From jillmwo at gmail.com Tue Feb 1 14:02:50 2011 From: jillmwo at gmail.com (Jill O'Neill) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 14:02:50 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] Google's Latest Access Offering Message-ID: Today on the Official Google Blog, there was an announcement of the Google Art Project (http://www.googleartproject.com). This project offers partial access to masterworks from the collections of the likes of the Met in New York, the Tate in London, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and 14 others. The images are displayed in a "super high-resolution" format that permits the viewing of the image at a level of detail similar to being within an inch of the work's physical surface. The project also takes advantage of the Street View technology to permit views of full rooms such as the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles. Google Blog Announcement: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/explore-museums-and-great-works-of-art.html This is a fascinating use of Google's technologies and influence to promote awareness of these special collections. Navigation may prove a little challenging initially, but it's well worth your time to explore here. -- Jill O'Neill jillmwo at gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/jilloneill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Tue Feb 1 15:13:34 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:13:34 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS hotel reservation discount ending Message-ID: <018a01cbc24c$80ee1220$82ca3660$@org> NFAIS 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE HOTEL RESERVATION DISCOUNT ENDS FEBRUARY 7, 2011 If you have not yet reserved you room at the historic Hyatt at the Bellevue where the 2011 NFAIS Annual Conference will be held from February 27 - March 1, please do so as soon as possible. The reservation discount will end on Monday, February 7th. Hotel information is available at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/294-conference-hotel-information. Information on the conference, Taming the Information Tsunami: The New World of Discovery, is available at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/291-2011-nfais-annual-conference. The members-only session is scheduled for Monday, February 28th and is open to all NFAIS members who are registered for the conference. Details will follow. To register or obtain more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning (jilloneill at nfais.org or 215-893-1561) or visit the NFAIS Web site at http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/291-2011-nfais-annual-conference The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004, Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jillmwo at gmail.com Thu Feb 3 19:02:26 2011 From: jillmwo at gmail.com (Jill O'Neill) Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 19:02:26 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] Data Harmony Users Group Message-ID: The Seventh Annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting is scheduled Feb. 7-10, 2011 at Access Innovations, 4725 Indian School Road NE, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This year?s meeting will include a special seminar entitled ?The Theory of Knowledge? presented by Marjorie Hlava, president of Access Innovations, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10. The current edition of the agenda plus registration is here http://www.dataharmony.com/DHUG2011/ Access Innovations, the developer and seller of the Data Harmony product line, is hosting the meeting to demonstrate how Data Harmony can leverage content, increase productivity, lower costs and drive revenues. Several new features and options will be unveiled during the annual Features Update on Tuesday, including the Dashboard, Work flow/collaboration, Multi-view/multilingual view, Report generator, Visualization and Author network. A full day of training on how to implement the existing and new options is scheduled Monday, Feb. 7. Attendees will be given a unique opportunity to discuss technical and tactical issues and challenges with Access Innovations staff in an in-person, interactive format. On Tuesday, Feb. 8 and Wednesday, Feb. 9, participants will learn from case studies offered by Data Harmony users from throughout the world, as well as discussion about how their experience can translate to other settings ?This gives our members an opportunity to share ideas and address issues and methodologies with colleagues face to face,? said Hlava. The special seminar on Thursday, ?The Theory of Knowledge? will cover (details) as well as an overview of the growth of the information management industry.? *About Access Innovations ? www.accessinn.com *Incorporated in 1978, Access Innovations, Inc. is now in its 33rd year of providing information management services. Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the organization provides services to a broad range of public and private organizations throughout the United States and the world. Access Innovations has extensive experience with, and deep knowledge of, Internet technology applications, bibliographic database creation, and thesaurus/taxonomy creation and application. The Access Innovations Data Harmony software includes automatic and machine-assisted indexing, thesaurus management, and an XML Intranet System (XIS) for content creation developed to meet production environment needs. Data Harmony is used by companies of all sizes and focuses, including Fortune 100 companies, university libraries, corporate and technical information centers, and domestic and foreign government agencies. Marjorie M.K. Hlava President Data Harmony / Access Innovations M.A.I. Automatic application of subject meta data and taxonomy terms to text Thesaurus Master for creation of taxonomies, other controlled vocabularies and KOS X.I.S. XML Intranet System for meta data content creation Entity Extraction for names, people, places, things, and meta data Automatic Summarization of text OWL, SKOS, W3C, NISO Z39.19, MARC and other standards are supported Inline Tagging for exact location retrieval within full text Search Harmony - taxonomy navigation, auto completion, recursive sets and more in search Semantic Content Extraction mhlava at accessinn.com 505-998-0800 www.DataHarmony.com - Software for high precision, recall, accuracy, and consistency in efficient productive content management www.taxodiary.com - the taxonomy news blog mmkhlava = twitter mhlava = facebook, linkedin, eacademy, plaxo -- Jill O'Neill jillmwo at gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/jilloneill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Fri Feb 4 09:59:16 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:59:16 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Members-only event Message-ID: <00cf01cbc47c$1844c520$48ce4f60$@org> NFAIS MEMBERS-ONLY EVENT SCHEDULED DURING 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE A special members-only event is scheduled to take place on Monday, February 28, 2011 as part of the 2011 NFAIS Annual conference. The session, The Crowd, the Cloud, and the Exaflood: The Future of Collaboration, will take a look at how cloud computing is causing a fundamental shift in how computing is done. Leading technologists estimate that this shift will result in an "exaflood" of digital data - 20 to 50 times more online data than we have today, but will also offer powerful tools to organize and make sense of it all. Our featured speaker will be Michael R. Nelson, visiting professor, Internet Studies, Georgetown University and former Special Assistant for Information Technology at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where he worked with Vice President Gore and the President's Science Advisor on issues relating to the Global Information Infrastructure, including telecommunications policy, information technology, encryption, electronic commerce, and information policy. Join us and learn how your organization can realize the full potential of the Cloud and develop the tools and techniques needed to thrive in the world of "Bid Data." A box lunch will be provided. The members-only event will be limited to about 100 attendees who are registered for the conference. If you have not yet registered, you can do so at: http://www.nfais.org/page/295-register-for-2011-annual-conference. I hope that you will be able to attend the luncheon, and if you can please let me know as soon as possible, but no later than Friday, February 11th. Hope to see you soon! Bonnie Lawlor Executive Director National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-893-1561 Phone 215-893-1564 Fax blawlor at nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rgutierr at ucla.edu Fri Feb 4 14:44:16 2011 From: rgutierr at ucla.edu (Ruby Gutierrez) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:44:16 -0800 Subject: [nfais-l] testing the list serv Message-ID: <008901cbc4a3$e8a5e290$b9f1a7b0$@edu> Hi Jill, Let's see if this message gets through. Ruby Gutierrez Associate Editor, HAPI 10349 Bunche Hall Box 951447 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1447 Phone: 310 825-1057 Fax: 310 206-2634 rgutierr at ucla.edu http://hapi.ucla.edu From jilloneill at nfais.org Wed Feb 16 14:23:41 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:23:41 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] New Resource Sites Launched Message-ID: For years, I have relied on Gary Price for his knowledge of the search industry as well as his understanding of the information industry and the community it serves. Today Gary launches two new and impressive resource sites for those with an interest in those areas: Say hello to InfoDocket. http://infodocket.com and its sister site, FullTextReport http://fulltextreport.com Full Text Report will focus on exactly that - full text reports released from think tanks, governments, ngo's, academia, etc. Info docket, by contrast, will be fueled by news emerging from the publishing and library environments. There's an introductory letter with more information at http://j.mp/infodocket The two sites will be run by information professionals Gary Price and Shirl Kennedy. Before launching InfoDocket, Price and Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years NFAIS members may want to pick up the RSS feeds from Twitter (@infodocet and @fulltextreports) in order to stay current. 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 Lynn.Forshaw at dialog.com Fri Feb 4 10:51:11 2011 From: Lynn.Forshaw at dialog.com (Forshaw, Lynn) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 15:51:11 +0000 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Members-only event In-Reply-To: <6AFC12B9BFCDEA45B7274C534738067F64089496@AAPQMAILBX02V.proque.st> References: <6AFC12B9BFCDEA45B7274C534738067F64089496@AAPQMAILBX02V.proque.st> Message-ID: Good Afternoon Please can you register Lynn Christie for the Members only event Thanks and Kind Regards Lynn Forshaw Office Co-Ordinator Dialog 3rd Floor St Andrews House 18-20 St Andrew Street London EC4A 3AG Tel : +44 (0)207 832 1747 Fax : +44 (0)207 832 1710 Email : lynn.forshaw at dialog.com www.dialog.com www.proquest.com From: Christie, Lynn Sent: 04 February 2011 15:26 To: Forshaw, Lynn Subject: FW: [nfais-l] NFAIS Members-only event Please register me for this event; link is below. Thank you. Lynn From: nfais-l at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:nfais-l at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Bonnie Lawlor Sent: 04 February 2011 14:59 To: nfais-l at lyralists.lyrasis.org Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Members-only event NFAIS MEMBERS-ONLY EVENT SCHEDULED DURING 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE A special members-only event is scheduled to take place on Monday, February 28, 2011 as part of the 2011 NFAIS Annual conference. The session, The Crowd, the Cloud, and the Exaflood: The Future of Collaboration, will take a look at how cloud computing is causing a fundamental shift in how computing is done. Leading technologists estimate that this shift will result in an "exaflood" of digital data - 20 to 50 times more online data than we have today, but will also offer powerful tools to organize and make sense of it all. Our featured speaker will be Michael R. Nelson, visiting professor, Internet Studies, Georgetown University and former Special Assistant for Information Technology at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where he worked with Vice President Gore and the President's Science Advisor on issues relating to the Global Information Infrastructure, including telecommunications policy, information technology, encryption, electronic commerce, and information policy. Join us and learn how your organization can realize the full potential of the Cloud and develop the tools and techniques needed to thrive in the world of "Bid Data." A box lunch will be provided. The members-only event will be limited to about 100 attendees who are registered for the conference. If you have not yet registered, you can do so at: http://www.nfais.org/page/295-register-for-2011-annual-conference. I hope that you will be able to attend the luncheon, and if you can please let me know as soon as possible, but no later than Friday, February 11th. Hope to see you soon! Bonnie Lawlor Executive Director National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-893-1561 Phone 215-893-1564 Fax blawlor at nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Fri Feb 18 15:24:08 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:24:08 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] Register for the NFAIS Annual Conference Message-ID: <018601cbcfa9$cbeb4fd0$63c1ef70$@org> NFAIS2009Logo STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR THE 2011 NFAIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE Not yet registered for the 2011 NFAIS Annual Conference, Taming the Information Tsunami: The New World of Discovery? Don't worry. Registrations are still being accepted for the meeting that will take place February 27 - March 1, 2011 at the historic Hyatt at the Bellevue in Philadelphia, PA. Just go to: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/295-register-for-2011-annual-conference. The program will bring together publishers, librarians, and technology developers representing all market sectors from around the globe to discuss how they are responding to the daunting challenge of identifying, acquiring, processing, transmitting, and storing incredible amounts of digital content across all media and across a growing amount of foreign languages - a challenge that will continue into the foreseeable future as the volume of information continues to escalate. Practical approaches currently being implemented will be discussed along with emerging technologies that hold promise for the future such as augmented reality, machine thinking, semantic search, cloud computing, automated translations and more (see final program at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/292-program-2011-nfais-annual-conference). Highlights Include: . A thought-provoking look at the complex problems and entrepreneurial opportunities offered by today's information explosion from Dan Gillmor, author of We the Media . Survey results from IDC on the sources of today's digital information explosion and the expected information growth rates in the coming years . A panel of librarians and researchers addressing how they are adapting to information overload - the tools they use, what works, what doesn't, and how their jobs have changed as a result . A look at the impact of digital technology on how we think and how we process and use information from Steven Berlin Johnson, Contributing Editor, Wired magazine. . Case studies from the Library of Congress, Nature Publishing, and the Journal of Visual Experiments on coverage of content across all media and diverse languages to ensure the relevance and comprehensiveness of their products and services . The Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture given by award recipient Dr. Ben Shneiderman, Professor and Founding Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, University of Maryland . Examples of the current and emerging technologies - cloud computing, augmented reality, semantic searching, machine thinking, automatic translation - that are shaping the future of information discovery * A look at the challenges to acquiring, preserving, and delivering the huge volume of information that comprises the U.S. national record from David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States * A discussion of the future of the Web - how content providers, librarians, faculty, and users will efficiently and effectively navigate the tidal waves of content that are forthcoming. Attend the 53rd NFAIS Annual Conference and learn how learn how you can ensure that your products and services allow information seekers to successfully navigate the information tsunami. To register or obtain more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning (jilloneill at nfais.org or 215-893-1561) or visit the NFAIS Web site at http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/291-2011-nfais-annual-conference The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS),1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004, Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3041 bytes Desc: not available URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Tue Feb 22 12:33:46 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:33:46 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS webinar - e-Books and the Future of University Presses Message-ID: <012d01cbd2b6$a937ac30$fba70490$@org> NFAIS Webinar: e-Books and the Future of University Presses: Key Findings from a Three-Year Study There is a tremendous drive in the academic library environment to reshape content and service models to deploy technologies in ways that more effectively and efficiently serve the user at the point of information need. One of the hottest topics for libraries in this regard is e-books. This is also an area of rapid development across the publishing industry - with activity to standardize file formats, a proliferation of dedicated devices, and the transformation of purchasing and copyright practices originally developed for print books. For libraries, there are associated issues in terms of both constrained purchasing budgets and the expanding popularity of patron driven selection. Recent key library events such as the ARL Membership meeting, Charleston Conference, and the ALA Midwinter Meeting highlighted the issues and interest seems to grow daily. Publishers in a university press environment also face these new challenges. At a time when print sales are declining, how should e-books be integrated into production and distribution to demonstrate the ongoing value of a university press in support of academic research? Rising interest in the creation of cooperative branded consortia for purposes of distributing scholarly monographs is evident as several such initiatives that have emerged. (InsideHigherEd, New Models for University Presses, November 22, 2010, http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/11/22/presses. The Andrew Mellon Foundation has funded one such exploratory initiative involving, among others, NYU Press, Temple University Press, Rutgers University Press, the University of Nebraska Press, and the University of Pennsylvania Press. The 60 presses that are joining the University Press eBook Consortium (UPeC) are focused on satisfying the needs of the scholarly community as they move forward in selecting a platform and planning their collections. This webinar will address key findings from the three year effort, including the following: * Strategic vision * Academic library budget developments * Research about library eBook adoption * Patron Driven Selection * Current trends * New and evolving standards * Academic publishing in trends * Exploring technology driven efficiencies in workflow and production * Determining core competencies: what stays in-house * Expanding service partner options * Service level agreements * New business models Speakers are October Ivins, Principal, Ivins eContent Solutions, and Alex Holzman, Director, Temple University Press. If you want to learn more about the results of this three-year initiative register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS members pay $75 and non-members pay $95. An unlimited number of staff from an NFAIS member organization can participate for a group fee of $225. The group fee for an unlimited number of staff from any non-member organization is $285. The registration form is available at:http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/323-e-books-march-23-2011-webinar. Registrants will receive a 10% discount on the next NFAIS webinar Portable Devices and Mobile Users: A New Era for Information Delivery and Access that is scheduled for May 3, 2011 (http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/309-portable-devices-and-mobile-users). 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: