From jilloneill at nfais.org Wed Aug 3 16:53:14 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:53:14 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NISO Recommended Practice Related to SUSHI Message-ID: <2254AF256F5645168E3950DCB34FD81E@DDPXRT91> NISO Recommended Practice on Test Modes for SUSHI Servers Issued for Trial Use Guidelines Will Aid in Faster Development of SUSHI Clients to Harvest Usage Statistics Baltimore, MD, August 1, 2011 - The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the availability of the recommended practice Providing a Test Mode for SUSHI Servers (NISO RP-13-201x) for a trial use period ending January 31, 2012. The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Protocol is a NISO standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.93-2007) that automates the retrieval of COUNTER usage statistics by libraries. The process of developing a SUSHI client requires testing against the SUSHI servers where usage data is expected to be harvested. The new Recommended Practice describes how content providers should provide access to their SUSHI Servers in a test mode so that clients can be set up easier and faster, which is of benefit to both libraries and content providers. "We have seen a tremendous surge in the adoption of the SUSHI standard, especially since it became a requirement for compliance with Release 3 of the COUNTER Code of Practice," states Oliver Pesch, Chief Strategist for E-Resource Access and Management Services at EBSCO Information Services and Chair of the NISO SUSHI Servers Working Group. "But many SUSHI client developers have encountered difficulty in accessing content providers' servers to conduct testing of their client software. These recommendations provide guidelines to content providers on how they can easily provide test areas to prospective users of their SUSHI server without providing live, usually confidential, data or placing undue strains on their production servers." "SUSHI is quickly becoming one of NISO's most popular standards," explains Nettie Lagace, NISO's Associate Director for Programs. "Libraries that are using the SUSHI protocol have seen significant time savings in gathering their usage statistics. This Recommended Practice will make it even easier for SUSHI to be adopted by reducing and eliminating development roadblocks." The draft Recommended Practice and an online comment form are available at:www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi/server/. All content providers who provide COUNTER usage statistics are encouraged to implement the recommendations during the trial and provide their feedback. 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 Mon Aug 8 16:10:28 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:10:28 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Enotes, August 2011 Message-ID: <7EC06F6E4FA649CBAAD36AAF8AD89013@DDPXRT91> NFAIS Enotes, August 2011 Written and compiled by Jill O?Neill Small Group Interactions: Google+ as a Platform with Purpose Last year Forrester Research expanded on its ?ladder of participation? diagram that broke out the various types of engagement on social platforms as individual ladder rungs. When the ladder was initially published back in 2006, the rungs were labeled as creator, critic, collector, joiner, spectator and inactive. In 2010, Forrester added a new rung, very near the top of the ladder. Those participating at this level are conversationalists -- those who update their status on any social networking site or similarly post brief items to Twitter (see: http://blog.360i.com/social-media/forrester-new-segment-social-technographic s-conversationalists). What?s important to remember about the Forrester diagram is that an individual generally will fall into more than one of the available types with regard to their interactions on social sites. One can be a creator, a conversationalist, a collector, and a spectator at different times - all within the confines of a single site. It?s less about the platform used and more about the nature of the interaction. Most of us have a range of behaviors for exchanges with our family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances. We use different vocabularies, different technologies, even different forms of messaging. The problem with current social networking platforms is that the underlying architecture isn?t as flexible as our behaviors. The main stream media have positioned the launch of Google+ (http://plus.google.com ) as being the launch of another yet social network. From a design perspective, the site does indeed appear to be an updated version of several other social media sites -- Twitter, Friendfeed, and Facebook. But where Facebook was engineered to ease social connections among college students, and Twitter was engineered to facilitate brief communiqu?s on personal mobile devices, Google+ has been engineered with an eye to meeting the practical communication needs of the vast majority of today?s working adults. In 2010, Paul Adams, a researcher in the field of user experience who was then working for Google, gave a presentation on what Google?s research had unearthed about social networks and how users interacted and *wanted* to interact with others in their social networks. Their research showed that on average: * Most of us have 4-6 groups of ?friends? or co-workers with whom we interact most frequently. * Each of those groups has between 2-10 individuals in it. * Those groups do not necessarily overlap * Those groups do not necessarily need to see the same information Google+ (much of which is based on Paul Adams? work) is not intended to be for use in building a ?following? for purposes of broadcasting a message. It is intended to support the quotidian needs of the small groups noted above (see: http://www.slideshare.net/padday/the-real-life-social-network-v2). For more on the development of Google+, I strongly recommend reading the lengthy coverage from Wired Magazine. The Google+ system has been in use internally at Google for an extended period and the article expands on the early user reception and experience (see: (http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/06/inside-google-plus-social/all/1). If I study the verbs used in the Forrester diagram, I see activities that are part of a normal business collaborative workflow -- update, upload, maintain, comment, read, listen, watch, add, use. Google+ supports those kinds of activities that most office workers find familiar in dealing with their organization?s intranet. On those grounds, it seems fairly clear to me that Google?s latest launch is intended as an enterprise tool, something to further bolster Google?s competitive position with Microsoft?s most recent version of Office or alternatively, something like Tibbr, another social enterprise suite of apps (http://www.tibbr.com/index.html) . Google+ is analogous to Sharepoint, particularly when you understand where Google engineers placed emphasis in developing the site. According to the interview with one of the designers, their problem-solving was focused more on enhancing or eliminating issues related to currently existing social networks -- organization of contacts, privacy, file uploads, and video-chat (Hang Out?s) ( see: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664523/google-designer-the-4-problems-in-social -networking-that-we-fixed). At least at launch, there were tighter than usual constraints in opening the system up to users. ZDNet quoted Vic Gundotra, Google?s SVP of Social and leader of the Plus team, as saying, ?We chose the initial seed very carefully. We wanted a lot of diversity, so we have people that represent over 42 of the world?s languages We?re trying to really test the product, make sure that we meet people?s privacy expectations, that the systems are working, [and] that we can scale. We?ll slowly grow that initial seed as we?re ready (see: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/is-google-about-to-transform-the-web/52004?tag =mantle_skin;content). More on that privacy bit a little later. Nicholas Carr of Rough Type and author of last year?s bestselling title, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brain, wrote of Google+ this month that ?Its early core membership seems dominated by what might be called the new media axis - a combination of techies and media types who love to talk shop. These folks aren't generally too keen on Facebook (too conversational, too intrusive, too untrustworthy), and while they tend to be heavy Twitter users, many of them have become frustrated by Twitter's limitations. Google+ provides a compelling blog/tweet hybrid ? (see: http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2011/08/the_g_spot.php). Based on my own experience, Google+ has attracted many key information industry analysts as well as cutting edge members of the library community. Google+ is not a massive step forward in terms of technological innovation, but it is quite useful as a unified communication platform. The user can post brief essays, engage in a threaded discussion, gather in small groups in the ?Hang-Out? mode (think video conferencing) or simply lurk in the hope of learning something new. It is the predictable outcome of much of what Google?s been trying to do for the past five years. For more, see my article for Online Magazine entitled Communication Google Style (see: http://www.infotoday.com/online/jan11/ONeill.shtml). The Google+ launch included introductory videos about the site?s sections and functionalities, but they were in fact quite shallow and gave few hints as to how users might best get started. The argument in favor of their launch approach is that the various technologies brought together on this platform are fairly commonplace. For a tech-savvy crowd, this is how one routinely communicates in the 21st century. Google?s usual lack of platform documentation has meant that the best manual on how to best use Google+ is the one that users themselves have created (see: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cUjZ_7rlAmKRDVB6GXId73h_eUdXGKdjtSff0svb az0/preview). For those of you who did not click through on that interview with the Google+ site designer, I?d like to focus on a particular pull quote: "We want to appeal to the mainstream user who has a low tolerance for complexity," Hertzfeld says, "and at the same time we have to respect privacy as strongly as possible. So every feature has privacy implications that we thought out. We would have done that anyway, but the Buzz experience elevated it." Controlled dissemination works well in Google+. Every time the user ?shares? something, that user must make a decision as to which of the Circles holding that user?s contacts should be able to view the content. When I find something in my Google Reader, I can choose to share it with my Circle of information industry professionals or share as well with my Circle of information professionals or both. There is an option to post publicly to everyone as well as an option to send to a single individual (by putting a plus sign just in front of that person?s name). In the past six weeks, I?ve only misdirected a single message and that was due to my own failure to read brief hints that Google offers in pop-up windows to guide users in appropriate sharing. It was because of this care that I could see in the design that I was taken aback when Google got into trouble regarding privacy and the use of pseudonyms on this platform. In being invited to join Google+, one did not just sign in with a Gmail address. Those of us who received invitations to the limited field trial were asked to click on a link in the email message that took us to a registration form that was unusual for Google. Google walked the user through the registration using a number of screens, one of which asked for a Real Name. That designation was bolded to the user, just as I have bolded it here, and was explained as being the name that most people knew you by. To me, that conveyed a simple message that Google did not want you to use a cutesy screen name. You were also told during the registration process that you would have to create a Google profile (albeit a minimal one) and that all Google profiles would be made public as of July 31. This insistence on real names is not a universal policy across all Google platforms (see http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2011/02/freedom-to-be-who-you-want-to -be.html), but in this case, Google was seeking participants who were willing to be identifiable. In the context of a tool designed for the enterprise, the use of real names is unremarkable. In an enterprise, your colleagues want to be able to reach you as George or Mary. The use of nicknames is understood (only HR needs to know your legal name for purposes of paperwork), but to use a pseudonym or screen name would be counterproductive. However, there were those invited into Google?s limited closed trial who assumed that they were not forbidden from using their standard online pseudonym, in particular, a working scientist and active blogger named GrrlScientist who had built up a significant online following under that pseudonym and who had used that pseudonym for registering to use other Google products. As the month of July went on, Google algorithmically monitored participants who might be using false identities on Google+ and subsequently shut them out of the service. As an example, at one point, television actor William Shatner was booted out of the system because Google?s algorithm thought his was one of the fake accounts. But where William Shatner?s account was deleted and then subsequently restored when he complained, GrrlScientist had a more problematic experience. She was shut out of the Google+ platform and all of the other Google services she used, including Google Reader, Buzz and YouTube. When she complained, she was neither immediately recognized as an authentic person nor was she restored. She had to go without access to those other services for a full week. Her July 25th posting in the Guardian newspaper (for whom she blogs professionally under the GrrlScientist pseudonym) was virulent over her treatment (see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/punctuated-equilibrium/2011/jul/25/1). GrrlScientist maintains a public profile at http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/user/GrrlScientist. It is also relevant to note that over the past decade, Grrl Scientist has given public lectures using her pseudonym, signed contracts using the pseudonym, and even introduced herself at cocktail parties using that name.. When after a second appeal for reinstatement, Google had still not restored her access to the Google+ platform, the angry scientist and blogger posted another entry (see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/punctuated-equilibrium/2011/jul/28/google- open-letter-google). To her, the issue is that Google?s policy regarding names (real and pseudonymous) is poorly formulated and yet another indicator that the organization does not properly understand the importance of privacy in an online environment. When challenged as to why this particular closed platform had to permit pseudonyms and screen names, one participant wrote, ?I feel that Google+ has the potential to become the defacto "law" for online discourse, and I think that it is critical that the "law" reflect how democratic societies have always worked.? (Additional coverage of the issue surrounding authentic names and profiles ? including statements from Google staff -- may be found at: http://bentrem.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/sidebar-googles-plus-suspensions/). The Google+ platform is sufficiently robust in design that the user base wants to expand it to uses outside of its original design. Perhaps that?s the reason why so many industry analysts have viewed Google+ as a huge success. Clearly aimed at the enterprise, users are already pushing to make it more serviceable in a far broader context (see: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/google-plus-the-top-10-missing-features/52654? tag=nl.e539). Within days after the platform?s launch, Jonathan Allen of Search Engine Watch wrote that ?if we let go of the broadcast purpose, and return to the way in which we actually network in real-life, Google+ starts to look more like a set of collaborative workflow tools that can be put to any purpose.? A little further on in that same column, he writes, ?the Google+ platform brings with it the promise of being in step with real-life rather than the promise of fame. To get the best out of it, we will have to step beyond the notion of 'engagement' much touted by social media gurus and solely focus on 'purpose'.? His commentary is quite good and worth reading in full (see: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2083466/Google-Must-Focus-on-Sharing-Wi th-Purpose-Not-Privacy). The most recent comScore numbers for Google+ (along with analysis of its potential impact on other social networks) are available via the presentation on Slideshare from the Google+ Industry Expert Call (see: http://www.slideshare.net/loukerner/google-pluscall-20110802). One insight from that presentation is that while the United States leads in Google+ participation, India follows close behind. Want to learn more about Google+? NFAIS will be offering a 90-minute webinar on the topic of Google+ on September 9, 2011, at 11:00am EDST, featuring John Blossom of Shore Communications and author of Content Nation. For more information and to register for this event, go to: http://www.nfais.org/page/352-googleplus-webinar-sept-9-2011 2011 SPONSORS Access Innovations, Inc. Accessible Archives, Inc. 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Google is now in social to win it, with a rich array of Web, mobile, photo and video tools and assets that engage people in sharing and commenting on content very actively and in fresh ways. Yet Google+ did not come out of the blue; it combines elements of old services, new ideas and features borrowed from competitors which combine to make it a formidable and well-designed presence. Add in its upcoming use by marketers and its expected integration into even more platforms and services - including Google's own search services - and the position of social media in content production and use is most certainly in for a whole new reckoning. Learn all about Google+ in an in-depth NFAIS webinar scheduled for September 9, 2011 from 11:00am to 12:30pm EDST. The session will be hosted by John Blossom, President of Shore Communications Inc. (http://www.shore.com/) and author of Content Nation (Wiley, 2009), who will give you a detailed understanding of what Google+ is, where it came from, how it works, how people are using it most effectively, and the key issues that it raises for the information industry. If you need an invitation to try out Google+, feel free to contact NFAIS or John Blossom to get an invitation prior to the event, which will include demonstrations of Google+ features. If you want to learn more about this innovative new tool register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS members pay $95 and non-members pay $115. An unlimited number of staff from an NFAIS member organization can participate for a group fee of $245. The group fee for an unlimited number of staff from any non-member organization is $285. The registration form can be accessed at: http://www.nfais.org/page/352-googleplus-webinar-sept-9-2011. 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: Serving the Global Information Community 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 Fri Aug 19 08:49:47 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:49:47 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS -CENDI-FLICC Workshop on Repositories Message-ID: <005101cc5e6e$7ab50940$701f1bc0$@org> Repositories in Science & Technology: Preserving Access to the Record of Science November 30, 2011 Registration Now Open!! A One-Day Workshop Co-sponsored by CENDI and NFAIS Hosted by FLICC at the Library of Congress The Mumford Room, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20540 WHO SHOULD ATTEND? The over-arching nature of this one-day workshop will appeal to a broad array of communities, including librarians, scientists/researchers, technologists, information professionals, both managerial and content providers, publishers, and futurists ? anyone who is concerned with ensuring access to the record of science, both today and in the future! Registration is now open for all who need to pay before the new fiscal year begins. THE FOCUS OF THE DAY Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information, will open the day with a thoughtful and high-level perspective of the current repository landscape - the various types that have emerged and the different, yet synergistic missions served by libraries, archives and repositories. Following his perspective will be a series of case studies given by established repositories from around the globe, including PubMed, the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, Dryad, EROS (NASA), and DSpace at MIT. These studies will provide real-life examples of how and why each repository was developed, how they operate, and how they are handling the diverse issues facing all repositories, whether they be institutional or national, data-oriented or subject-oriented, public or private - issues such as interoperability, standards, scope, user concerns, accessibility, preservation, costs and sustainability, level of openness (access), and the evolution of digital formats will be highlighted and discussed. The Library of Congress will also present the results of the requirement-gathering phase in preparation for the implementation of their new digital content repository. A tools session will take a look at two initiatives that directly support the mission of repositories through the development of unique identifiers - DataCite and ORCID. These identifiers will play a major role in ensuring ease of access to the record of science. The day will close with a summary wrap-up by Judith Russell, Dean of University Libraries, the University of Florida, after which she will facilitate a discussion on such key challenges as interoperability, information sharing, and collaboration across repositories. What action is required now to build a secure foundation for the preservation and ease of access to the growing mass of scientific output? What role will ?repositories? play in the Knowledge Infrastructure of the Future? Follow-up sessions may be scheduled depending upon the outcome of today?s workshop. So plan on joining us and add your voice in the development of the future role of repositories. EXPERTISE All speakers were chosen for their significant expertise and experience in the subject matter being addressed. We believe that at the end of the day, all attendees will leave with a much broader perspective on the essential role that repositories play in preserving the record of science and the diverse challenges and issues that they face in fulfilling their missions. Watch for future communiqu?s on this timely and informative event, but for NOW - make sure your calendars are marked for November30th!!!! Online registration is now available at: http://cendi.gov/activities/11_30_2011_CENDI_NFAIS_FLICC.html Registration Fees $125 Non-members $95 Members (CENDI, NFAIS, FLICC) $40 Students FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT: Jill O?Neill Director, Communication and Planning NFAIS 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004 Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403 (215) 893-1561 Voice (215) 893-1564 Fax jilloneill at nfais.org Kathryn Simon Administrative Coordinator CENDI Secretariat c/o Information International Associates, Inc. 104 Union Valley Road (865) 298-1234 Voice (865) 481-0390 Fax ksimon at iiaweb.com CENDI (http://www.cendi.gov) CENDI, the Federal STI Managers Group, was formally created in 1985 when a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by four charter U.S. government agencies (Commerce, Energy, NASA, and Defense). From this small core of STI managers, CENDI has grown to its current membership of 12 major science agencies involved in the dissemination and long-term management of scientific and technical information. NFAIS (http://www.nfais.org) Founded in 1958, the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS?) is a global, non-profit membership organization serving all those who create, aggregate, organize, and otherwise provide ease of access to and effective navigation and use of authoritative, credible information. To improve member capabilities and contribute to their ongoing success, NFAIS provides opportunities for education, advocacy, and a forum in which to address common interests. 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They are intended to provide users with a simple, fast, and easy "Google-like" search experience; to provide librarians with increased awareness and usage of their holdings; and to provide content providers with an opportunity for increased usage, especially by inexperienced searchers. But do the meet their promise? How do they work? What unique search and retrieval features do they offer? How do you go about selecting the right service for your organization? Are they difficult to implement? How are database creators and publishers involved? And what does the future hold for these services? If you want to learn the answers to these questions, join us on September 30, 2011 when librarians, content providers and four of the major discovery services will gather in Philadelphia, PA to share their perspectives in a one-day workshop. Both onsite and virtual registrations are available at a discount until September 16th. Highlights include: . An overview of the discovery service landscape - the products, how they work and the opportunities that they offer to users, librarians and content providers (Judy Luther, President, Informed Strategies ) * A look at four of the major discovery services with presentations by EBSCO Discovery Service, Primo Central from Ex Libris, SUMMON from Serials Solutions and OCLC WorldCat * The criteria and process used to select a discovery service - what you need to consider in order to make the right decision for your organization * Case studies on the timeline and challenges related to the implementation of a discovery service - the preparation required and the results to be expected The program, registration forms, directions to the meeting location, list of nearby hotels, and general information on Philadelphia are available a: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/353-web-scale-info-discovery-sept-30-2011 On site Attendance: on or before September 16, 2011, NFAIS members pay $385, members of Sister-societies pay $405, and non-members pay $435 (registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, and all-day beverages). 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Cell phones, smart phones, and other handheld devices have become increasingly essential conduits to information. To remain competitive and maintain their relevance to users, publishers and database producers must provide for some level of mobile access to their content. On September 23, 2011 NFAIS will hold a 90 minute webinar from 11:00am - 12:30pm EDST on developing and implementing a successful strategy for mobile delivery of content. In a "case study" format the webinar will set out the necessary goals for mobile application development, covering the technical and business objectives, the unexpected or unanticipated innovations that emerged during the process, the challenges that were met, and the final results. If you or your staff want to learn more about developing mobile applications for your content, register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS members pay $95 and non-members pay $115. An unlimited number of staff from an NFAIS member organization can participate for a group fee of $245. The group fee for an unlimited number of staff from any non-member organization is $285. The registration form may be found at: http://www.nfais.org/page/354-mobile-app-development-sept-23-2011 For more information, please feel free to contact me: 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/. 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 Thu Aug 25 14:13:47 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:13:47 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NISO Forum Message-ID: <526A50A14CD4458FB2BD37EAC3A3239B@DDPXRT91> NISO Forum: The E-Book Renaissance: Exploring the Possibilities Exposed by Digital Books - Early Bird Discounts through October 12 Register by October 12 to receive the early bird discount for NISO's two-day forum on The E-Book Renaissance: Exploring the Possibilities Exposed by Digital Books, to be held on October 24-25 in Baltimore, Maryland. This forum will probe the key issues surrounding e-books from a variety of industry, library, scholarly, and consumer viewpoints. Join us and participate in this community discussion for advancing e-book development, distribution, and use. ABOUT THE FORUM E-books have existed in the library landscape for over a decade, but it is only in the last few years that their use has shifted to finally become the game-changer that all have anticipated for so long. Availability, distribution, licensing, discoverability, current and future access, and usage of e-books all require content providers and libraries to change many of their existing processes and develop new ways to do business. Amidst this confusion is a wealth of opportunities for new collaborations and initiatives. NISO educational forums are routinely praised for their excellent selection of speakers representing a diversity of viewpoints across the scholarly information community and the small size which provides opportunities to network with speakers and other attendees. Planned topics include opening and closing keynotes; panel discussions on publisher and content provider issues and from vendors and platform providers; discussion of libraries, librarians, and e-books; presentations on users, patrons, and devices in the hands of users; a review of e-book standards; roundtable discussions on topics from the new NISO E-book Special Interest Group; and an Ask Anything session for attendees. REGISTRATION Early bird discounts are available through October 12, 2011. NISO members receive additional discounts. A student discount is also available. A complete agenda, registration, and hotel information are available on the event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/ebooks/ Jill O'Neill Director, Planning & Communication NFAIS (v) 215-893-1561 (email) jilloneill at nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: