From blawlor at nfais.org Mon Dec 3 10:17:38 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 10:17:38 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] Final Reminder: NFAIS Survey on DiscoveryServices Closes Today - please respond Message-ID: <004901cdd169$54a98720$fdfc9560$@org> FINAL REMINDER: NFAIS Survey on Discovery Services Will Close Today at 5:00pm EST: Please Respond In January 2010 NFAIS surveyed member organizations to determine their involvement and experience with discovery services (we define these services as those that provide a "single search box" to access a central index of pre-indexed metadata and/or full text. Examples include Summon from Proquest, Primo from Ex Libris, OCLC's WorldCat Local, and EBSCO's EDS). In preparation for a roundtable discussion on these services, we are repeating the survey in order to determine what changes, if any, have taken place in the intervening time period. We need your help. Please take a few moments to complete the brief survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CPWHQKV . The results will be circulated to all NFAIS members. Please be aware that answers will not be associated with any specific organization and your responses will remain confidential. Please complete the survey by Monday, December 3, 2012 ( note that the text of the survey incorrectly states the response date as November 3rd) My sincere 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 jilloneill at nfais.org Tue Dec 4 10:01:39 2012 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 10:01:39 -0500 (EST) Subject: [nfais-l] Mary Meeker Presentation on the State of the Internet Message-ID: <1354633299.432410876@webmail.nfais.org> NFAIS members will want to review this "State of the Internet" update from Mary Meeker which covers on-going growth in Internet access and Web-enabled devices. She also introduces the "Asset-Light Generation" which suggests disruption of a scale that is phenomenal. Her final slide reads: This cycle of tech disruption is materially faster and broader than prior cycles. [http://www.businessinsider.com/mary-meeker-2012-internet-trends-year-end-update-2012-12#-1] http://www.businessinsider.com/mary-meeker-2012-internet-trends-year-end-update-2012-12#-1 Meeker is a managing director with KPCB (Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers) and her insights on Web trends and shifts are rivaled by none. 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We all know that budget constrictions are forcing innovative librarians to seek alternative methods for content access and acquisition. This 90-minute webinar twill look at the current shifts in the use and purchase of scholarly books in academic libraries, amplifying the results of the recently-released Mellon Foundation funded report, Patron Driven Acquisition and the University Press. Our featured experts are those who led the survey and the creation of the report: Joseph J. Esposito, President, Portable CEO Consulting, and Kizer Walker, Director of Collection Development, Cornell University Library Some of the key discussion points will be: . Just-in-time vs. just-in-case collection development in different types of academic institutions . Rationale for and emergence of Patron Driven Acquisition . Introduction of the patron-driven acquisition process into the workflow of the user (student/faculty/researcher) and into the library acquisition workflow . Impact of this shift on Scholarly Publishers and Service Providers . The scholarly monograph in both print and digital (format, supply chain, rental vs, purchase business models, etc.) . The impact of resource sharing and inter-library loan . The imperative for metadata (A&I, Discovery Tools, OPACS) . Incentives for participation . Potential barriers/threats (sales impact, e-reader landscape, Amazon) If you or your staff need to get to get up to speed on the patron driven acquisition model and how it is impacting the purchase and use of scholarly material, register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS members pay $105, Sister Society members pay $115, and non-members pay $125. An unlimited number of staff from NFAIS member organizations can participate for a group fee of $255. The group fee for an unlimited number of staff from any Sister Society is $275, and from a non-member organization is $295. The registration form is on the reverse of this page. For more information contact Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Mon Dec 17 08:54:13 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:54:13 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Annual Conference Discounts Message-ID: <011d01cddc5d$ffa93180$fefb9480$@org> EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE 2013 NFAIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE The 2013 NFAIS Annual Conference, In Search of Answers: Unlocking New Value from Content, will take place February 24 - 26, 2013 at the historic Hyatt at the Bellevue in Philadelphia, PA. Early bird registrations are available until January 11, 2013. Until then savings of up to $200 off the full registration fee are available and NFAIS members registering three or more staff at the same time receive even greater savings (for details see the registration page at http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/372-2013-nfais-annual-conference. Continuing this year: . 50% discounts for staff of member organizations that are in the early stages of their career (5 years or less). Call/ e-mail for details (215-893-1561 or mailto:nfais at nfais.org) . 30% discount on daily rates for all government employees . 20% discount on full/daily rates for first time non-member attendees . Use of audience-response devices throughout the conference to capture audience opinions - all registrants will be sent a copy of the results This three-day meeting will take a look at how technologies once considered disruptive have converged, been embraced, and are driving publishers and librarians around the globe to reinvent their methods of information creation, packaging, and delivery. A "New Normal" information landscape has begun to emerge... The preliminary program is available at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/372-2013-nfais-annual-conference. Highlights Include: * A thought-provoking keynote by David Weinberger, author of Too Big to Know, on the information explosion and how technology in combination with global collaboration and the shared wisdom of the crowd is reshaping knowledge creation. * Hot off the press qualitative survey results from Outsell, Inc. showing the extent to which tools such as metrics and analytics are being used by publishers and librarians to unlock new value from existing content * The perspective of scholars and researchers on the ability of existing information resources to provide the answers they need and what they believe needs to be done to extract new value * A look at how innovative publishers and librarians are applying data mining , linking, analytics, and metrics not only to create smart content, but also to better understand user needs and behavior * New and emerging metrics for measuring the value of information in an inter-tangled world of scholarly publishing, social media and information sharing . Publisher and Librarian perspectives on how data mining, analytics, the re-use and sharing of content and collaborative research are forcing a re-evaluation of privacy, intellectual property, and data ownership policies * A look at INM's Watson and the future role of technology in extracting answers from reams of information To register or obtain more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning (jilloneill at nfais.org or 215-893-1561) or visit the NFAIS Web site at http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/372-2013-nfais-annual-conference. The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004, Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Scientific & Scholarly Research business. 2) Senior Director, Strategy, Scientific and Scholarly Research: [https://toc.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=BUS00000629] https://toc.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=BUS00000629 The role of the Senior Director, Science and Scholarly Research Strategy will be to partner with executive business leaders on a range of dynamic projects to support the long-term operational and growth strategies of the company. *** Jill O'Neill Director, Planning & Communication NFAIS Email: jilloneill at nfais.org Voice: 215/893-1561 Web: [http://www.nfais.org] http://www.nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: