From blawlor at nfais.org Tue Mar 8 15:07:38 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:07:38 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] Art Elias - Information Industry Pioneer Message-ID: <019f01cbddcc$7a9e6960$6fdb3c20$@org> NFAIS Mourns the Passing of Art Elias, Noted Information Industry Pioneer It is with great sorrow that I report that Art Elias, a long-time member and strong supporter of the NFAIS Community, died on March 7, 2011 at Clark Memorial Hospital, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Art was a Navy veteran of World War II, and served in the Korean Conflict. During World War II, he served aboard the U.S.S. Gilbert Islands CVE-107 and, no surprise, was ultimately the author of the ship's history. Born in New York City, he was a graduate of DeWitt Clinton High School and the University of Alabama. But we in the NFAIS Community know him best as one of the key pioneers of the information industry - one of a small group of innovators who led the charge into the digital age more than 50 years ago! He was a Vice President at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in its very early days and served for years as Director of Marketing and Distribution for Biological Abstracts Inc. (BIOSIS), in Philadelphia, PA. Art was the author of several books and numerous technical papers and he served as Editor of both the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and the journal Information Services and Use. Art retired from BIOSIS in 1992. Art was a very active and vocal member of NFAIS. He spoke at many NFAIS meetings, taught NFAIS courses, helped in the development of the NFAIS Code of Practice for Gateways, and wrote numerous NFAIS reports and books, including the series that was popular in the early 1990's, the NFAIS Yearbook of the Information Industry. Art was the miles Conrad Lecturer in 1991 and was made an Honorary Fellow upon his retirement in 1992. He was also honored on 1977 with the Watson Davis Award from the American Society for Information Science. Most recently he volunteered at the Howard Steamboat Museum, was a member of the Escort Carriers Sailors and Airmen Association, the American Association of Navy Hospital Corpsmen, Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, and the American Legion Post 204. Art never stopped giving. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Garr Funeral Home in Sellersburg, Indiana. The burial will follow at the Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky, with military honors presented by the American Legion Post 204 Color and Honor Guard. NFAIS is very grateful to Art for all of his support over the years and on behalf of the NFAIS Board and staff I extend sincere sympathy to his family and friends, especially to his devoted wife, Betty Unruh, who served as NFAIS Executive Director from 1985-1991. We will miss you Art - you taught and touched us all. Bonnie Lawlor NFAIS Executive Director March 8, 2011 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Thu Mar 10 13:26:43 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:26:43 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Webinar Discount Message-ID: <020801cbdf50$b4f0d190$1ed274b0$@org> FORTHCOMING NFAIS WEBINARS: ONE ON E-BOOKS AND A SECOND ON PORTABLE DEVICES AND MOBILE USERS. REGISTER FOR BOTH AND GET A 10% DISCOUNT! MARCH 23: e-Books and the Future of University Presses: Key Findings from a Three-Year Study e-Books are a major focus as academic libraries reshape their content and service models to more effectively and efficiently serve their users at the point of information need. This is an area of rapid development across the entire 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. And all content providers, especially publishers in a university press environment, also face the same challenges. NFAIS has scheduled a webinar for March 23, 2011 from 1:00pm - 2:30PM EDST, to address key findings from a three-year study funded by the Mellon Foundation to see how e-books can be integrated into production and distribution to demonstrate their ongoing value in academic research. These findings include, among others, strategic vision, academic library budget developments, research about library e-Book adoption, patron-driven selection, current trends, new and evolving standards, academic publishing in trends, technology-driven efficiencies, determining core-competencies, and new business models. (Speakers are October Ivins, Principal, Ivins eContent Solutions, and Alex Holzman, Director, Temple University Press). To register for the March 23rd webinar go to: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/323-e-books-march-23-2011-webinar. MAY 3: Portable Devices and Mobile Users: A New Era for Information Delivery and Access NFAIS will hold a 90-minute informational Webinar, Portable Devices and Mobile Users, on May 3, 2011 at 1:00pm EDST. Maureen Kelly, Principal, Content Kinetics, will open the meeting with a brief history of book technology. Jill O' Neill, NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning, will then discuss the reading experience, including an overview of today's established user interfaces and navigational approaches and how users can customize their own experience. The meeting will then take a look at the development of e-reader technology, from first to third generation and beyond, current content delivery channels, and the markets for e-readers and e-publications. And in closing, the meeting will focus on why all information providers need to pay attention to the development of portable reading devices so that they can re-shape their content to offer an enjoyable and satisfying user experience - on any platform, anywhere! To register for the May 3rd webinar go to: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/309-portable-devices-and-mobile-users. Registration fees for each webinar are as follows: NFAIS members pay $75, Sister Society members pay $85, 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 a Sister Society is $255, and from any non-member organization is $285. REGISTER FOR BOTH AT THE SAME TIME AND RECEIVE A 10% DISCOUNT OFF YOUR TOTAL FEE. 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: From jilloneill at nfais.org Fri Mar 11 10:20:37 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:20:37 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] 2011 NFAIS Annual Conference Slides Message-ID: The slides from the 2011 NFAIS Annual Conference have been posted to the NFAIS web site: http://www.nfais.org/page/292-program-2011-nfais-annual-conference If you look for the name of the speaker in whose slides you have an interest, you will see a link near their name. This year, there are three distinct file types (PDF, PPT and PPTX) that have been loaded. 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But what are the potential long-term implications of making scholarly content searchable through a unified point of access? Here are some key questions that librarians, publishers, and discovery-tool vendors will need to address. 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 Mar 16 14:55:19 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:55:19 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Update to March 23 Webinar Message-ID: NFAIS members may have seen the following announcement regarding the University Press e-book Consortium (UPeC) circulating on a variety of lists: "Two major university press e-book initiatives --Project MUSE Editions (PME) and the University Press e-book Consortium (UPeC) -- have joined forces. The result of this merger -- the University Press Content Consortium (UPCC) -- will launch January 1, 2012." NFAIS is pleased to announce that their forthcoming March 23rd Webinar "E-Books and the Future of University Presses: Key Findings from a Three-Year Study" will now include Dean Smith of Project Muse as a speaker to address this exciting development. October Ivins, Principal, Ivins eContent Solutions, and Alex Holzman, Director, Temple University Press are the other featured speakers. For more information regarding registration for the March 23rd webinar go to: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/323-e-books-march-23-2011-webinar. Or contact me directly -- Jill O'Neill, Director of Planning & Communication, NFAIS at 215/893-1561 or jilloneill at 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... 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If you are interested in hearing the results of the poll, let me know. (Organizations will not be identified - I will simply report numbers). My thanks in advance. Bonnie 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 Mar 21 11:31:58 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:31:58 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Webinars on Doing Business in China and Brazil Message-ID: <01be01cbe7dd$1e83bd90$5b8b38b0$@org> NFAIS INFORMATION INDUSTRY UPDATES: DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA AND DOING BUSINESS IN BRAZIL. REGISTER FOR BOTH WEBINARS AND GET A 10% DISCOUNT! The world economy is growing, but it is China and other emerging economies such as that of Brazil - not the U.S. and Europe - that are leading the way. Register for the NFAIS webinars on doing business in China and Brazil to learn more. APRIL 7: An Information Industry Update: Doing Business in China China has become a major player in the global economy and they plan to be a major player in the publishing industry as well, particularly in science. They hope to have reforms in place early this year to ensure that weak Chinese journals are terminated and that those journals judged to be strong are rewarded with government support such as tax breaks. Scientific publishing will be concentrated in "five-to-ten large publishing groups" that will compete with each other, with the objective of turning China from a large science and technology publisher onto a powerful science and technology publisher (see article in NatureNews online at http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100915/full/467261a.html. NFAIS has scheduled a webinar on April 7, 2011 from 11:00am - 12:30PM EDST, that will provide insights on the following with regard to the information industry in China: market size, fastest growing segments, government policies, leadership, publishing companies, size of the market in upper education, college and university spending, challenges to doing business in China, opportunities for publishers, current trends. Our speaker will be Dr. James Chan, Principal and Founder of Asia Marketing and Management . He will have just returned from a trip to China so you will be getting the most current information available. And, if you attended the 2008 workshop you know firsthand how lively, engaging and informative Dr. Chan is as a speaker. If you or your staff need to learn more about publishing developments in China, register for the NFAIS webinar today at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/324-china-april-7-2011-webinar. JUNE 1: An Information Industry Update: Doing Business in Brazil Brazil has one of the fastest growing economies and is becoming a major player worldwide. Publishers and database producers cannot afford to ignore the market opportunities that it offers. NFAIS has scheduled a webinar June 1, 2011 from 11:001m - 12:30pm that will provide insights on the following with regard to the information industry in Brazil: market size, fastest growing segments, government policies, leadership, publishing companies, size of the market in upper education, college and university spending, challenges to doing business in Brazil, opportunities for publishers, and current trends. The webinar will have two speakers. James Locke, CEO of Enosis Global. Locke helps companies enter or expand their business in the United States and in Brazil, leveraging his international experiences to help companies with location selection, marketing and branding, routes to market, organizational structure, business development, and government relations. The second speaker will be Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D., Director of BrazilWorks (www.brazilworks.org ) Adjunct Associate Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland-University College, and Associate Researcher at the Centro Universit?rio de Brasilia (UniCEUB) in Brasilia, Brazil. If you or your staff need to learn more about publishing developments and doing business in Brazil, register for the NFAIS webinar today at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/332-doing-business-in-brazil-june-1-2011. Registration fees for each webinar are as follows: NFAIS members pay $75, Sister Society members pay $85, 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 a Sister Society is $255, and from any non-member organization is $285. REGISTER FOR BOTH AT THE SAME TIME AND RECEIVE A 10% DISCOUNT OFF YOUR TOTAL FEE. 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: From jilloneill at nfais.org Mon Mar 21 14:43:59 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:43:59 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NISO Announcement Message-ID: <89534680D23C4295842C6622EAB1902B@DDPXRT91> NISO and UKSG Announce 30 More Publishers Endorse KBART KBART Phase II Now Focusing on Consortia, Open Access and E-Books The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and UKSG are pleased to announce that another 30 publishers are now able to supply metadata that conforms to the recommended practice, KBART: Knowledge Bases And Related Tools (NISO RP-9-2010). Endorsement of this publication, which contains practical recommendations for the timely exchange of accurate metadata between content providers and knowledge base developers, indicates that the format and content of data supplied by the publisher to knowledge bases and related tools conform to the KBART recommendations. The newest endorsers are the American Psychological Association, Edinburgh University Press and the ScitationR platform, which delivers metadata on behalf of 28 society publishers: Acoustical Society of America ACS Rubber Division AHS International - The Vertical Flight Society American Accounting Association American Association of Physicists in Medicine American Association of Physics Teachers American Astronomical Society American Society of Civil Engineers American Society of Mechanical Engineers International AVS: Science & Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Environmental & Engineering Geophysical Society International Centre for Diffraction Data IS&T - The Society for Imaging Science & Technology Laser Institute of America NACE International National Association of Geoscience Teachers Physics Essays Publication SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics SPIE The Electrochemical Society The Institute of Noise Control Engineering The Institution of Engineering and Technology The Society for Information Display The Society of Exploration Geophysicists The Society of Rheology The Tire Society "By providing a common set of metadata requirements for the information supply chain, KBART helps to reduce the administrative burden of metadata management, and ensures greater visibility and usage of content," explains Terry Hulbert, Director of Business Development at the American Institute of Physics, which developed the ScitationR platform. "In a climate of budget cuts and cancellations, it's an important way for our publisher partners to support their customers and differentiate their content." "The joint UKSG/NISO KBART Working Group is now focusing on Phase II of the project, which will tackle some of the more advanced issues with knowledge bases in the supply chain," states Sarah Pearson, co-chair of the working group. "The Phase II recommendations will outline additional steps that can be taken by all stakeholders to further improve the library user's experience when using link resolvers and their related knowledge bases, and will specifically address consortia-specific metadata transfer, open access metadata, and enhanced support for e-books and conference proceedings." For more information on KBART and the current Phase II work, visit www.uksg.org/kbartor www.niso.org/workrooms/kbart. About KBART KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) was set up following the 2007 publication of the UKSG research report "Link Resolvers and the Serials Supply Chain." Central to the efficient operation of the OpenURL is the knowledge base, which consists of data supplied by content providers including publishers. The report found that a lack of awareness of the OpenURLs capabilities and requirements is impacting the quality and timeliness of data provided to populate knowledge bases, and thus undermining the potential of the sophisticated OpenURL technology. UKSG partnered with NISO to commission the KBART Working Group to develop guidelines for best practice and provide educational materials. The core NISO/UKSG Working Group consists of representatives from libraries, knowledge base developers, publishers, intermediaries and other content providers, and is supported by a monitoring group of interested parties. Its Phase I report, KBART: Knowledge Bases And Related Tools (NISO RP-9-2010), and guidelines have been widely reviewed and tested by a wider group of information supply chain stakeholders. For more information, visit www.uksg.org/kbart orwww.niso.org/workrooms/kbart. About NISO NISO fosters the development and maintenance of standards that facilitate the creation, persistent management, and effective interchange of information so that it can be trusted for use in research and learning. To fulfill this mission, NISO engages libraries, publishers, information aggregators, and other organizations that support learning, research, and scholarship through the creation, organization, management, and curation of knowledge. NISO works with intersecting communities of interest and across the entire lifecycle of an information standard. NISO is a not-for-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). More information about NISO is available on its website: www.niso.org . For more information please contact NISO at (301) 654-2512 or via e-mail at nisohq at niso.org. About UKSG UKSG exists to connect the information community and encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication. It spans the wide range of interests and activities of the extended scholarly information community of librarians, publishers, intermediaries and technology vendors. In a dynamic environment, UKSG works to: * facilitate community integration, networking, discussion and exchange of ideas, * improve members' knowledge of the scholarly information sector and support skills development, * stimulate research and collaborative initiatives, encourage innovation and promote standards for good practice, and * disseminate news, information and publications, and raise awareness of services that support the scholarly information sector. For more information, please visit the UKSG website, www.uksg.org . 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Faculty can lecture via podcasts and deliver their expertise beyond campus borders via distance learning initiatives. Even traditional textbooks are taking on a new look and changing study habits with their increased availability and acceptance in digital format. The overall learning experience has taken on a new dimension. Want to know more about the impact of digital technology on today's college and university campuses? Join us on April 15, 2011 when librarians and faculty from around the USA 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 April 1st. Highlights include: . A look at information discovery on campus based upon a follow-up survey taken to determine the vision and requirements for a library's primary discovery environments (Cody Hanson, Web Architect and User Experience Analyst, University of Minnesota) * The use of Google Scholar on campus (Gale Herrera, Assistant Dean for Technical Services and Automation, Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Libraries) * The results of research studies on the impact of digital technology on the use and reading of scholarly articles in higher education (Carol Tenopir, Chancellor's Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee) * A look at the use and impact of new technologies in the classroom (Shelly McCoy, Associate Librarian and Head, Student Multimedia Design Center, University of Delaware and Dr. Timothy Burke, Professor, Swarthmore College) * The growth and impact of online learning (Dr. Michael E. Scheuermann, Associate VP, Instructional Technology Support, Information Resources and Technology, Drexel University) . A look at digital publishing initiatives at the University of Michigan (Maria Bonn, Director of Scholarly Publishing, University of Michigan) . The use of e-text books (Mary Gallagher Gordon, Director of Clinical Nursing Education, Drexel University, and Dr. Faye Meloy, Assistant Clinical Professor & Chair, BSN Co-Op Program, Drexel University. 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/325-information-access-and-usage-in-today-s- academic-environment. On-site Attendance: on or before April 1, 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). After April 1, NFAIS members pay $435, members of Sister-societies pay $455, and non-members pay $485. Virtual Attendance: on or before April 1, 2011, NFAIS members pay $335, members of Sister- societies pay $355, and non-members pay $385. After April 1, NFAIS members pay $385, members of Sister-societies pay $405, and non-members pay $435. Unlimited Virtual Attendance: Groups of 3 or more can attend at the following reduced rates: NFAIS members, $995, Sister-society members $1,195, and non-members $1,395. 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 jilloneill at nfais.org Tue Mar 22 15:18:49 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:18:49 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Google Book Settlement Denied Message-ID: Filed Today: OPINION: In the end, I conclude that the ASA is not fair, adequate, and reasonable. As the United States and other objectors have noted, many of the concerns raised in the objections would be ameliorated if the ASA were converted from an "opt-out" settlement to an "opt-in" settlement. I urge the parties to consider revising the ASA accordingly. The motion for final approval of the ASA is denied, without prejudice to renewal in the event the parties negotiate a revised settlement agreement. The motion for an award of attorneys' fees and costs is denied, without prejudice. The Court will hold a status conference on 4/25/2011, at 4:30 p.m. in Courtroom 11A of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse. (Status Conference set for 4/25/2011 at 04:30 PM in Courtroom 11A, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge Denny Chin.) (Signed by Judge Denny Chin on 3/22/2011) (tro) Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was entered on 3/22/2011 at 2:49 PM EDT and filed on 3/22/2011 Case Name: The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc. Case Number: 1:05-cv-08136-DC 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 Mar 24 13:54:45 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:54:45 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] SSP Webinar Message-ID: *Cooperative Posting of Industry Event* SSP Webinar: So, You Want to Get Out of Print: Strategies and Perspectives from Publishers and Librarians Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EDT The Society for Scholarly Publishing presents a compelling webinar that will explore the implications of moving away from a print-focused business to an online-only publishing business model. From the comfort of your office, you can gain valuable information from experienced publishers and librarians who have successfully implemented the online-only workflow. This webinar will draw on the experiences of institutions that have adopted e-focused policies and procedures, and will provide an outline of the strategy for getting out of print and into an electronic-based business. It is undeniable that publishers must operate in a dual print and electronic world; however, many of the policies and procedures being utilized continue to center on the processing of print material. Although not all types of content can be online, the recent trend in e-only is growing significantly. The presenters will discuss the challenges that can arise in the movement to e-only such as ensuring adequate staffing, provision of necessary training, and creation of a robust technological infrastructure. Consider attending if you want to learn more about: Implications for getting out of print; Logistics of revamping existing workflows; Technological infrastructure needed to support e-only SSP Members: $99; Non-Members: $149 For more information and to register, go to: www.sspnet.org COMING SOON! * SSP 33rd Annual Meeting, "It's What Counts: How Data Transforms Our World," June 1-3, 2011 at the Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA. Join publishing and technology leaders at the upcoming Annual Meeting to explore this exciting subject. * 2011 IN Conference: Globalization, Innovation and Collaboration, September 18-20, 2011 in Arlington, VA. Collaborate with your peers and leading publishing strategists to increase understanding of your changing environment and customize a tool kit to help take your organization successfully into the future. Society for Scholarly Publishing www.sspnet.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 blawlor at nfais.org Thu Mar 24 15:28:14 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:28:14 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Free Google Settlemane Webinar Message-ID: <00ab01cbea59$9f371fd0$dda55f70$@org> Webinar on Recent Google Settlement Opinion. NFAIS Members Eligible for Free Registration As you know, on March 22, 2011, Judge Chin issued his long awaited opinion in the Google Book Search settlement proceedings, rejecting the Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA) proposed by the Authors Guild, AAP and Google. Chris Kenneally, Director of Business development at the Copyright Clearance Center has extended a free registration to all NFAIS members to join him and copyright expert Lois Wasoff on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 12:00pm EST when they will analyze this highly-anticipated decision, what it means for those affected by the proposed settlement, and what is likely to happen next. You can register for this free, one-hour event by clicking on this Registration Link - https://copyright.webex.com/copyright/onstage/g.php?t=a &d=356403008. Our thanks to Chris and NFAIS member organization, the Copyright Clearance Center, for this kind invitation. Bonnie Lawlor Executive Director National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004 Philadelphia, PA 19102 1-215-893-1561 Phone 1-215-893-1564 Fax blawlor at nfais.org www.nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Thu Mar 24 15:35:33 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:35:33 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] ALA Conference Grant Established Message-ID: <00c801cbea5a$a4737f60$ed5a7e20$@org> Posted on Behalf of NFAIS Member Organization, Unlimited Priorities Corporation. Robert F. Asleson Memorial ALA Conference Grant Established Cape Coral, FL, March 24, 2011 - Iris L. Hanney, information industry veteran and president of Unlimited Priorities Corporation, has announced the formation of the Robert F. Asleson Memorial ALA Conference Grant. The grant honors the memory of Bob Asleson, late founder and president of The Redalen Group, for his many valuable contributions to the library community. Annual monetary awards will subsidize attendance at either the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting or the Annual Conference. Candidates for the Master of Library Science degree candidates are eligible to apply for the grant and successful students will be selected based on economic need and the quality of an essay written according to criteria set by the grant's board of directors. Ms. Hanney will serve as president of the board, which consists of individuals with deep ties to both Bob Asleson and the information community. Robert Freeman Asleson - "Bob A." to his friends and colleagues - was one of the most creative and enterprising executives in the information industry. An engineer, lawyer, publishing CEO, advisor and guide to countless members of the profession, Bob's 50-year career spanned both traditional and innovative technologies, from reference books and microform to CD-ROMs and to online databases. Bob held presidential positions with R.R. Bowker of the Xerox Publishing Group, Information Handling Services, International Thomson Information, Inc. and The Library Corporation. He became chairman of Paratext in 2002, and also was president of The Redalen Group, a private consulting practice having projects and partnerships with a number of information companies. Additionally, Bob served on many information industry organization boards. This award is particularly appropriate as Bob was present at virtually every ALA conference from the mid-1960s through 2008. He regarded conferences as opportunities to connect with people - both established colleagues and new acquaintances - and to be exposed to the latest ideas and industry developments. It was said of him that "He never met a trade show he didn't like." This award will help provide the same exposure and experience for the selected students as they prepare for their careers in Library Science. In announcing the grant Ms. Hanney said, "Bob was one of my first bosses and remained my mentor throughout all the subsequent years. I am thrilled that his memory will continue to be honored by this award, and I am extremely pleased that the ALA is providing support by listing the award recipients on the ALA website." Jay Jordan, president and CEO, OCLC , and advisor to the board, observed, "This is a fitting way to remember this giant of the industry. Bob touched countless lives during his long career, and this award will continue to provide support for future members of the industry he loved." Speaking for the Asleson family Bob's daughter, Robyn Des Roches, responded, "Thank you to everyone involved for their diligent work in creating this grant. I know my dad would be deeply honored and grateful. So are all of us in the family." The board of directors is seeking both corporate and individual donations in support of this project. It believes that exposure to the programs, seminars, contacts and other conference benefits will foster an on-going love of, and dedication to, the cause of librarianship in students who otherwise would be unable to attend, reflecting the values exhibited by Bob Asleson throughout his life and long professional career. Complete details of the grant, including information on donation participation, are available on the website . Several levels of support are indicated, and all donations are fully tax-deductible. Additional information may be obtained by contacting: Iris L. Hanney, Chairman of the Board Robert F. Asleson Memorial ALA Conference Grant 1930 SW 48th Lane Cape Coral, FL 33914 239-549-2384 239-549-3168 Fax info at aslesongrant.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Mon Mar 28 15:07:36 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:07:36 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Webinars - Special Discount Message-ID: NFAIS INFORMATION INDUSTRY UPDATES: DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA AND DOING BUSINESS IN BRAZIL. REGISTER FOR BOTH WEBINARS AND GET A 10% DISCOUNT! The world economy is growing, but it is China and other emerging economies such as that of Brazil - not the U.S. and Europe - that are leading the way. Register for the NFAIS webinars on doing business in China and Brazil to learn more. APRIL 7: An Information Industry Update: Doing Business in China China has become a major player in the global economy and they plan to be a major player in the publishing industry as well, particularly in science. They hope to have reforms in place early this year to ensure that weak Chinese journals are terminated and that those journals judged to be strong are rewarded with government support such as tax breaks. Scientific publishing will be concentrated in "five-to-ten large publishing groups" that will compete with each other, with the objective of turning China from a large science and technology publisher onto a powerful science and technology publisher (see article in NatureNews online at http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100915/full/467261a.html. NFAIS has scheduled a webinar on April 7, 2011 from 11:00am - 12:30PM EDST, that will provide insights on the following with regard to the information industry in China: market size, fastest growing segments, government policies, leadership, publishing companies, size of the market in upper education, college and university spending, challenges to doing business in China, opportunities for publishers, current trends. Our speaker will be Dr. James Chan, Principal and Founder of Asia Marketing and Management. He will have just returned from a trip to China so you will be getting the most current information available. And, if you attended the 2008 workshop you know firsthand how lively, engaging and informative Dr. Chan is as a speaker. If you or your staff need to learn more about publishing developments in China, register for the NFAIS webinar today at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/324-china-april-7-2011-webinar. JUNE 1: An Information Industry Update: Doing Business in Brazil Brazil has one of the fastest growing economies and is becoming a major player worldwide. Publishers and database producers cannot afford to ignore the market opportunities that it offers. NFAIS has scheduled a webinar June 1, 2011 from 11:00am - 12:30pm that will provide insights on the following with regard to the information industry in Brazil: market size, fastest growing segments, government policies, leadership, publishing companies, size of the market in upper education, college and university spending, challenges to doing business in Brazil, opportunities for publishers, and current trends. The webinar will have two speakers. James Locke, CEO of Enosis Global. Locke helps companies enter or expand their business in the United States and in Brazil, leveraging his international experiences to help companies with location selection, marketing and branding, routes to market, organizational structure, business development, and government relations. The second speaker will be Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D., Director of BrazilWorks (www.brazilworks.org ) Adjunct Associate Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland-University College, and Associate Researcher at the Centro Universit?rio de Brasilia (UniCEUB) in Brasilia, Brazil. If you or your staff need to learn more about publishing developments and doing business in Brazil, register for the NFAIS webinar today at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/332-doing-business-in-brazil-june-1-2011. Registration fees for each webinar are as follows: NFAIS members pay $75, Sister Society members pay $85, 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 a Sister Society is $255, and from any non-member organization is $285. REGISTER FOR BOTH AT THE SAME TIME AND RECEIVE A 10% DISCOUNT OFF YOUR TOTAL FEE. 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 jilloneill at nfais.org Tue Mar 29 16:24:11 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:24:11 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Members Invited to Attend Message-ID: NFAIS members are invited to attend a two hour session sponsored by Copyright Clearance Center in the Washington DC area in May of this year. For further details, see below: ***Text*** We'd like to extend this invitation to our fellow NFAIS members. It is a two-hour morning session, so I think that's mostly of potential interest for those more local to the DC Beltway. Please contact Craig Sender for RSVP's. Hope to see you there! /Dave Davis http://www.copyright.com/content/cc3/en/toolbar/aboutUs/eventsAndTradeshows/ seminars/copyright_commerce.html (Shorter URL: http://bit.ly/htsZUG) Copyright & Commerce: Guarantees or Promises? In 2011, the creative economy enjoys a place of prominence on the national agenda. Compelling ideas and engaging media generate more jobs and more wealth than ever before. From breaking news to breakthroughs in science, from blockbuster films to bloggers in basements, the value of intellectual property is paramount. Yet online, digital files and their copies can be made and distributed with a single click. Authors, creators and publishers must struggle to assert ownership of their works on the Internet while Congress shapes laws and regulations that affect intellectual property. Simply put, copyright laws can significantly impact how copyright owners and users interact. Is it time for a re-boot of our nation's copyright laws? Or should government just get booted out of the way? Katharine Weymouth, publisher of the Washington Post and CEO of Washington Post Media; Marybeth Peters, U.S. Register of Copyrights from 1994 to 2010; and Jon Baumgarten, one of the country's most respected intellectual property lawyers and a partner in the Washington, DC office of Proskauer, will offer their answers and insights at an invitation-only event presented by the non-profit Copyright Clearance Center. The occasion marks the 35th anniversary of the Copyright Act of 1976, when Congress took into account how television, radio, sound recordings, and other then cutting edge innovations like the photocopier had wrought unimaginable change since the previous legislation was written - in 1909! Today, new questions and challenges arise almost daily: Are search engines like Google and content benefiting from the labor and investment of others? Are copyright owners pushing for too much control over the use of their content? Is copyright law ever going to catch up with technology and should it? Join us at The Newseum at 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. in its Knight Studio on Monday, May 9 from 10:00 a.m. - Noon. Enter at the Group Entrance on C Street. Complimentary breakfast will be served. To RSVP for this free event, contact Craig Sender. Jill O'Neill Director, Planning & Communication NFAIS (v) 215-893-1561 (email) jilloneill at nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: