From blawlor at nfais.org Thu Feb 2 09:17:07 2012
From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor)
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:17:07 -0500
Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Releases Draft Discovery Code of Practice for Review
Message-ID: <00fb01cce1b5$588c1f50$09a45df0$@org>
NFAIS RELEASES DRAFT DISCOVERY SERVICE CODE OF PRACTICE FOR REVIEW AND
COMMENT
(February 2, 2012) The National Federation of Advanced Information Services
(NFAIS T) has posted a draft Discovery Service
Code of Practice for review and comment by March 16, 2012. NFAIS believes
that discovery services have the potential to provide ease of information
discovery, access, and use, benefitting not only its member organizations,
but also the global community of information seekers. However, the relative
newness of these services has generated questions and concerns among
information providers and librarians as to how these services meet
expectations with regard to issues related to traditional search and
retrieval services; e.g. usage reports, ranking algorithms, content
coverage, updates, product identification, etc. Accordingly, this document
has been developed to assist those who choose to use this new distribution
channel through the provision of guidelines that will help avoid the
disruption of the delicate balance of interests involved.
NFAIS is inviting all members of the information community to review the
draft and submit questions and comments for consideration by the Code
Development Task Force. Background information and the draft Code can be
accessed at: http://info.nfais.org/info/codedraftintroduction.pdf.
We want to hear from you. Are there other issues to be considered? Who do
they impact? What solutions should be considered? All comments are welcome
and can be submitted online at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RV257LM.
Alternatively a marked up document or written comments can be submitted to
Bonnie Lawlor, NFAIS Executive Director, via the contact numbers listed
below.
About NFAIS
Founded in 1958, NFAIS is a membership organization of more than 60 of the
world's leading producers of databases and related information services,
information technology, and library services in the sciences, engineering,
social sciences, business, and the arts and humanities. For more information
on NFAIS and its member organizations, contact Jill O'Neill, Director of
Communication and Planning (jilloneill at nfais.org or (215)-893-1561) or visit
the NFAIS web site (www.nfais.org). For more information on this Code of
Practice, contact Bonnie Lawlor, NFAIS Executive Director, 1518 Walnut
Street, Suite 1004, Philadelphia, PA 19102, 215-893-1561 Phone, 215-893-1564
Fax, blawlor at nfais.org.
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From blawlor at nfais.org Thu Feb 2 12:41:06 2012
From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor)
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:41:06 -0500
Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS conference hotel discount ending
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NFAIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE HOTEL DISCOUNT ENDS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH
If you have registered for the NFAIS 2012 Annual Conference, but have not
yet secured your hotel reservations, please be aware that the hotel discount
at the Hyatt at the Bellevue ends on Tuesday, February 6, 2012. If you
still need to make reservations, call 1-888-421-1442 and mention the NFAIS
conference in order to receive the discount (single occupancy: $180, Double
occupancy: $180; triple occupancye: $205; and quadruple ocupancy: $230 -
note that the full rates start at $279).
If you have not yet registered for the conference, Born of Disruption: An
Emerging New Normal for the Information Landscape, you can access the final
program and registration form at:
http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/335-2012-nfais-annual-conference.
Just a few of the organizations that will be discussing the new landscape
are:
Amazon (cloud computing), American Chemical Society (new normal in
publishing), Annual Reviews (mobile delivery of content), British
Library/JISC (the researcher of the future), California Digital Library
(data sets), Columbia University (new normal for libraries), Elsevier
(workflow solutions), Gale Cengage (ebooks), Gartner, Inc. (emerging new
technologies), Hearst Corp. (semantic web), Mendeley (mashups and API's),
Microsoft (digital libraries), Modern Language Association (new normal in
the Humanities), Nature Publishing (Miles Conrad Lecture), NIST (Big Data),
Pew' Intermet & American Life Project (tnew normal based upon recent survey
resuts), Public Library of Science (new value metrics), Royal Society of
Chemistry (crowd sourcing), Thomson Reuters IP & Science (global
competition),Unlimited Priorities LLC (cloud computing case study), Wolfram
Alpha (computational knowledge)
>From an opening keynote by John Wilbanks on the emerging information
landscape all the way through to the closing interactive keynote by Joe
Esposito on identifying the future based upon what is currently around us,
the conference will provide an interesting look at how our information world
has and will continue to evolve. The special members-only event this year
will feature Anthea Stratigos, Co-founder and CEo of Outsell, addressing
success in the current economic environment (prior registration required).
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/335-2012-nfais-annual-conference.
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), 1518
Walnut Street, Suite 1004, Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403.
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From blawlor at nfais.org Mon Feb 6 12:54:24 2012
From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:54:24 -0500
Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS webinar - Doing Busibess in Russia
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NFAIS Webinar: Doing Business in Russia: An Information Industry Overview
On Thursday, February 16, 2012, NFAIS will hold webinar from 11:00am -
12:30pm EST on doing business in Russia - the third in a series of
professional development webinars on doing business on the BRIC countries.
Why are these countries important? The world economy may be growing, but it
is the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) -- not the U.S. and
Europe -- that are leading the way. Indeed, by 2020, all of the BRIC should
be in the top 10 largest economies of the world! And although China and
India traditionally lead the group, Russia's economy has been buoyed by
higher commodity prices in recent months. Publishers and database producers
cannot afford to ignore the market opportunities that it offers.
The presentation will provide insights on the following with regard to the
information industry in Russia:
. Market size
. Fastest growing segments
. Government policies
. Leadership
. Publishing companies
. Number of Universities
. Number of degrees granted
. University spending
. Challenges and opportunities in doing business in Russia
. Opportunities for publishers
. Current trends
The webinar will be hosted by Philip de Leon, President of Trade Connections
International, LLC. Philip has had a distinguished career in international
business development, promoting international trade, investment, and
partnerships. His unique leadership and inter-personal skills helped open
new markets across the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union.
Philip is a Law School graduate from the Sorbonne University in Paris,
France and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He also holds a
graduate degree in Russian language & studies from the National Institute
for Oriental Languages and Civilizations in Paris, and has published
numerous articles on doing business in Eurasia.
If you or your staff want to learn more about publishing developments and
doing business in Russia, register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS
members pay $95, Sister Society members pay $105, 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 Sister Society is $265, and for staff of non-member
organizations is $285. The registration form is available at:
http://info.nfais.org/info/RussiaFeb2012.pdf.
All registrants of this webinar will be given a 20% discount on
registrations to review the recently-held webinars on doing business in
China http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/324-china-april-7-2011-webinar and
doing business in Brazil
http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/332-doing-business-in-brazil-june-1-2011.
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.
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From blawlor at nfais.org Mon Feb 13 08:30:10 2012
From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:30:10 -0500
Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Webinar - doing business in Brazil
Message-ID: <00de01ccea53$9c3bc650$d4b352f0$@org>
NFAIS Webinar: Doing Business in Russia: An Information Industry Overview
On Thursday, February 16, 2012, NFAIS will hold webinar from 11:00am -
12:30pm EST on doing business in Russia - the third in a series of
professional development webinars on doing business on the BRIC countries.
Why are these countries important? The world economy may be growing, but it
is the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) -- not the U.S. and
Europe -- that are leading the way. Indeed, by 2020, all of the BRIC should
be in the top 10 largest economies of the world! And although China and
India traditionally lead the group, Russia's economy has been buoyed by
higher commodity prices in recent months. Publishers and database producers
cannot afford to ignore the market opportunities that it offers.
The presentation will provide insights on the following with regard to the
information industry in Russia:
. Market size
. Fastest growing segments
. Government policies
. Leadership
. Publishing companies
. Number of Universities
. Number of degrees granted
. University spending
. Challenges and opportunities in doing business in Russia
. Opportunities for publishers
. Current trends
The webinar will be hosted by Philip de Leon, President of Trade Connections
International, LLC. Philip has had a distinguished career in international
business development, promoting international trade, investment, and
partnerships. His unique leadership and inter-personal skills helped open
new markets across the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union.
Philip is a Law School graduate from the Sorbonne University in Paris,
France and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He also holds a
graduate degree in Russian language & studies from the National Institute
for Oriental Languages and Civilizations in Paris, and has published
numerous articles on doing business in Eurasia.
If you or your staff want to learn more about publishing developments and
doing business in Russia, register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS
members pay $95, Sister Society members pay $105, 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 Sister Society is $265, and for staff of non-member
organizations is $285. The registration form is available at:
http://info.nfais.org/info/RussiaFeb2012.pdf.
All registrants of this webinar will be given a 20% discount on
registrations to review the recently-held webinars on doing business in
China http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/324-china-april-7-2011-webinar and
doing business in Brazil
http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/332-doing-business-in-brazil-june-1-2011.
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.
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From blawlor at nfais.org Tue Feb 14 10:49:11 2012
From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:49:11 -0500
Subject: [nfais-l] Registrations closing for NFAIS Webinar
Message-ID: <01c101cceb30$324b1240$96e136c0$@org>
Registrations Close at 3:00pm EST Tomorrow for the NFAIS Webinar: Doing
Business in Russia: An Information Industry Overview
Registrations will close at 3:00pm EST on Wednesday, February 15th for the
NFAIS webinar on doing business in Russia - the third in a series of
professional development webinars on doing business on the BRIC countries.
This session, scheduled for Thursday, February 16, 2012, from 11:00am -
12:30pm EST will provide insights on the following with regard to the
information industry in Russia:
. Market size
. Fastest growing segments
. Government policies
. Leadership
. Publishing companies
. Number of Universities
. Number of degrees granted
. University spending
. Challenges and opportunities in doing business in Russia
. Opportunities for publishers
. Current trends
The webinar will be hosted by Philip de Leon, President of Trade Connections
International, LLC. Philip has had a distinguished career in international
business development, promoting international trade, investment, and
partnerships. His unique leadership and inter-personal skills helped open
new markets across the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union.
Philip is a Law School graduate from the Sorbonne University in Paris,
France and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He also holds a
graduate degree in Russian language & studies from the National Institute
for Oriental Languages and Civilizations in Paris, and has published
numerous articles on doing business in Eurasia.
If you or your staff want to learn more about publishing developments and
doing business in Russia, register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS
members pay $95, Sister Society members pay $105, 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 Sister Society is $265, and for staff of non-member
organizations is $285. The registration form is available at:
http://info.nfais.org/info/RussiaFeb2012.pdf.
All registrants of this webinar will be given a 20% discount on
registrations to review the recently-held webinars on doing business in
China http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/324-china-april-7-2011-webinar and
doing business in Brazil
http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/332-doing-business-in-brazil-june-1-2011.
For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication
and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax);
mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org.
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From blawlor at nfais.org Tue Feb 21 09:05:11 2012
From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:05:11 -0500
Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS conference registrations still available
Message-ID: <015501ccf0a1$d3b97790$7b2c66b0$@org>
NFAIS 2012 ANNUAL CONFERENCE: REGISTRATIONS STILL AVAILABLE
There is still time to register for the 2012 NFAIS Annual Conference, Born
of Disruption: An Emerging New Normal for the Information Landscape. The
meeting is schedulded to take place from February 26-28, 2012 at the
historic Hyatt at the Bellevue in Philadelphia, PA. The final program and
registration form can be accesses at:
http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/335-2012-nfais-annual-conference.
Just a few of the organizations that will be discussing the new landscape
are:
Amazon (cloud computing), American Chemical Society (new normal in
publishing), Annual Reviews (mobile delivery of content), British
Library/JISC (the researcher of the future), California Digital Library
(data sets), Columbia University (new normal for libraries), Elsevier
(workflow solutions), Gale Cengage (ebooks), Gartner, Inc. (emerging new
technologies), Hearst Corp. (semantic web), Mendeley (maships and API's),
Microsoft (digital libraries), Modern Language Association (new normal in
the Humanities), Nature Publishing (Miles Conrad Lecture), NIST (Big Data),
Pew' Intermet & American Life Project (tnew normal based upon recent survey
resuts), Public Library of Science (new value metrics), Royal Society of
Chemistry (crowd sourcing), Thomson Reuters IP & Science (global
competition),Unlimited Priorities LLC (cloud computin case study), Wolfram
Alpha (computational knowledge)
>From an opening keynote by John Wilbanks on the emerging information
landscape all the way through to the closing interactive keynote by Joe
Esposito on identifying the future based upon what is currently around us,
the conference will provide an interesting look at how our information world
has and will continue to evolve. The special members-only event this year
will feature Anthea Stratigos, Co-founder and CEo of Outsell, addressing
success in the currebnt economic environment (prior registration required).
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/335-2012-nfais-annual-conference.
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), 1518
Walnut Street, Suite 1004, Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403.
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From blawlor at nfais.org Fri Feb 24 15:39:56 2012
From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:39:56 -0500
Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS workshop on Mobile devices: Discounted
registrations now available
Message-ID: <052101ccf334$78056450$68102cf0$@org>
NFAIS Workshop on Mobile Devices and the Delivery of Information: An Update.
Discounts Extended to March 9th
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold a
one-day workshop, Mobile Devices and the Delivery of Information: An Update,
on March 16, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA from 9:00am - 4:00pm EST. Virtual
attendance is optional for those unable to travel to Philadelphia and
discounted registrations are available through March 9th.
We all know that the use of wireless mobile devices for communication and
accessing information is now the norm. Cell phones, smart phones, netbooks
and e-book readers have become essential conduits to information that
content providers and librarians must offer through those channels. But what
devices are most popular? What types of content are being offered through
these channels? How are academic libraries supporting these devices? Are
scholarly and scientific publishers "rethinking" their content for these
devices in order to maximize information usage and value? Are e-books
simply moved "as is" to digital format or are there new and innovative ways
in which book content can be searched and displayed? The workshop will
answer these questions and more. Highlights include:
. An overview of the current landscape of hand-held devices and
content delivery by Brian O'Leary, Founder and Principal, Magellan Media
. Recent survey results on the acceptance of hand-held devices from
Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet Live Project
. Hints from Bob Stein, Founder and Co-Director, The Future of the
Book, on how to maximize the value and use of content that is delivered to
hand-held devices
. Case studies from academic librarians and scholarly publishers on
their experiences in responding to user demand for mobile access to content
. A new approach to the discovery of content within the "covers" of
digital books
The program, registration forms, directions to the meeting location, list of
nearby hotels, and general information on Philadelphia are available
at:http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/365-mobile-devices-and-delivery-of-inform
ation-mar-2012
On site Attendance: on or before March 9, 2012, 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
March 9th, NFAIS members pay $435, members of Sister-societies pay $455, and
non-members pay $485.
Virtual Attendance: on or before March 9, 2012, NFAIS members pay $335,
members of Sister- societies pay $355, and non-members pay $385. After March
9th, 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 $1,395.
For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication
and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax);
mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/.
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From blawlor at nfais.org Wed Feb 29 14:04:43 2012
From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor)
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:04:43 -0500
Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Member Organization selected by Natur Publishing
Group for Tagging
Message-ID: <025501ccf714$ff1d7930$fd586b90$@org>
Sent on behalf of NFAIS member organization, Molecular Connections
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Nature Publishing Group Contracts Molecular Connections with Semantic
Tagging of Archives
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) - publisher of high impact scientific and
medical information in print and online has chosen Molecular
Connections(P)Ltd, (http://www.molecularconnections.com/publishing) a
Bangalore based company, to carry out ontology enhancements for its key
subject terms and semantic tagging for its back files(Archives).
Semantic tagging is increasingly being used by several publishers to
accurately annotate their content and also to enable more intuitive searches
over their literature databases. Molecular Connections has capability to
carry out semantic tagging using automatic, manual and semi-automatic
(hybrid) approaches.
Ontologies provide the framework in semantic tagging to enable better
classification of data, discovery based searches and semantic searches.
Molecular connections has an experienced team, which carries out
customization of ontology based on needs of the publishers and enhances
existing ontology frameworks. The team is uniquely qualified to maintain &
develop ontologies in various biomedical, chemistry and business analytics
areas.
About Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a publisher of high impact scientific and
medical information in print and online. NPG publishes journals, online
databases and services across the life, physical, chemical and applied
sciences and clinical medicine.
Focusing on the needs of scientists, Nature (founded in 1869) is the leading
weekly, international scientific journal. In addition, for this audience,
NPG publishes a range of Nature research journals and Nature Reviews
journals, plus a range of prestigious academic journals including
society-owned publications. Online, nature.com provides over 6 million
visitors per month with access to NPG publications and online databases and
services, including news and comment from Nature, Naturejobs plus access to
Nature Network and
Nature Education's Scitable.com.
Scientific American is at the heart of NPG's consumer media division,
meeting the needs of the general public. Founded in 1845, Scientific
American is the oldest continuously published magazine in the US and the
leading authoritative publication for science in the general media. Together
with scientificamerican.com and 14 local language editions around the world
it reaches over 5 million consumers and scientists. Other titles include
Scientific American Mind and Spektrum der Wissenschaft in Germany.
Throughout all its businesses NPG is dedicated to serving the scientific and
medical communities and the wider scientifically interested general public.
Part of Macmillan Publishers Limited, NPG is a global company with principal
offices in London, New York and Tokyo, and offices in cities worldwide
including Boston, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Delhi, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Madrid,
Barcelona, Munich, Heidelberg, Basingstoke, Melbourne, Paris, San Francisco,
Seoul and Washington DC. For more information, please go to www.nature.com.
About Molecular Connections:
Molecular Connections Private Limited is a pioneering In silico discovery
services company with proven expertise in Informatics, Ontologies
development, semantic enrichment, deep indexing and content analytics. It's
scientific team comprises experts from life sciences, chemistry,
bioinformatics and software development. Molecular Connections now offers
end-to-end services to publishers and content providers. These solutions aim
at enhancing the value of existing content of the Publisher or Content
Provider and enable them to act as a knowledge discovery platform. For more
information, please go to http://www.molecularconnections.com/publishing/
Excellence Award| Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India Winners |Deloitte
Technology Fast 500 APEC Winners |CNBC - ICICI Emerging India Awards, 'Small
Enterprise of the Year'
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Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd.
[Largest STM Indexing & Abstraction Company, India]
Bangalore - 560 004, INDIA
Tel : 91 80 417 222 17
Email : krishna at molecularconnections.com
Skype: Krishna.mc
Linkedin: http://in.linkedin.com/in/krishna13
URL: www.molecularconnections.com
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