[nfais-l] NFAIS Workshop Registration Discounts Available

[Bonnie Lawlor]

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

 

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