From blawlor at nfais.org Fri Jul 1 08:45:26 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:45:26 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Robert Massie Receives Award from PIUG Message-ID: <000c01cc37ec$c0592920$410b7b60$@org> Robert Massie, CAS President, Awarded the 2011 International Patent Award The Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) has awarded Robert Massie, CAS President, its 2011 International Patent Award for his "significant achievements toward the advancement of patent information." Massie was cited for overseeing important innovations such as SciFinder, STN AnaVist, and successive versions of STN Express. The award selection Board noted that "Mr. Massie's impact on Chemical Abstracts when he took over in 1992 was phenomenal" as at that time the processing of patents experienced significant time delays. "Massie supported his team in completely re-engineering the document-handling process at CAS." 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URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Fri Jul 1 11:14:20 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:14:20 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Enotes, July 2011 Message-ID: NFAIS e-Notes, July 2011 Six Types of Apps You Can't Do Without Written and Compiled by Jill O'Neill On the 37Signals blog, Signal to Noise, there recently was a light-hearted posting about the diverse apps that various members of their staff had on their Apple iTouch/iPhone devices. If you click through at http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2913-the-home-screens-of-37signals, you can look at the home screens of real users as a quick snapshot of what a younger, tech-savvy crowd of programmers and UX designers depended on daily. As a follow-up to that posting, two 37Signal staffers posted differing views of the importance of apps on a platform. (1) Ten Apps is All I Need (http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2959-ten-apps-is-all-i-need) (2) Counterpoint: 200,000 Apps Is What They Want (http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2962-counterpoint-200000-apps-is-what-they-w ant) The author of the first posting listed above wrote of Apple's intelligence in creating some nine default functionalities in the iPhone (Safari browser, camera, iPod, clock, weather, photos, voice messages, mail and maps). He did not have any compelling need to download much else because Apple had anticipated his basic requirements for a mobile device. The counter position adopted by his colleague, was that it doesn't matter what is built into the operating system as a default; what matters is how strongly the user believes that the device they purchase will meet their current and future needs during the contract term. Users want to be sure that whatever it is they might care to do on or with their mobile device, there will be "an app for that." And with 200,000 apps available in the Apple store, user needs are pretty much covered. The postings came to my attention not long after an NFAIS conference call, during which someone asked what it was that younger people were doing on their mobile phones beyond the gaming and social networking that seemed to dominate the space. My response was to go wander around in iTunes and in the Amazon Android App store. Poke around a bit, and like me, you will see a broad range of apps divided into equally broad categories that users are encouraged to purchase and download. Lifestyle apps! Financial apps! Productivity apps! Flurry Analytics, a tool that captures data about mobile apps usage, published research findings in June that indicated that the use of mobile apps was surpassing the use of the open Web (see: http://blog.flurry.com/bid/63907/Mobile-Apps-Put-the-Web-in-Their-Rear-view- Mirror). Specifically, "Flurry found that the average user now spends 9% more time using mobile apps than the Internet. This was not the case just 12 months ago. Last year, the average user spent just under 43 minutes a day using mobile applications versus an average 64 minutes using the Internet. Growing at 91% over the last year, users now spend over 81 minutes on mobile applications per day. This growth has come primarily from more sessions per user, per day rather than a large growth in average session lengths. Time spent on the Internet has grown at a much slower rate, 16% over the last year, with users now spending 74 minutes on the Internet a day." Flurry's sample size was 500 million daily usage sessions during May 2011. Given that current Nielsen statistics presented at a recent mobile conference indicate that one third of the American public owns a smart phone, while less than two percent of the same group surveyed own a tablet ( http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/android-leads-u-s-in-smartphone -market-share-and-data-usage/), it seems clear that for a sizeable segment of the population, the functionality associated with apps on smaller computing devices has become something they take for granted. Big or small, these smaller computing devices are driving user expectations of everyone's products and services - far more than laptops or PCs do. So what apps represent the basic tool kit for a rising group of knowledge workers? Aside from the gaming and social networking apps that do seem to dominate such environments, below are examples of some of the practical tools I believe workers are looking for. (Note: These apps appear in no particular order despite the numbering assigned.) (1) A Note-Taking App -- It's true that the default Apple operating system offers a note-taking app, but its functionality is fairly minimal. I personally use Evernote for accessing saved information and notes to myself on my iTouch, but alternatively Springpad, a service from Spring Partners, is an alternative option (see: http://www.springpadit.com ). Graphically appealing and supporting drag-and-drop assembly of bits of information, Springpad may be of more value to an iPad-driven working population. The service is free at this point, because Spring Partners sells advertising to brands looking to reach users. They make money through lead generation, for example, by partnering with brands who buy targeted ads that show up alongside your notes in Springpad. If you save a blog entry about building a backyard deck, Lowes and/or Black & Decker will want their advertisements to appear next to your page. They will also amplify the content you save. Save a restaurant name and number and Springpad serves up reviews from Yelp. Most of the key interactive mechanisms for use are available (apps, browser extensions, etc.) and one can share via Facebook or Twitter as necessary. The Wall Street Journal gave Springpad a positive review in late 2010 (see: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703376504575491750741385596.ht ml). Because Springpad is integrated with the likes of Amazon, searching for and creating a list of titles for your summer reading list is fairly easy. (2) A Search App - Apps, such as Bing, further enable integrated discovery. The most recent innovation by Bing is enabling discovery of relevant apps, given that Apple's iTunes store is notoriously difficult for purposes of finding new tools. The Bing blog describes the functionality this way "The Bing search engine will surface apps in the context of normal web queries. For example, Thor 3D, Facebook, and Hotels in Seattle are some of the queries for which Bing automatically finds the right apps." That query for Thor, for example, will return an entry from IMDB (owned by Amazon) and should the user click on that entry, if the IMDB app is already on the user's device, Bing will promptly launch IMDB (see: (http://www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/archive/2011/06/09/iphone -mobile-app-discovery-with-bing.aspx). Keeping up with that approach, Yahoo released their Y! AppSpot application, that largely serves the same purpose (see: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/y-appspot/id434682382?mt=8), and TechCrunch loved it (see: http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/15/yahoo-mobile-app-search/). If you would prefer to stick with Google for searching on mobile devices, that is also manageable. Google announced at their Inside Search event in June that they had enabled a feature for finding nearby services (restaurants, coffee bars, ATM'S, gas, etc.) in their mobile app (see: http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/06/introducing-new-features-to-mobile_ 14.html). At the same time, Google announced support for more complex queries in their mobile app on both Android and Apple operating systems. If you want to search via an image snapped with your mobile phone's camera, Google has also enabled that as an option. Finally, checking the weather via Google is equally quick and simple. Type weather into the Google search box on your mobile phone and Google brags that it serves up interactive weather information that you can "play with." And a very recent entry is Do at . The search app offers a form of federated search for those using their mobile device as a look-up tool for questions on music, film, television, sports, etc. Watch the video and see if you agree with the press that called it a revolution in mobile search tools (see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBKk2s9nnOg). I'm not sure that I agree. (3) One or More Communication Apps. Communication apps, such as Twitter or Gmail, are a necessity. Twitter has released increasingly sophisticated mobile capabilities, including their launch of a new mobile interface in May. Here is what was said about it on a recent blog. "The app is fast - you can quickly scroll through your timeline, move between tabs and compose Tweets. It's rich - it takes advantage of capabilities that high-end device browsers offer, such as touch gestures and a large screen. And it's simple - it's easy-to-use and has the features you'd expect from a Twitter application, including your timeline, @mentions, messages that you can read in conversation view, search, trending topics, lists, and more." (see: http://blog.twitter.com/2011/05/better-app-for-your-mobile-browser.html). Tech Crunch called the new version "slick" (see: http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/11/twitter-rolls-out-slick-mobile-web-app-its- like-twitter-for-iphone-but-upside-down/). Given the tight integration that Twitter will have in Apple's forthcoming iOS5, one can assume that the communication function that Twitter serves will be omnipresent (see: http://blog.twitter.com/2011/06/ios-5-tweet-everywhere.html). Twitter is already as much of a support for authentication sign-in as either Facebook or Gmail. Again, if you're looking for an alternative interface, you can look at Seesmic for either iPhone or Android. For those in Europe, techradar has assembled an extensive list of available apps in support of Twitter (see:http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/17-best-twitter-apps-for-2011-93 0383). (4) A Reading App. The Amazon Kindle app is a robust reading application that encompasses a sizeable corpus of currently available content. It's not print on demand, but it certainly facilitates on-demand reading across most, if not all, e-reading platforms. Of particular interest is reading on one's iPad, even more than on the smaller iTouch. In this light, suddenly the archives of the world's best libraries become intriguingly accessible. For example, there is the British Library's 19th century literature iPad app. For a quick glimpse, go to http://britishlibrary19c.tumblr.com , or consider the British Library's app that is compatible with both iPhone and iPad, the Treasures app (see: http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/British-Library-Launches-First-Sm artphone-App-483.aspx). If you choose not to use the Kindle app on your iPad, Jane Litte recommends Bluefire as an alternative reading app, or if you are a Barnes and Noble shopper, the Nook app will also be available to those using either iOS or Android (see: http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/ten-must-have-ipad-apps-for-readers-by-jan e-litte/). As a follow-up to a webinar that I listened in on, a host of approaches to books on the iPad were supplied by consultant and author, Peter Meyers (see: http://newkindofbook.com/2011/06/ipad-books-the-reader-experience-app-list/) . His focus was on the reader's experience and he noted some of the innovative interactivity built into "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore," a cinematic short that had been nicely transformed into an iPad "book" experience. Meyers also praised the serial publication approach of the Operation Ajax app. Chapters 1-5 are currently available, with Chapters 6-12 yet to be published. Other serial publication approaches have been adapted by authors seeking to circumvent traditional publishing approaches, such as the Mongoliad. But the Mongoliad is noteworthy for the social environment and community that has grown up around the Web-based tales by noted science fiction authors Neal Stephenson and Greg Bear. It was on that basis that the Mongoliad was recently featured at an O'Reilly Tools of Change event. (5) Your Social Network App. We can't completely ignore social networking but we can look outside of Facebook and Twitter in this regard. The working professional may want to grab the LinkedIn Mobile app (http://www.linkedin.com/mobile) for some of that contact network, but alternatively Bento for either iPhone or iPad can sync with your contact list in email. (see: http://www.filemaker.com/products/bento/iphone.html). Bento gets decent reviews, as can be seen at http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=64790. (6) Current Awareness App. Finally, there is all the news that is constantly flowing to us throughout the day via Web apps. Personally, I favor MSNBC, The Atlantic Wire, and the Huffington Post for my lunch break reads, but these are quite frankly not the highest-rated or the hippest, particularly in the context of more content-neutral interfaces available for the iPad such as Pulse, Flipboard, and a recent entry, HitPad (http://www.hitpad.com ). The launch press release distinguishes HitPad from its competitors on the basis of: * Hitpad is a rich visual dashboard that tells you what the most important things you should know today in your areas of interest. * Hitpad is instrumentation by measuring, analyzing and determining what is important to consume in order to minimize reverb and improve discovery * Hitpad is agnostic to the publishers that are providing the data * Hitpad is tuned and personalized based on your interests In fact, the more I look at those must-have apps, the more I understand how I use a mobile device. For me at least, it's for communication, a research and memory aid, and a tool with which I keep up on the world around me. I can do without video games such as Angry Birds, but I'm not sure I can do without Evernote or Gmail if I'm to remain productive. *********************************************** 2011 SPONSORS Access Innovations, Inc. Accessible Archives, Inc. American Psychological Association/PsycINFO American Theological Library Association CAS CrossRef Data Conversion Laboratory Defense Technical Information Center Elsevier Getty Research Institute H. W. Wilson Information Today, Inc. International Food Information Services Philosopher's Information Center ProQuest Really Strategies, Inc. TEMIS, Inc. Thomson Reuters IP & Science Unlimited Priorities Corporation 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 Tue Jul 5 08:17:46 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:17:46 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS/CENDI/FLICC - Workshop on Repositories Message-ID: <006401cc3b0d$8cb00020$a6100060$@org> Save the Date ? November 30, 2011 Repositories in Science & Technology: Preserving Access to the Record of Science 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 Wednesday, November 30, 2011 * 9:00 am - 4:30 pm * 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! 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. 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. A third session will take a look at two initiatives that directly support the mission of repositories through the development of unique identifiers. 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 followed by a facilitated 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? 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 Invited and confirmed speakers have been chosen for their expertise in the subject matter to be addressed. As the agenda firms up, it will be made available online along with an opportunity to register. Watch for future communiqu?s on this timely and informative event, but for NOW ? mark November 30th on your calendar!!!! FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT: Jill Oneill Kathryn Simon Director, Communication and Planning Administrative Coordinator NFAIS CENDI Secretariat 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004 c/o Information International Associates, Inc. Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403 104 Union Valley Road (215) 893-1561 Voice (865) 298-1234 Voice (215) 893-1564 Fax (865) 481-0390 Fax jilloneill at nfais.org ksimonl 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. FLICC (http://www.loc.gov/flicc/) The mission of the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) is to foster excellence in federal library and information services through interagency cooperation and to provide guidance and direction for the Federal Library and Information network (FEDLINK). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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And while a number of NFAIS member organizations have already submitted materials, we need more so that we can effectively begin promoting these materials to Academic Libraries in general and to Library and Information Science schools specifically this fall. The Committee is interested in receiving links to the following: ? Training Documentation and Materials ? Self-Paced Instruction and Tutorials ? Training Videos ? Resources for Teachers and Instructors ? Webinar and Podcast Resources Visit the committee page at http://www.nfais.org/page/313-library-education-resources to see the types of materials that are being collected. You will find links to these materials, a downloadable PDF, and a sortable Excel spreadsheet that are all live on the NFAIS web site! Please support this effort and ensure that your educational materials are being promoted as widely as possible. To contribute your organization's materials or for more information, please contact Committee co-chairs Lisa Sick (lsick at apa.org, 202-336-5725 or 800-374-2722), Vendor Relations Specialist, American Psychological Association, or Maria Ziemer, (Maria.Ziemer at ProQuest.com, 773-944-1114), Manager, Library School Program, ProQuest. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please take a few minutes to complete this survey by Friday, July 15, 2011, so that we can better serve you in the coming year. (Note: An asterisk indicates that the question must be answered). Just click on the link below: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HTZHXNL My sincere thanks in advance, and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This is an ALA report and s available in print ($49.00) and digital ($43.00) format ( http://www.alatechsource.org/taxonomy/term/106/web-scale-discovery-services) . 2. Luther, J., Kelly, M, "The Next Generation of Discovery," Library Journal, March 15, 2011 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/articlereview/889893-457/the_next_generatio n_of_discovery.html.csp). 3. Extensive bibliography of related materials that mentions the above sources and many others that was discovered by Jill at: https://sites.google.com/site/urd2comparison/articles-on-discovery. Beach reading - just in case it rains!! 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... 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Please take a few minutes to complete this survey by Friday, July 15, 2011, so that we can better serve you in the coming year. (Note: An asterisk indicates that the question must be answered). Just click on the link below: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HTZHXNL My sincere thanks in advance, and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. 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 jilloneill at nfais.org Wed Jul 13 10:22:06 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:22:06 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Google+ Invites Message-ID: NFAIS members: I have an indeterminate number of invites to the Google+ that I am willing to extend to others within the NFAIS membership. 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See http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/reddit-co-founder-charged-with-data -theft/ In the interests of time, Wired seems to have the best overview of the various parties' positions. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/swartz-arrest/ More information may be found at the links below: The full text of the formal indictment: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/217115-20110719-schwartz.html JSTOR statement about the indictment: http://about.jstor.org/news-events/news/jstor-statement-misuse-incident-and- criminal-case. Demand Progress statement: http://demandprogress.org/aaron Jill O'Neill Director, Planning & Communication NFAIS (v) 215-893-1561 (email) jilloneill at nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: