From blawlor at nfais.org Wed May 9 11:35:04 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 11:35:04 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Workshop Registration Discounts Available Message-ID: <00f101cd2df9$4e9533c0$ebbf9b40$@org> NFAIS Workshop on Digital Information and User Behavior: Transforming Libraries, Content, and Learning. Discounted Registrations Now Available. The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold a one-day workshop, Digital Information and User Behavior: Transforming Libraries, Content and Learning on June 15, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA from 9:00am - 4:30pm EDST. Virtual attendance is optional for those unable to travel to Philadelphia and discounted registrations are available now through June 1st. The emergence of e-content, search engines and the Web more than twenty years ago has shaped a new generation of information seekers. How they access, read, and use information is fundamentally different from the behavior created by the print medium. This new behavior is transforming library infrastructures and services, is driving the conversion of books and textbooks into innovative tools for education, and is changing how traditional reference information is accessed and delivered. How has information behavior changed in academia? What new library infrastructures are being tested? Is a totally virtual library on the horizon? Are library collections changing and if so, how should the return on library investment being measured? Is the use of e-books and e-textbooks increasing significantly? How is the use of all this digital material changing the educational experience? And how are traditional reference works being delivered to meet the needs of today's academic libraries and the users that they serve? This workshop will attempt to answer these questions and more as we take a look at the ongoing impact of digital information usage behavior on those who serve the information seeker. Highlights include: . An overview of current digital information usage behavior by Carol Tenopir, Director of Research & Director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies, University of Tennessee. . Case studies from Johns Hopkins University Medical library, Lesley University Library, and the Research Library at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will look at the impact of digital information usage behavior on the future of physical holdings, collection development, new services, and the future of brick and mortar facilities. . A look at the factors to be considered when measuring the ROI for libraries based upon recent research studies from Donald King, Distinguished Research Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. . Trends in global e-Book consumption from studies done by R. R. Bowker. . A look at how traditional reference works and textbooks are being delivered to meet the needs of today's users and an innovative classroom learning experience using e-textbooks and iPads recently piloted at Temple University in Philadelphia. . A look at how current trends such as use of social media may impact the future of libraries, content and learning based on research from Cathy Marshall, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research, Silicon Valley. The program and registration forms are available at: http://www.ubi.org/nfaisforms/agenreg0612.pdf. Onsite Attendance: on or before June 1, 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 June 1st, NFAIS members pay $435, members of Sister-societies pay $455, and non-members pay $485. Virtual Attendance: on or before June 1, 2012, NFAIS members pay $335, members of Sister-Societies pay $355, and non-members pay $385. After June 1st, 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 Wed May 16 11:29:26 2012 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 11:29:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] Introducing the Google Research Pane Message-ID: <1337182166.937612796@webmail.nfais.org> NFAIS members who have used Google Docs (now called Google Drive) in the past 24 hours may have already encountered the latest integration of search into that service, entitled Google Research. When working within a specific document, highlighting a particular author name or phrase and then triggering the research option under the Tools menu causes a new pane to open up in the user?s window. In turn, that window contains a search box with the highlighted name or phrase where a search runs against both Google Scholar and Google Web Search. Once the results have loaded, the user can click on a result, thereby bringing up the option of inserting either a footnote or a citation in Google Scholar. If they click on a Web search result, there is the option of previewing the web page, inserting a link in the document, or a citation. If an image loads, it?s possible to drag the image from the results box into the user?s working document and automatically include the URL to the original source of the image. What it can?t necessarily do is find a quote in full text. A few sample searches made it evident that the service isn?t tied into Google Books. When I tried to get the system to search for the acronym, NFSAIS, referenced in the text of Burton W. Adkinson?s Two Centuries of Federal Information, it couldn?t do so and kept offering me instead the acronym of NFAAS (a government service to naval families). Adkinson?s work wasn?t one that had been scanned into the Google Books repository, so I went to find an alternate item. Searches on Wilkie Collins? The Woman in White did not bring up any link to the scanned full text in Google Books, but rather directed me to Project Gutenberg. This may not strike you as dramatic news, but it does make the use of Google docs more attractive to those working in academia, particularly the rising population of students. Given that we already know that students are inclined to begin with Google before moving to traditional library resources, it?s possible that this functionality heightens the value of being discoverable in Scholar, if not in the more problematic Google Books. For more on this new feature, read the official Google post: [http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/05/find-facts-and-do-research-inside.html] http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/05/find-facts-and-do-research-inside.html CNet also has worthwhile coverage: [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57435099-93/google-docs-facilitates-finding-facts-and-doing-research/] http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57435099-93/google-docs-facilitates-finding-facts-and-doing-research/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Thu May 17 16:35:14 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 16:35:14 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Webinar Researcher of the Future Message-ID: <01d401cd346c$9089e180$b19da480$@org> NFAIS WEBINAR: The Information Behavior of the Researcher of the Future: A Look at New Survey Results Want to learn more about the information behavior of the next generation of scholars and researchers? Join NFAIS in a 90-minute webinar on Wednesday, June 20th (11:00am - 12:30pm EDST) to hear the just-released results of a three-year study on the behavior of the 'Generation Y' scholar (students born between 1982 -1994) currently studying for a PhD in the UK. Sponsored by the British Library and JISC and to be released this month, the study will examine students' activities and habits in online and physical research environments, as well as their use of print and digital library information resources. The webinar will feature Julie Carpenter, Founder and Director of Education for Change, who served as Project Director for the study. She will discuss the results of the study on the following issues: * Emerging research behaviour trends across diverse subject discipline * How doctoral scholars from Generation Y seek information both on and offline * The relative use of digital resources and physical resources, including research spaces * How Generation Y students search for and use digital content for research * Generation Y adoption and use of emerging technologies for information access and use Julie's bio can be accessed at: http://www.efc.co.uk/people/staff/julie_carpenter.jsp. Register today if you or your staff want to prepare the shaping of your products and services for the next generation of researchers by learning about their current information seeking behavior. NFAIS members pay $95, Sister Society members pay $105, and non-members pay $115. For groups of 3 or more, NFAIS member organizations pay $245, Sister Society members pay $265, and non-member organizations pay $285. The registration form can be accessed at: http://www.ubi.org/nfaisforms/RFReg0612.pdf. 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. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Tue May 22 10:13:37 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:13:37 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Free NFAIS webinar - Improving Information Discovery Message-ID: <009c01cd3825$150a62c0$3f1f2840$@org> NFAIS WEBINAR: A Conversation with Librarians: Improving Information Discovery and Other Issues (Free to NFAIS members) In an Internet world content providers are challenged to maximize the discovery and use of their high-quality information. And librarians, who are responsible for ensuring that content is readily findable and accessible, are in an ideal position to identify the vulnerable spots along the distribution chain that introduce barriers to the effective and efficient discovery and delivery of information. On Monday, June 4, 2012 NFAIS will hold a webinar from 11:00am - 12:30pm EDST that will look at some of the potential impediments to information discovery from the viewpoint of two academic librarians, Carlen M. Ruschoff, Director of Technical Services, University of Maryland, College Park, and Gregg A. Silvis, Assistant Director for Library Computing Systems, University of Delaware. The goal of the session is to foster a conversation between librarians and content providers on such issues as: * The importance of accurate, complete and consistent data * The role of descriptive metadata and linking * Best practices for the creation of knowledge bases * Alternate methods for information access (patron-driven, resource sharing, etc.) * Collaboration between librarians and content providers The webinar will be less formal and more conversational than our usual sessions and we hope it will provide some insights on how information discovery can be improved. The webinar is free to all NFAIS member, but a registration form must be submitted. Sister Society members pay $95, and non-members pay $115. For groups of 3 or more, Sister Society members pay $265, and non-member organizations pay $295. To register, go to: http://www.ubi.org/nfaisforms/LCReg0612.pdf. Other June meetings include: June 15: Digital Information and User Behavior: Transforming Libraries, Content, and Learning, an all-day workshop for onsite and virtual attendees - agenda and registration form at http://www.ubi.org/nfaisforms/agenreg0612.pdf. June 20: The Researcher of the Future: A look at Survey Results, a 90-minute webinar highlighting the newly-released results of a three-year study on Generation Y's information behavior from the British Library and JISC - registration form at http://www.ubi.org/nfaisforms/RFReg0612.pdf. 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 Tue May 29 14:53:47 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 14:53:47 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Discounted registrations end soon Message-ID: <015501cd3dcc$616abbe0$244033a0$@org> NFAIS Workshop on Digital Information and User Behavior: Transforming Libraries, Content, and Learning. Discounted Registrations End June 1. Discounted registrations end this coming Friday, June 1st, for the one-day NFAIS workshop, Digital Information and User Behavior: Transforming Libraries, Content and Learning, scheduled to take place on June 15, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA from 9:00am - 4:30pm EDST. Virtual attendance is optional for those unable to travel to Philadelphia.. The emergence of e-content, search engines and the Web more than twenty years ago has shaped a new generation of information seekers. How they access, read, and use information is fundamentally different from the behavior created by the print medium. This new behavior is transforming library infrastructures and services, is driving the conversion of books and textbooks into innovative tools for education, and is changing how traditional reference information is accessed and delivered. How has information behavior changed in academia? What new library infrastructures are being tested? Is a totally virtual library on the horizon? Are library collections changing and if so, how should the return on library investment being measured? Is the use of e-books and e-textbooks increasing significantly? How is the use of all this digital material changing the educational experience? And how are traditional reference works being delivered to meet the needs of today's academic libraries and the users that they serve? This workshop will attempt to answer these questions and more as we take a look at the ongoing impact of digital information usage behavior on those who serve the information seeker. Highlights include: . An overview of current digital information usage behavior by Carol Tenopir, Director of Research & Director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies, University of Tennessee. . Case studies from Johns Hopkins University Medical library, Lesley University Library, and the Research Library at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will look at the impact of digital information usage behavior on the future of physical holdings, collection development, new services, and the future of brick and mortar facilities. . A look at the factors to be considered when measuring the ROI for libraries based upon recent research studies from Donald King, Honorary University Professor, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI and Adjunct Professor University of Tennessee. . Trends in global e-Book consumption from studies done by R. R. Bowker. . A look at how traditional reference works and textbooks are being delivered to meet the needs of today's users and an innovative classroom learning experience using e-textbooks and iPads recently piloted at Temple University in Philadelphia. . A look at how current trends such as use of social media may impact the future of libraries, content and learning based on research from Cathy Marshall, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research, Silicon Valley. The program and registration forms are available at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/367-digital-information-and-user-behavior-ju ne-15-2012. Onsite Attendance: on or before June 1, 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 June 1st, NFAIS members pay $435, members of Sister-societies pay $455, and non-members pay $485. Virtual Attendance: on or before June 1, 2012, NFAIS members pay $335, members of Sister-Societies pay $355, and non-members pay $385. After June 1st, 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 $1,395. For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/. NFAIS: Supporting the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Wed May 30 07:45:46 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 07:45:46 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] AAUP Annual Meeting - Registration closes June 6 Message-ID: <004f01cd3e59$c0a172b0$41e45810$@org> Association of American University Presses: Igniting the Future! June 18-20, 2012 at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza This is the last chance to register for the 2012 Association of American University Presses Annual Meeting. Join us in Chicago June 18-20 to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of AAUP's founding with a full program of professional education and networking events! Space is limited, register by June 6 if you would like to attend. The meeting's theme, "Igniting the Future," reflects the creative energy and creative destruction sweeping our industry. The collision of crumbling business models and revolutionary innovation creates sparks of opportunity even as some of the traditions we hold dear go up in flames. Amid calls for crowd sourcing and open access, we hold fast to the core values of university press publishing-peer-reviewed scholarly content that will advance knowledge beyond the walls of the academy. We likewise seek to sustain the future of scholarly communication by committing our collective knowledge to the leaders of the future, early-career publishing professionals hungry for knowledge about nuts and bolts and best practices. Scheduled speakers include experts from within AAUP and the academic and library community. In addition, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg will speak at the opening reception. Ignite sessions will offer fast-paced presentations of innovative ideas. Ignite presenters will include JC Gabel, The Chicagoan; Christina Kahrl, Baseball Prospectus; Daniel Kibblesmith, Groupon; Shana Kimball, University of Michigan Libraries; Demetrio Maguigad, Community Media Workshop; Kat Meyer, O'Reilly TOC; Hal Pollard, Laureate Education; Dominique Raccah, Sourcebooks. The 2012 AAUP program reflects the volatility of our industry, as well as our collective reliance on foundational skills and disciplines that have endured for decades. Register online today at http://www.aaupnet.org/events-a-conferences/annual-meeting/aaup-2012/registr ation/register-online Contact annualmeeting at aaupnet.org with questions. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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