statistics down to the article level. Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, National Information Standards Organization (NISO), will provide an update on Project MESUR, and Dr. Robert D. Chen, Secretary-General, CODATA and Director, CIESIN, Columbia University and Dr. Robert Downs, Senior Digital Archivist, CIESIN, Columbia University, will describe the challenges of accessing, preserving, and citing large datasets. Dr. Jevin West, University of Washington, will open the afternoon session with a discussion of the Eigenfactor, an alternative/complement to the more widely-known journal impact factor. He will be followed Ashlea Higgs, Elsevier, who will talk about a new indicator of journal citation impact, denoted as source normalized impact per paper (SNIP). Dr. Peter Binfield, Public Library of Science, will describe the article level metrics that are currently offered by PloS, and Jeff Dougherty, Thomson Reuters Healthcare & Science, will talk about the traditional and proven citation approach to measuring usage and value with a look at citation indexes, journal metrics and the impact factor. In closing, both a librarian, Joseph Zucca, Director of Planning and Communication, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, and a publisher, Jonathan Morgan, Assistant Director, Web Strategy and Innovation, American Chemical Society, will discuss the metrics that they use to measure value and usage and how they apply those metrics to key decisions within their organizations. The program, registration forms, directions to the meeting location, list of nearby hotels, and general information on Philadelphia are available at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/305-assessing-value-and-usage-of-scholarly-a nd-scientific-output. On-site Attendance: on or before October, 22, 2010, NFAIS members pay $385 and non-members pay $435 (registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, and all-day beverages). After October 22nd, NFAIS members pay $435 and non-members pay $485. Virtual Attendance: on or before October 22, 2010, NFAIS members pay $335 and non-members pay $385. After October 22nd, NFAIS members pay $385 and non-members pay $435. Reduced virtual registrations are available for groups of 6 or more attendees (go to the registration site for more information:http://info.nfais.org/info/UsageNov10_RegVirtual.pdf. For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/. NFAIS: Supporting the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Thu Oct 14 18:09:15 2010 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:09:15 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS/CENDI Joint Workshop Message-ID: <039001cb6bec$70a5d080$51f17180$@org> Joint NFAIS/CENDI Workshop on Mobile Computing; ********************************************************************* ONLY 4 WEEKS LEFT: REGISTER TODAY! Mobile Computing: Delivering Content to the Research Community November 18, 2010 9:00am - 4:30pm A One-Day Workshop Co-sponsored by CENDI and NFAIS and hosted by NARA at the National Archives, William G. McGowan Theater, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408 Cell phones, smart phones, netbooks and other hand-held computing devices are becoming essential conduits to information by an increasingly mobile and collaborative global research community. Today's top-end smart phones are as powerful by the computational calculation speeds of their processors as were the world's fastest supercomputer of only two-decades ago. Mobile computing is not only a rapidly growing content delivery channel, but it is also shaping the future of scientific and technical communication! WHO SHOULD ATTEND? The over-arching nature of this one-day workshop will appeal to anyone involved in the delivery of content to researchers and scholars around the world, including content providers, librarians, publishers, information professionals, scientists/researchers, technologists, and educators. THE FOCUS OF THE DAY - The program will begin with an overview of the current landscape for the mobile delivery of content, including the level of adoption by content providers and users as well as the types of devices that are most popular. This will be followed by a look at the technology challenges in delivering content to mobile devices. In the afternoon, a panel of publishers will present case studies on how they delivering content to mobile devices and discuss new opportunities offered by this unique delivery channel. Next will be a look at newly developed applications to facilitate the use of mobile computing within scientific communication and workflow. The meeting will close with a discussion on open government and policies on the future of mobile computing. Welcome from the U.S. Archivist, David S. Ferriero Speaker Affiliations: Astute Technologies CAS ITR Group Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery Magellan Media National Center for Atmospheric Research National Library of Medicine Smithsonian Institution Sookmyung Women's University (Korea) The full program and registration information is available at the following URL: http://cendievents.iiaweb.com/CENDI_NFAIS_1110/index.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This meeting will take place on November 10, 2010 when experts from around the globe will gather in Philadelphia, PA to discuss the new methods that are becoming increasingly important for measuring the usage and value of scholarly and scientific content, including large scientific data sets, and how those measures complement the more traditional, well-known approaches. The meeting will open with Oliver Pesch, Chief Strategist, EBSCO Information Services, providing a look at what's new with Project COUNTER and SUSHI. He will be followed by Ross MacIntyre, Senior Manager, Mimas, University of Manchester, UK, who will describe a relatively new initiative, PIRUS 2,that takes COUNTER statistics down to the article level. Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, National Information Standards Organization (NISO), will provide an update on Project MESUR, and Dr. Robert D. Chen, Secretary-General, CODATA and Director, CIESIN, Columbia University and Dr. Robert Downs, Senior Digital Archivist, CIESIN, Columbia University, will describe the challenges of accessing, preserving, and citing large datasets. Dr. Jevin West, University of Washington, will open the afternoon session with a discussion of the Eigenfactor, an alternative/complement to the more widely-known journal impact factor. He will be followed Ashlea Higgs, Elsevier, who will talk about a new indicator of journal citation impact, denoted as source normalized impact per paper (SNIP). Dr. Peter Binfield, Public Library of Science, will describe the article level metrics that are currently offered by PloS, and Jeff Dougherty, Thomson Reuters Healthcare & Science, will talk about the traditional and proven citation approach to measuring usage and value with a look at citation indexes, journal metrics and the impact factor. In closing, both a librarian, Joseph Zucca, Director of Planning and Communication, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, and a publisher, Jonathan Morgan, Assistant Director, Web Strategy and Innovation, American Chemical Society, will discuss the metrics that they use to measure value and usage and how they apply those metrics to key decisions within their organizations. The program, registration forms, directions to the meeting location, list of nearby hotels, and general information on Philadelphia are available at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/305-assessing-value-and-usage-of-scholarly-a nd-scientific-output. On-site Attendance: on or before October, 22, 2010, NFAIS members pay $385 and non-members pay $435 (registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, and all-day beverages). After October 22nd, NFAIS members pay $435 and non-members pay $485. Virtual Attendance: on or before October 22, 2010, NFAIS members pay $335 and non-members pay $385. After October 22nd, NFAIS members pay $385 and non-members pay $435. Reduced virtual registrations are available for groups of 6 or more attendees (go to the registration site for more information:http://info.nfais.org/info/UsageNov10_RegVirtual.pdf. For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/. NFAIS: Supporting the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Opening with a keynote presentation by Dan Gillmor, author of We the Media, Director, Knight School of Digital Media Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University, and Faculty Associate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University, the conference will take a look at the information explosion fueled by the Web, search engines, and social media, and how publishers and librarians are navigating the exponential growth of digital information to provide scholars and researchers with the reliable, relevant information that deserves their time and attention - no matter what the source, language or medium! The conference will take a look at the forces driving today's information abundance, offer insights on the exponential growth that can be expected between now and the year 2020, and how librarians and users are adapting to information overload - the tools that they use, what works, what doesn't, and how their jobs have changed as a result. Critical issues such as the growth of credible non-English language content, the roles that semantic search, filtering and other technologies play in finding the specific information that users want, and how emerging technologies such as cloud computing can help publishers manage the volume of information required to produce comprehensive products and services will be discussed. Highlights include case studies from publishers and librarians who are successfully dealing with the issues of multi-media and information overload, the Miles Conrad Lecture, and a visionary closing keynote on the future of information discovery. Attend the 53rd NFAIS Annual Conference to hear about some of the approaches being taken to navigate the digital information explosion and to interact with industry experts who are already grappling with this critical issue. No matter what role you play in the information community - content or technology provider, librarian, information professional, or educator - join us and learn how you, too, can tame the information tsunami and provide your users with the tools that they need to find credible, reliable answers to their queries in a world of information overload! ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW AVAILABLE. For more information, contact Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning, at 215-893-1561 Phone, 215-893-1564 Fax or jilloneill at nfais.org. And keep your eye on the NFAIS web site for conference updates (http://www.nfais.org). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For more information on Dr. Chan, visit his website at http://www.asiamarketingmanagement.com/ There you will find some interesting tips and related articles on doing business in China that also might generate some questions for you. So, if you are interested in learning more about the information industry in China and the business opportunities and challenges that it offers, submit your questions now to ensure that your specific issues are addressed - even if you are unsure at the moment about your attendance. The sources of all questions will remain anonymous. Click here http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZSVX526 to submit your questions and/or topics online. Remember: All questions are to be submitted by October 30, 2010. For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mail to: mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Thu Oct 21 17:57:23 2010 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:57:23 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Webinar available for viewing Message-ID: <039d01cb716a$f1a5d440$d4f17cc0$@org> NFAIS FULL DAY WEBINAR ON LEVERAGING CONTENT TO IMPROVE DISCOVERABILITY AND USE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING If you wanted to attend the NFAIS Workshop, Improving the User Search Experience Part II: Leveraging Content to Improve Discoverability and Use, but could not because of time restrictions or other commitments, you now have another opportunity to "attend." The full day webinar has been successfully archived and, for a limited time, is now available for viewing. The meeting was well-received and you can see from a few of the comments below, attendees found it worthwhile: "Kudos on a fantastic seminar yesterday - it was a top-notch group of speakers and the virtual hosting was expertly executed. Well done!" "Thanks again for the great workshop on Wednesday. I much enjoyed it. Great line-up of speakers." "Extremely useful and a good mix of topics and speakers." The diverse agenda attracted attendees from a broad range of organizations - content providers (Elsevier, Sage, Thomson Reuters Healthcare & Science, Modern Language Association, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, etc.), corporate and university libraries (DuPont Co., Tufts, Stanford, Drexel, University of Florida, etc.) and technology providers (Temis, Silver Chair, etc.). The workshop opened with an overview on how content can be enhanced to in order to increase its discoverability, highlighting the importance of content organization and structure, the effective use of taxonomies, thesauri, indexes, and metadata, and the importance of semantic tagging to create "smart" content. This was followed by case studies on the effective use of taxonomies from Wolters Kluwer and The H.W. Wilson Company, as well as on the leveraging of metadata as demonstrated by OCLC's WorldCat Genres. The afternoon covered such topics as indexing and tagging to improve discovery, the incorporation of multimedia and user-generated content to enhance content, and a case study on the use of automated indexing. The day closed with a presentation on new initiative for the development of best practices to ensure the discoverability and preservation of supplemental materials that are included as part of many scholarly and scientific journals. To access the program go to: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/280-improving-the-user-experience-part-ii. To register to view the archived webinar go to: http://info.nfais.org/info/Reg_ArchiveVideo_form.pdf. Bonnie Lawlor Executive Director National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004 Philadelphia, PA 19102 1-215-893-1561 Phone 1-215-893-1564 Fax blawlor at nfais.org www.nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: