[nfais-l] Tenth Annual NFAIS Humanities Roundtable - Register NOW.

[Jill O'Neill]

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
<http://www.gc.cuny.edu/about_gc/campus/interview_architects.htm> 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

 

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