From blawlor at nfais.org Fri Sep 2 10:35:22 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:35:22 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Position Announcement - NLM Message-ID: <023101cc697d$8c0666c0$a4133440$@org> Position Announcement: Chief, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine The successful candidate for this position will serve as Chief of the History of Medicine Division (HMD) and direct and manage all activities of the Division. This position is located within the Division of Library Operations (LO), National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). As Chief of the History of Medicine Division, you will manage the operations of the Division including formulating, establishing and interpreting policies; developing, analyzing and reviewing programs; developing and implementing long-term and operational plans; developing budgetary and staffing requirements; and formulating budget requests and managing and overseeing budgetary expenditures. You will develop and manage an overall Division strategy for reaching and informing new audiences through promotion and outreach related to HMD programs; oversee training and orientation for the Division; oversee editorial review of HMD publications and staff contributions to the professional literature; represent the NLM in various professional groups and organizations; and initiate and manage partnership opportunities with medical libraries, history associations, academia, foundations, and business organizations. SALARY RANGE: $123,758.00 - $155,500.00 /year OPEN PERIOD: Monday, August 29, 2011 to Sunday, September 11, 2011 For the complete job posting and information on how to apply, please visit: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=102014286 &JobTitle=Supervisory+Historian+-+NLM+-+CR+-+DE&q=NLM&where=&brd=3876&vw=b&F edEmp=N&FedPub=Y&x=0&y=0&AVSDM=2011-08-29+00%3a03%3a00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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://nfais.brightegg.com/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 . -------------- 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 jilloneill at nfais.org Wed Sep 7 11:00:41 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:00:41 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Registration Closing for September 8th NFAIS Webinar on Google+ Message-ID: <8BC9C6EC88A64324B53BDE8D73D6DEA7@DDPXRT91> Just an alert that registration will be closing at 5pm tomorrow (Thursday, September 8, 2011) for Friday's NFAIS Webinar, Google+ - Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Huge, featuring expert John Blossom. John Blossom, President of Shore Communications Inc. (http://www.shore.com/) and author of Content Nation (Wiley, 2009), 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. Unlike Google Wave and Google Buzz, Google experiments that met with mixed reviews and tepid product support, Google+ is off to the fastest start yet in social media history, gaining more than 25 million users in its first month of use alone, and enjoys intense support and involvement from senior Google executives and a broad staff. 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. If you want to learn more about this innovative new tool, these are your last days to register for this NFAIS Webinar. will be 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 as well as for invitations to Google+, please 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 Thu Sep 8 16:12:16 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:12:16 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Tenth Annual NFAIS Humanities Roundtable - Register NOW. Message-ID: <88F23A15152C4838A46BCFF59B59D2E4@DDPXRT91> MARK YOUR CALENDARS: NFAIS Humanities Roundtable X Scheduled for October 3, 2011 A one-day NFAIS program, Digital Humanities Content: Embracing the Future While Coping with the Present, is scheduled for October 3, 2011 at the state-of-the-art Graduate Center of the City University of New York in Manhattan, from 9:00am to 4:45pm. The meeting will highlight some of the major trends impacting the humanities information environment and there will be ample time for attendees to share their own perspectives on current challenges and opportunities and the evolution of the humanities information landscape. The meeting opens with a keynote address by Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of the Scholarly Communication Division of the Modern Language Association and author of Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology and the Future of the Academy. She will address what she envisions as a potential future for the humanities in the context of the changing academic environment. Subsequent sessions will include an interview with Jeremy Boggs, Humanities Design Architect of Scholars' Labs and presentations by other leaders of digital initiatives. The afternoon will take a step back from the future and look at day-to-day issues such as the creation and incorporation of metadata feeds from the viewpoints of primary and secondary providers and how to create community using the metadata in new environments. This will be followed by a panel of humanities information providers sharing their perspective on the current status of the humanities market and how technology is driving changes in user needs, expectations, and skills. Attendees will have ample opportunity share their own experiences and perspectives as part of this interactive discussion. Confirmed speakers for the day include: * Jeremy Boggs, Humanities Design Architect, Scholar's Lab and University of Virginia Library's Digital Research and Scholarship * Brenda Bailey-Hainer, Executive Director of the American Theological Library Association * Doug Reside, Digital Curator, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B Cullman Center; * Ichiro Fujinaga, Associate Professor, Music Technology Area, McGill University; * Terry Ehling, Associate Director, Content Development and Publisher Relations Project Muse; * Concetta Seminara, Publisher, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Humanities, and Education, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC * Lisa Norberg, Dean of Barnard Library and Academic Information Services, Barnard College. The final sessions will focus on how to remain relevant to users. How can publishers and librarians ensure both undergraduate and graduate students find and use authoritative, high-quality information resources? Speakers and attendees will discuss what users are expecting to find, how they are expecting to interact with the content and the community, and the findability/usability issues that librarians working in the trenches believe must be addressed for content providers to remain relevant now and into the future. The preliminary program, directions to the meeting facility, and registration information are now available on the NFAIS Web site at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/355-2011-nfais-humanities-roundtable Register soon, as seating is limited. Registration for this one-day session, including continental breakfast, lunch and two refreshment breaks, is only $95 for NFAIS members and $115 for non-members. For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto: mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org. Founded in 1958, NFAIS is a premier membership organization of more than 80 of the world's leading producers of databases, information services, and information technology in the sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, and the arts and humanities. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community 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 Fri Sep 9 14:32:13 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:32:13 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] John Blossom's Slides, Webinar, September 9th Message-ID: Just a quick alert to those of our members who attended the Google+ Webinar today, featured expert John Blossom's slides are now available from the NFAIS site for downloading (slides are in PDF format). Click through on http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/352-googleplus-webinar-sept-9-2011 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 Sat Sep 10 11:27:01 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:27:01 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Webinar on Google Plus - Slieds and Recording Now Available Message-ID: <009f01cc6fce$16a1f280$43e5d780$@org> Slides and Recording Now Available from NFAIS Webinar on Google+ - Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Huge On September 9th NFAIS held an in-depth NFAIS webinar on Google +. The well-received session was hosted by John Blossom, President of Shore Communications Inc. (http://www.shore.com/) and author of Content Nation (Wiley, 2009), who provided 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. The slides are now available on the NFAIS website at http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/352-googleplus-webinar-sept-9-2011. The webinar received rave reviews and will be available for viewing until September 30th. Take a look at the slides and, if your interest is piqued, you can register to view the recorded session at your leisure and learn more about this innovative new tool that is off to the fastest start yet in social media history! Google + gained more than 25 million users in its first month of use alone, and enjoys the intense support and involvement from senior Google executives and a broad staff. Why? 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. It is changing the game for social media. NFAIS members pay $95 and non-members pay $115. An unlimited number of staff from an NFAIS member organization can view the recording for a group fee of $245. The group fee for an unlimited number of staff from any non-member organization is $285. Registration information is also at http://nfais.brightegg.com/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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Mon Sep 12 08:17:59 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:17:59 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Webinar on Mobile Application DEvelopment for Publishers Message-ID: <001f01cc7146$0315c6f0$094154d0$@org> NFAIS Webinar: Successful Strategies for Mobile Application Development The global acceptance of wireless mobile devices for communication and accessing information has grown to the point that the technology is now ubiquitous. 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. The program host is Christopher Kenneally, Director, Business Development, for Copyright Clearance Center , where he also hosts the weekly podcast series "Beyond the Book . Speakers include SiNae Pitts, CEO of Philadelphia-based Amphetamobile , Nicki Augustyn , Managing Editor at American College of Chest Physician s, and Ned May , Vice President and Lead Analyst, Outsell, Inc. 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 $285. The registration form can be accessed at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/354-mobile-app-development-sept-23-2011. For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Mon Sep 12 10:03:29 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:03:29 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Discovery Service Workshop - Registration Discount Ends September 16th Message-ID: <009301cc7154$c01169e0$40343da0$@org> NFAIS Workshop on Web Scale Information Discovery: The Opportunity, the Reality, the Future. Registration Discounts Available Through September 16th. Registration discounts for the one-day NFAIS Workshop on Discovery Services end this Friday, September 16th. These innovative new services 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 due to being early in the product life cycle, there are still unanswered questions..... Do they 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 for 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). After September 16th, NFAIS members pay $435, members of Sister-societies pay $455, and non-members pay $485. Virtual Attendance: on or before September 16, 2011, NFAIS members pay $335, members of Sister- societies pay $355, and non-members pay $385. After September 16th, 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 $1,395. For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/. NFAIS: Supporting the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Sat Sep 17 09:51:27 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:51:27 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS MEMBER JOB POSTING Message-ID: <01c001cc7540$e5fef5b0$b1fce110$@org> NFAIS MEMBER JOB POSTING: RILM IS SEEKING TO HIRE A PRODUCT MANAGER The R?pertoire International de Litt?rature Musicale (RILM) is a not-for-profit organization that publishes RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, widely recognized as the world?s premiere abstracted bibliography on music and related disciplines. They are currently looking to fill the following position: Title: Product Manager Responsibilities: The Product Manager is responsible for developing and executing new online product ideas as well as managing all ongoing distributor relationships. Qualifications: College degree. Proven success in developing and managing online publications, distributor relationships, and subscriptions. Appointment: Full-time with full benefits. 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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. The program host is Christopher Kenneally, Director, Business Development, for Copyright Clearance Center , where he also hosts the weekly podcast series "Beyond the Book . Speakers include SiNae Pitts, CEO of Philadelphia-based Amphetamobile , Nicki Augustyn , Managing Editor at American College of Chest Physician s, and Ned May , Vice President and Lead Analyst, Outsell, Inc. 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 can be accessed at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/354-mobile-app-development-sept-23-2011. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The meeting will begin with a keynote address by Kathleen Fitzpatrick, author of Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology and the Future of the Academy, will address what she envisions as a potential future for the humanities in the context of the changing academic environment. This will be followed by a sessions on building community around content and research and presentations on forward-looking humanities initiatives. The afternoon will take a step back from the future and look at day-to-day issues such as the creation and incorporation of metadata feeds from the viewpoints of primary and secondary providers and how to create community using the metadata in new environments. This will be followed by a panel of humanities information providers sharing their perspective on the current status of the humanities market and how technology is driving changes in user needs, expectations, and skills. Attendees will have ample opportunity share their own experiences and perspectives as part of this interactive discussion. The final sessions will focus on how to remain relevant to users. Librarians will discuss issues related to ensuring that both undergraduate and graduate students find and use authoritative, high-quality information resources. They will report on what users are expecting to find, how they are expecting to interact with the content and the community, and the findability/usability issues that they, as librarians working in the trenches, believe must be addressed for content providers to remain relevant now and into the future. The program, directions to the meeting facility, and registration information are now available on the NFAIS Web site at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/355-2011-nfais-humanities-roundtable. Register soon, as seating is limited. Registration for this one-day session, including continental breakfast, lunch and two refreshment breaks, is only $95 for NFAIS members and $115 for non-members. For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto: mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org. Founded in 1958, NFAIS is a premier membership organization of more than 80 of the world's leading producers of databases, information services, and information technology in the sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, and the arts and humanities. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Thu Sep 22 09:40:39 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:40:39 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS WEBINAR - REGISTRATION CLOSES TODAY Message-ID: <00b601cc792d$37644870$a62cd950$@org> FINAL REMINDER: REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 5:00PM TODAY FOR THE NFAIS WEBINAR: Successful Strategies for Mobile Application Development Tomorrow, 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. The program host is Christopher Kenneally, Director, Business Development, for Copyright Clearance Center , where he also hosts the weekly podcast series "Beyond the Book . Speakers include SiNae Pitts, CEO of Philadelphia-based Amphetamobile , Nicki Augustyn , Managing Editor at American College of Chest Physician s, and Ned May , Vice President and Lead Analyst, Outsell, Inc. 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 can be accessed at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/354-mobile-app-development-sept-23-2011. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Fri Sep 23 09:37:51 2011 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (Jill O'Neill) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:37:51 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NISO Forum: The E-Book Renaissance Message-ID: NISO Forum: The E-Book Renaissance - Learn About the Possibilities from Experts in Libraries and Publishing You've been hearing about e-books for years and now the tipping point for users seems to have arrived. How are content providers and libraries dealing with the challenges that e-books present in availability, distribution, licensing, discoverability, and access? How are they changing their processes and business models to incorporate e-books? NISO has assembled a stellar group of speakers for a 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. The speakers and panels, representing commercial and university publishers, public and academic libraries, vendors, service providers, and technologists will probe the key issues surrounding e-books from a variety of industry, library, scholarly, and consumer viewpoints. 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. SPEAKERS and TOPICS * Keynote Presentation: E-books: a Library and Publisher Partnership - Jamie LaRue (Director, Douglas County, Colorado Libraries) * Panel discussion: Publisher and Content Provider Issues * Alex Holzman (Director, Temple University Press) * Jennifer Kemp (eProduct Manager, eBooks, Springer) * Dean Smith (Director, Project MUSE) * Libraries, Librarians and E-books * Kristin Eschenfelder (Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin Madison) * Caren Milloy (Head of Projects, JISC Collections) * E-Book Standards * Beat Barblan (Director, Identifier Services, Bowker) * Bill Kasdorf (Vice President, Apex Content Solutions) * Roundtable Discussions - Topics from the NISO E-Book Special Interest Group * Panel discussion: Vendors & Platform Providers * Moderator: Sue Polanka (Head of Reference & Instruction, Wright State University Libraries) * Matt Barnes (Vice President of Marketing, ebrary) * Ken Breen (Senior Director, E-Book Products, EBSCO Publishing) * Kari Paulson (President, EBL) * Rich Rosy (Vice President and General Manager, Ingram Library Services) * Frank Smith (Director, Books at JSTOR) * Users, Patrons and Devices: In the Hands of Users * Anne Taylor (Director of Access Technology, National Federation for the Blind) * Steve Paxhia (Director, Publishing Strategy & Technology Practice, The Gilbane Group) * Closing Keynote - Laura Dawson (Content Chief, Firebrand Technologies) REGISTRATION Early bird discounts apply 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: From blawlor at nfais.org Mon Sep 26 08:54:44 2011 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:54:44 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Registration for NFAOS workshop closing soon Message-ID: <009101cc7c4b$771aac90$655005b0$@org> REMINDER: Registration Closes at 3:00pm on Thursday, September 29th for the NFAIS Workshop on Web Scale Information Discovery: The Opportunity, the Reality, the Future. Interested in learning more about today's new discovery services? Are they meeting 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? These questions and more will be answered 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. 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 Sam Brooks (EBSCO Discovery Service), Carl Grant (Primo Central from Ex Libris), John Law (SUMMON from Serials Solutions) and Chip Nilges (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 (Diane Bruxvoort, Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources and Research Services) * Case studies on the timeline and challenges related to the implementation of a discovery service - the preparation required and the results to be expected (Demian Katz, Villanova University, Greg Silvis, University of Delaware, Scott Anderson, Millersville University, Erin Rushton, Binghamton 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/353-web-scale-info-discovery-sept-30-2011 On site Attendance: NFAIS members pay $435, members of Sister-societies pay $455, and non-members pay $485. Virtual Attendance: on 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: