From blawlor at nfais.org Thu Sep 6 10:15:05 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:15:05 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Webinar - a New Look at Google Message-ID: <004001cd8c3a$035200b0$09f60210$@org> NFAIS Webinar: A Fresh Look at Google: What's New and What's Changing With more than 12 billion searches processed per month[i], Google continues to dominate the search arena. But today Google is more than search. It offers mobile devices as well as tools for social networking, collaboration, communication, and document creation. With a focus on the convergence of content, technology, and people, Google continues to leverage industry trends in order to maintain market dominance and end-user loyalty. So what is new on their horizon? On September 26, 2012 NFAIS will hold a 90 minute webinar to provide an update on the Google landscape. John Blossom, President, Shore Communications, Inc, will offer insights on the new approaches and directions he is observing in Google products and services, on the strengths of their platform, and on what he sees changing as Google continues to evolve. Some of the topics that will be covered are 1) Google's Operating System, Chrome, and how it is shaping our view of computing, the Web, and our relationship to emerging forms of the Semantic Web; 2) The impact of mobility and choice of devices (Desktop (Chromebox), laptop (Chromebook), and tablet (Nexus 7); 3) Google's On-Going Platform Integration (Google Plus, Knowledge Graph, Scholar, Play, YouTube, Gmail, and Drive); and 4) Anticipated new (Google Fiber) and soon to-be-discontinued (iGoogle) services. If you or your staff want to take a fresh look at Google, its current and future directions, and perhaps learn how your organization can better meet industry trends, 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 can be accessed at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/377-john-blossom-google-landscape-sept-26-20 12. 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 _____ [i] ComScore Releases March 2012 U.S. Search Engine Rankings: http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2012/4/comScore_Releases _March_2012_U.S._Search_Engine_Rankings -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Thu Sep 6 14:27:52 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 14:27:52 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] New Position Opening at NLM Message-ID: <00e501cd8c5d$53f03230$fbd09690$@org> Job Opening at the National Library of Medicine: Journal Publisher Liaison The National Library of Medicine invites applications for the position of Journal Publisher Liaison. This new position will serve as a liaison to journal publishers and the principal point of contact for publishers and editors on matters of review, selection and indexing for MEDLINE, the premier biomedical database in the world. This position, located in the Office of the Associate Director for Library Operations, is now posted on USAJobs for the government standard five calendar days, today through September 11. Position responsibilities include interpreting and communicating NLM policies to high-level publishers' representatives, organizations, and information centers in the U.S. and worldwide; providing technical consultation and support as needed to facilitate the provision of biomedical information through NLM's indexing and other services; coordinating meetings of the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC), NLM's Scientific Review Committees, responsible for selecting journals for MEDLINE; serving as technical expert on journal publishing trends and scholarly communication issues to the Scientific Review Administrator for LSTRC. Other duties include representing the library to outside national and international publishing and scholarly communication groups; serving as a senior member of the LO management team in areas relating to the acquisition, organization, access, and preservation of the biomedical literature; advising and consulting with senior staff at NLM on MEDLINE/PubMed content and development; and staying informed about national and international trends, legislation and pending changes in intellectual property rights, research and publishing. Prepares written correspondence, reports, and news announcements to explain and publicize NLM's policies related to the biomedical literature in MEDLINE/PubMed. This position is located in the Office of the Associate Director, Division of Library Operations (LO), National Library of Medicine (NLM, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). LO: (1) selects, acquires, catalogs, and preserves biomedical publications; (2) indexes and provides access to the material; (3) furnishes reference and document delivery services; (4) prepares and publishes indexes, catalogs, and other publications for the use of the biomedical community; (5) administers national on-line biomedical information retrieval services; and (6) coordinates the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. The position has a salary range of $89,033 to $115,742 per year. Complete vacancy announcement information and application instructions linked from, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/jobs/jobs.html . This position, located in the Office of the Associate Director for Library Operations, is now posted on USAJobs for the government standard five calendar days, today through September 11. 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URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Fri Sep 7 10:13:27 2012 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 10:13:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] NISO Event on Index-Based Discovery Systems Message-ID: <1347027207.098923944@webmail.nfais.org> National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Webinar: Discovery and Delivery: Innovations and Challenges with Index-Based Discovery Systems Webinar: Discovery and Delivery: Innovations and Challenges with Index-Based Discovery Systems Date: September 26, 2012 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) Registration and information: [http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/discovery_and_delivery/] http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/discovery_and_delivery/ ABOUT THE WEBINAR Today?s library discovery services are primarily based upon indexes derived from journals, e-books and other electronic information of a scholarly nature. The content comes from a range of information providers and products--commercial, open access, institutional, etc. By indexing the content in advance, discovery services have the ability to deliver more sophisticated services with instant performance, compared to the federated search techniques used previously. Libraries increasingly rely on index-based discovery services as their strategic interfaces through which their patrons gain access to the rapidly growing breadth of information that may be available to them. NISO?s September 26 webinar will discuss the challenges of operating a centralized index-based discovery system. Learn about their strengths, and their weaknesses, the needs for standards and best practices in this arena, how libraries and providers can assess the usage, and how libraries can satisfy audiences with different needs. TOPICS AND SPEAKERS NISO ODI: Promoting Transparency in Discovery -- Lucy Harrison, Interim Chief Operating Officer, Florida Virtual Campus The new generation of library discovery services are a boon to researchers, but without a set of interoperable standards and best practices it can be difficult for libraries, information providers, and discovery service providers to understand and evaluate content and services. We?ll talk about how the NISO Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) ([http://www.niso.org/workrooms/odi/] http://www.niso.org/workrooms/odi/) aims to create an environment that broadens stakeholder participation and ensures confidence, so that Librarians can better evaluate discovery services to address their needs, Information Providers have the confidence that the discovery service providers are handling their content in an appropriate manner, and Discovery Service Providers receive more efficient integration through standardization and best practices. Seeing Discovery Through User Colored Glasses -- Timothy Babbitt, Senior Vice President, Platform Management, ProQuest This talk will discuss how the behaviors of various user types are seen in analytics around discovery and content use. Distilling usage information from a community of global researchers, we will illustrate what we see as value provided to users. Having a better understanding of your users and what they find valuable will help to inform your library content portfolio investment. Collecting Patron Perspectives on Discovery Tools -- David Bietila, Web Program Director, University of Chicago Library Current discovery tools offer a breadth of possibilities in terms of resource coverage and search options, but it can be a challenge to determine the optimal setup for your library. David will present a variety of methods for harnessing patron input to guide a library?s assessment or implementation of discovery tools. These approaches include defining use cases, usability testing, monitoring usage statistics, and evaluating the tool in the context of specific subjects. Collecting user data can guide configuration choices and lead to more productive communication with vendors, resulting in improved access to resources for your patrons. REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on September 26, 2012. Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. Can't make it on the webinar date/time? Register now and gain access to the recorded archive for one year. Visit the event webpage to register and for more information:[http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/discovery_and_delivery/] http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/discovery_and_delivery/. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Tue Sep 11 11:16:38 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:16:38 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Humanities Roundtable - Register Now Message-ID: <01ae01cd9030$70cd38e0$5267aaa0$@org> Register Now for the NFAIS Humanities Roundtable XI, Focus on Libraries, Scheduled for October 1, 2012 A one-day NFAIS program, Focus on Libraries, is scheduled for October 1, 2012 at the state-of-the-art Graduate Center of the City University of New York in Manhattan, from 9:00am to 4:45pm EDST. Both on-site and virtual registrations are now available (go to: http://www.nfais.org/page/370-2012-nfais-humanities-roundtable). The meeting will take a look at the needs and concerns of librarians on such issues as the discovery of humanities content in today's library environment, information literacy and the training of end-users, best practices for building effective working relationships among librarians, vendors and content providers, the decision-making criteria used to determine the products and services in which to invest, and the current digital humanities environment. Librarians who attend will learn how their peers are addressing these issues and content providers will gain insight on the how to create and deliver more effective products and services for scholars, students, and librarians in the humanities. The day will begin with a keynote address by Elliot Shore, Chief Information Officer and Dean of Libraries, Bryn Mawr College, who will provide an overview of the digital humanities environment, including how PhD researchers in the humanities intersect with the library community. This will be followed by a look at the humanities information retrieval process and how today's discovery services are used with or as an alternative to traditional abstracting and indexing databases. The final session of the morning will examine information literacy from the point of view of the librarian training students as well as from the perspective of the vendor creating materials in support of that training. It will highlight the objectives for both groups in developing multiple formats and channels for delivering effective instruction. After lunch (which will be provided) a panel of librarians will discuss effective marketing and promoting information to end users. This will be followed by a facilitated and highly-interactive session that will focus on best practices for building solid working relationships among diverse groups within the information community (business partners, content providers, and librarians), each with their own interests and objectives. And the meeting will close with a presentation by Matthew Gold, Assistant to the Provost, CUNY Graduate Center, Project Manager of the CUNY Academic Commons, Co-Director of CUNY's Digital Humanities Institute, who will discuss the impact of technology in changing the humanities landscape, the rise of the digital humanities, and the emergence of digitized special collections. More information on the program, registration, and other logistics may be accessed at: http://www.nfais.org/page/370-2012-nfais-humanities-roundtable. Register soon, as seating is limited. On-site registration for this one-day session, including continental breakfast, lunch and two refreshment breaks, is only $145 for NFAIS members and $165 for non-members. Registration for virtual participation is $95 for NFAIS members and $115 for non-members. Unlimited virtual attendance (3 or more staff from the same organization) is $275 for NFAIS members and $335 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 60 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Tue Sep 11 13:47:05 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:47:05 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NISO Survey on Discovery Services Message-ID: <041301cd9045$758bc5d0$60a35170$@org> NISO INVITES NFAIS MEMBERS TO PROVIDE INPUT ON DISCOVERY SERVICES The Open Discovery Initiative (ODI), a working group of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), has been formed to develop a Recommended Practice related to the index-based discovery services for libraries. ODI aims to investigate and improve the ecosystem surrounding these discovery services, with a goal of broader participation of content providers and increased transparency to libraries. An important component of their work involves gathering information from the key stakeholders: libraries, content providers, and developers of discovery products. If you are involved in discovery services, they invite you respond to their survey. The survey results will provide essential information to the workgroup as it develops recommended practices related to discovery services. A full report on the findings of this survey will be made available publically on the NISO website later this year. They are especially interested in input from: . libraries that have implemented or plan to implement a discovery service and . organizations that potentially contribute content to one or more of these services (such as primary publishers, producers of aggregated databases of citation or full-text content for libraries, and creators of abstracting and indexing services) They anticipate that the survey will take about 20 minutes to complete and it can be accessed at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QBXZXSB All respondents that identify themselves will be entered into a drawing for one of six $25 Amazon e-gift cards, kindly sponsored by Ex Libris and SAGE. These respondents will also receive a copy of the aggregated results. Note that any results shared will be anonymous and only aggregated data will be released. In addition, if you are interested in keeping up to date with ODI, please sign up to their Interest mailing list that can be accessed at: http://www.niso.org/lists/opendiscovery Bonnie Lawlor NFAIS Executive Director blawlor at nfais.org 215-893-1561 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Tue Sep 11 13:55:38 2012 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:55:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] Innovation in e-Educational Materials Message-ID: <1347386138.23324597@webmail.nfais.org> Posted to NFAIS member listserv by request Innovation in e-Educational Materials Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 10:00am-4:00pm Association of American Publishers 71 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10003 Innovations in technology for producing and using educational content have changed the expectations of both students and teachers. In order to keep pace with this rapid change, publishers have had to rethink their strategies. This means not only being able to distribute books via electronic and mobile channels, but also discovering and evaluating the enhancements to the content that are now possible, and deciding upon its real utility. Which features will bring value to the content and which are bells and whistles? Registration Fees: AAP Member: $149.00 Non-member: $199.00 [http://www.publishers.org/events/29/] More Information [https://aap.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_126902] Register Jill O'Neill Director, Planning & Communication NFAIS Email: jilloneill at nfais.org Voice: 215/893-1561 Web: [http://www.nfais.org] http://www.nfais.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Tue Sep 11 16:06:28 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:06:28 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Open Position: Business Strategy Analyst for the American Theological Library Association Message-ID: <001501cd9058$edc22d60$c9468820$@org> Job Posting: Business Strategy Analyst for The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) seeks qualified applicants for a position as Business Strategy Analyst for ATLA's Department of Business Development. The Business Strategy Analyst is a key member of the team responsible for meeting ATLA's revenue and content development objectives for products in ATLA's sales and marketing initiatives in existing, targeted, and emerging markets. This position will support efforts to build ATLA's diverse and growing collection of products and services supporting the study of religion and theology to meet the needs of libraries, librarians, scholars, students, clergy, and laypeople. Responsibilities .Evaluate new business ideas and opportunities and analyze market trends and drivers across products, markets and segments. .Support efforts for market analysis, growth opportunities and new product development. .Prepare, design, and execute market research surveys and summarize the results. .Conduct focus groups, user needs assessments and interviews with existing and potential audiences. .Support content development, licensing and product sales research initiatives. .Produce research reports, scenario plans, and business mapping for existing and new products. .Develop product launching plans, including concept design and alpha and beta modules. .Research funding opportunities and support grant investigation and proposals. .Synthesize large quantitative and qualitative data sets and present statistical findings in graphical and written formats. .Represent ATLA at conferences and other public facing events. .Participate in other special projects as assigned. Qualifications .Master's Degree in Business, Product Development, Library and/or Information Science or demonstrable experience in publishing or non-profit association. .At least three (3) years of market research and/or business or product development experience. .Organized and detail oriented. .Strong written communication skills. .Conscientious and meticulous, with a proven ability to operate at a consistently high level, producing quality, detail-oriented work. .Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite. .Stellar research, writing, proofreading, and interpersonal skills, including excellent telephone, email, and conversation manner. .Proven experience developing high quality reports and thoughtful presentations. .Proven track record of identifying, researching, developing and responding to grant and other revenue opportunities. .Academic and professional background in religion, and/or experience marketing products and services to libraries, clergy, congregations, and communities of worship preferred. 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(2) Help put the open in Open Data and Open Bibliography [http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2012/09/10/put-the-open-in-open-data/] http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2012/09/10/put-the-open-in-open-data/ Open by Default: A Proposed Copyright License and Waiver Agreement for Open Access Research and Data in Peer-Reviewed Journals [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/5/494/abstract] http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/5/494/abstract Provisional Abstract: Copyright and licensing of scientific data, internationally, are complex and present legal barriers to data sharing, integration and reuse, and therefore restrict the most efficient transfer and discovery of scientific knowledge. Much data are included within scientific journal articles, their published tables, additional files (supplementary material) and reference lists. However, these data are usually published under licenses which are not appropriate for data. Creative Commons CC0 is an appropriate and increasingly accepted method for dedicating data to the public domain, to enable data reuse with the minimum of restrictions. BioMed Central is committed to working towards implementation of open data-compliant licensing in its publications. Here we detail a protocol for implementing a combined Creative Commons Attribution license (for copyrightable material) and Creative Commons CC0 waiver (for data) agreement for content published in peer-reviewed open access journals. We explain the differences between legal requirements for attribution in copyright, and cultural requirements in scholarship for giving individuals credit for their work through citation. We argue that publishing data in scientific journals under CC0 will have numerous benefits for individuals and society, and yet will have minimal implications for authors and minimal impact on current publishing and research workflows. We provide practical examples and definitions of data types, such as XML and tabular data, and specific secondary use cases for published data, including text mining, reproducible research, and open bibliography. We believe this proposed change to the current copyright and licensing structure in science publishing will help clarify what users -- people and machines -- of the published literature can do, legally, with journal articles and make research using the published literature more efficient. We further believe this model could be adopted across multiple publishers, and invite comment on this article from all stakeholders in scientific research. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Tue Sep 18 08:36:30 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:36:30 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Webinar - A Fresh Look at Google Message-ID: <023601cd959a$3b102b30$b1308190$@org> Register Now: A Fresh Look at Google: What's New and What's Changing - An NFAIS Webinar Scheduled for September 26th With more than 12 billion searches processed per month[i], Google continues to dominate the search arena. But today Google is more than search. It offers mobile devices as well as tools for social networking, collaboration, communication, and document creation. With a focus on the convergence of content, technology, and people, Google continues to leverage industry trends in order to maintain market dominance and end-user loyalty. So what is new on their horizon? On September 26, 2012 NFAIS will hold a 90 minute webinar to provide an update on the Google landscape. John Blossom, President, Shore Communications, Inc, will offer insights on the new approaches and directions he is observing in Google products and services, on the strengths of their platform, and on what he sees changing as Google continues to evolve. Some of the topics that will be covered are 1) Google's Operating System, Chrome, and how it is shaping our view of computing, the Web, and our relationship to emerging forms of the Semantic Web; 2) The impact of mobility and choice of devices (Desktop (Chromebox), laptop (Chromebook), and tablet (Nexus 7); 3) Google's On-Going Platform Integration (Google Plus, Knowledge Graph, Scholar, Play, YouTube, Gmail, and Drive); and 4) Anticipated new (Google Fiber) and soon to-be-discontinued (iGoogle) services. If you or your staff want to take a fresh look at Google, its current and future directions, and perhaps learn how your organization can better meet industry trends, 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 can be accessed at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/377-john-blossom-google-landscape-sept-26-20 12. 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 . _____ [i] ComScore Releases March 2012 U.S. Search Engine Rankings: http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2012/4/comScore_Releases _March_2012_U.S._Search_Engine_Rankings -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Wed Sep 19 07:59:04 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:59:04 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Access Innovations Launches New Initiative Message-ID: <007101cd965e$2acd6b10$80684130$@org> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Sept. 17, 2012 Contact: Brandon Call 505-998-0800 ext. 140 brandon_call at accessinn.com ACCESS INNOVATIONS, INC. ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEWEST ENDEAVOR Albuquerque, N.M. - Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in the data management industry for more than 33 years, is bringing its patented and trademarked technology to the medical compliance arena with the launch of its newest business endeavor: Access Integrity, Inc. "Utilizing Access Innovations' Data Harmony software suite, Access Integrity employs a natural-language, rule-based taxonomy application - Medical Claims ComplianceR - to search, analyze, and verify electronic medical records (EMRs), procedure notes, and submission forms simultaneously to improve billing compliance, identify discrepancies for over and under billing, and speed the submission and reimbursement process with fewer errors and rejections," said Marjorie M.K. Hlava, president of Access Innovations and co-founder of Access Integrity. Medical transaction integrity is one of the most important challenges facing healthcare professionals today. Errors can mean audits, lost revenue, and legal penalties. As technology and new legislation continue to change healthcare, Access Integrity is committed to providing technology solutions to help navigate today's healthcare environment. John Kuranz, CEO and co-founder of Access Integrity, says applying cutting-edge data management technology to the healthcare industry will revolutionize and revitalize the processing of medical transactions. In a 2009 survey, the year the "meaningful use" incentive program was created by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, only 38 percent of physicians reported using an EHR, and one-third had no plans to purchase one. Kuranz points out the survey found that fully 82 percent of providers are now using electronic health record (EHR) systems or are in the process of installing one. Only 6 percent have no plans to adopt an EHR in the next one to two years. "Clearly, the transition to EMR is being engaged throughout the healthcare provider community," Kuranz said. "Research has shown that the information in a patient's EMR is not being used adequately for research, clinical diagnoses, or medical coding enhancement. With the digitization of medical records, our patented technology and 33 years of experience in deploying rule-based taxonomy applications will now play a significant role in medical transaction coding and compliant submission of insurance claims." About Access Innovations, Inc. Founded in 1978, the privately held Access Innovations, Inc. offers an extensive line of information management and database creation products and services. The company's suite of Data Harmony products provides thesaurus/taxonomy construction and content management tools to industry publishers, web services, corporations, associations, and government agencies with large intranets. Access Innovations, Inc. also offers specialized knowledge domains for licensing. Its taxonomy library covers a wide range of fields and disciplines with customization services. About Access Integrity, Inc. Access Integrity, Inc. provides patented technology for complete and compliant EMR analysis. From diagnoses to coding to claims submission, Medical Claims Compliance plays an important role in medical transaction processing by extracting concepts from a patient's EMR using rule-based datasets - increasing coding accuracy and improving clinical decision support and overall understanding of a patient encounter. The application suggests appropriate ICD-9 and CPT codes and supplies providers with a claim discrepancy analysis, allowing corrections to be made prior to submission. By increasing medical claims acceptance rates and boosting coders' efficiency, providers generate more cash flow for their businesses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Thu Sep 20 10:20:22 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:20:22 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Roundtable - Registrations Still Available Message-ID: <00f601cd973b$124ad090$36e071b0$@org> Onsite and Virtual Registrations Available for the NFAIS Humanities Roundtable XI, Focus on Libraries, Scheduled for October 1, 2012 Both on-site and virtual registrations are available for the one-day NFAIS program, Focus on Libraries, that is scheduled for October 1, 2012 at the state-of-the-art Graduate Center of the City University of New York in Manhattan, from 9:00am to 4:45pm EDST.(go to: http://www.nfais.org/page/370-2012-nfais-humanities-roundtable). The meeting will take a look at the needs and concerns of librarians on such issues as the discovery of humanities content in today's library environment, information literacy and the training of end-users, best practices for building effective working relationships among librarians, vendors and content providers, the decision-making criteria used to determine the products and services in which to invest, and the current digital humanities environment. Librarians who attend will learn how their peers are addressing these issues and content providers will gain insight on the how to create and deliver more effective products and services for scholars, students, and librarians in the humanities. The day will begin with a keynote address by Elliot Shore, Chief Information Officer and Dean of Libraries, Bryn Mawr College, who will provide an overview of the digital humanities environment, including how PhD researchers in the humanities intersect with the library community. This will be followed by a look at the humanities information retrieval process and how today's discovery services are used with or as an alternative to traditional abstracting and indexing databases. The final session of the morning will examine information literacy from the point of view of the librarian training students as well as from the perspective of the vendor creating materials in support of that training. It will highlight the objectives for both groups in developing multiple formats and channels for delivering effective instruction. After lunch (which will be provided) a panel of librarians will discuss effective marketing and promoting information to end users. This will be followed by a facilitated and highly-interactive session that will focus on best practices for building solid working relationships among diverse groups within the information community (business partners, content providers, and librarians), each with their own interests and objectives. And the meeting will close with a presentation by Matthew Gold, Assistant to the Provost, CUNY Graduate Center, Project Manager of the CUNY Academic Commons, Co-Director of CUNY's Digital Humanities Institute, who will discuss the impact of technology in changing the humanities landscape, the rise of the digital humanities, and the emergence of digitized special collections. More information on the program, registration, and other logistics may be accessed at: http://www.nfais.org/page/370-2012-nfais-humanities-roundtable. Register soon, as seating is limited. On-site registration for this one-day session, including continental breakfast, lunch and two refreshment breaks, is only $145 for NFAIS members and $165 for non-members. Registration for virtual participation is $95 for NFAIS members and $115 for non-members. Unlimited virtual attendance (3 or more staff from the same organization) is $275 for NFAIS members and $335 for non-members. For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto: mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org. Founded in 1958, NFAIS is a premier membership organization of more than 60 of the world's leading producers of databases, information services, and information technology in the sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, and the arts and humanities. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Fri Sep 21 08:22:08 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:22:08 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Board Meeting - Action required Message-ID: <006f01cd97f3$b8259410$2870bc30$@org> I would like to schedule the next meeting of the 2012 - 2013 NFAIS Board of Directors. This will be a teleconference in December. Please click on the following link and note all of the dates for which you are currently available. http://www.doodle.com/9u8dcnwbbc6c2qng The minutes of yesterday's meeting will be distributed soon. Many thanks, 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 blawlor at nfais.org Fri Sep 21 08:27:55 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:27:55 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] NFAIS Board Meeting - error Message-ID: <000801cd97f4$87188d40$9549a7c0$@org> Sorry to have sent an email to everyone about a forthcoming meeting - please ignore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need coffee. 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 Fri Sep 21 13:45:14 2012 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:45:14 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] NISO Forum Coming Up! Message-ID: <1348249514.386132656@webmail.nfais.org> Still time for early bird discount for NISO Forum The E-Book Renaissance, Part II: Challenges and Opportunities to be held in Boston on October 18-19, 2012 NISO will be following up on last year?s acclaimed forum on The E-book Renaissance with Part II on Challenges and Opportunities, a two-day forum in Boston, MA on October 18-19, 2012. Register by October 5, 2012 and get the early bird discount. ABOUT THE FORUM E-books have existed in the library landscape for over a decade, but it is only in the last few years that their use has shifted to finally become the game-changer that all have anticipated for so long. Availability, distribution, licensing, discoverability, current and future access, and usage of e-books all require content providers and libraries to change many of their existing processes and develop new ways to do business. Amidst this confusion is a wealth of opportunities for new collaborations and initiatives. The NISO Forum, The E-Book Renaissance, Part II: Challenges and Opportunities will probe the key issues surrounding e-books from a variety of industry, library, scholarly, and consumer viewpoints. Participate in the community discussion for advancing e-book development, distribution, and use. TOPICS & SPEAKERS ? Keynote Presentation by Nick Montfort, Associate Professor of Digital Media, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ? Panel discussion: Running with the Bulls: Publisher Perspectives on Managing E-book Growth Moderator: Brian O'Leary, Magellan Media Consultant Partners Panelists include: Ken Brooks, SVP, Global Production & Manufacturing Services, Cengage Learning; and Ania Wieckowski, Managing Editor, HBR Press ? Library Perspectives o Licensing, Access, and Related Issues -- Chuck Hamaker, Associate University Librarian for Collection Development & Electronic Resources, University of North Carolina Charlotte o Landscape Discussion -- Suzanne M. Ward, Head, Collection Management, Professor of Library Science, Purdue University Libraries ? NISO E-book Special Interest Group: New Initiative on Demand Driven Acquisitions -- Michael Levine-Clark, Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication and Collections Services, Penrose Library, University of Denver ? Books in Browser: End User Tools ? Richard Nash, Vice President of Community and Content of Small Demons ? Panel discussion: Aggregators and Platform Providers Moderator: Sue Polanka, Head of Reference & Instruction, Wright State University Libraries Panelists include: Ken Breen, Senior Director, eBook Products, EBSCO Publishing; Terry Ehling, Associate Director, Content Development and Publisher Relations, Project MUSE; Heather McCormack, Collection Development Manager, 3M Cloud Library; and Rebecca Seger, Director, Institutional Sales, Americas, Oxford University Press ? Accessibility in E-books -- Larry Goldberg, Director, Media Access Group Director at WGBH and The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) ? Surveys: Patron Profiles -- Ian Singer, VP, Group Publisher, Library Journal ? Devices: E-book Hardware -- Jenn Vail, Senior Marketing Manager, E-Ink ? Rights, Digital Management, and Piracy -- Skott Klebe, Manager, Special Initiatives and Information Security, Copyright Clearance Center ? Digitize, Democratize: Libraries and the Future of Books -- Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the Harvard University Library; Member, Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Steering Committee REGISTRATION & INFORMATION An early bird registration discount is available through October 5, 2012. Additional discounts are available to NISO members and students. Visit the event webpage for more information and to register: [http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/ebooks/] www.niso.org/news/events/2012/ebooks/ Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information Standards Organization [mailto:chodgson at niso.org] chodgson at niso.org [tel:301-654-2512] 301-654-2512 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) is an international initiative that published their first Code of Practice in 2003 and issued Release 4 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for e-Resources in April 2012. XML schemas supporting the Implementation Profile and Release 4 of the Counter Code of Practice have also been published by NISO, which has an agreement with COUNTER to maintain the schemas and keep the SUSHI and COUNTER schemas in synch. ?The creators of the SUSHI standard and the COUNTER XML schema were forward looking and created products that could handle future needs,? explains Oliver Pesch, Chief Strategist for E-Resource Access and Management Services at EBSCO Information Services and Co-chair of theNISO SUSHI Standing Committee that developed the Implementation Profile. ?Accommodation of such future growth requires a level of abstraction and flexibility to be built in, but that can result in decisions by implementers that could cause interoperability issues or require client implementers to customize the service for every different provider. The COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile was developed to provide guidance with Release 4 of COUNTER by setting out detailed expectations for both the server and the client of how the SUSHI protocol and COUNTER XML reports are to be implemented to ensure interoperability.? ?SUSHI implementation became a COUNTER compliance requirement with Release 3 of the COUNTER Code of Practice,? states Bob McQuillan, Senior Product Manager at Innovative Interfaces, Inc. and Co-chair of the NISO SUSHI Standing Committee. ?The new Release 4 of the COUNTER Code of Practice is a single, integrated Code of Practice covering journals, databases, and books, as well as multimedia content. This COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile supports the changes in Release 4 and was developed with the intention that it could be used by COUNTER auditors to verify compliance of a content provider?s SUSHI server.? ?Adoption of the SUSHI protocol continues to grow,? states Todd Carpenter, NISO Executive Director. ?Supporting recommendations such as this Implementation Profile will simplify and expedite the implementation of SUSHI while further ensuring interoperability.? The COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile (NISO RP-14-2012), the referenced schemas, and additional implementation guidance for SUSHI can be found on the SUSHI webpages at:[http://www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi/] www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi/. Release 4 of the COUNTER Code of Practice is available on the COUNTER website at: [http://www.projectcounter.org/code_practice.html] www.projectcounter.org/code_practice.html. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Mon Sep 24 08:39:01 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:39:01 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Registration closing for the NFAIS webinar on Google Message-ID: <00ba01cd9a51$93679500$ba36bf00$@org> Registration closes at 12:00pm EDST on September 25th for the NFAIS Webinar: A Fresh Look at Google: What's New and What's Changing Registration for the NFAIS webinar, A Fresh Look at Google: What's New and What's Changing, will close tomorrow, September 25th, at 12:00pm EDST. This 90 minute webinar will be held on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 from 11:00am - 12:30pn EDST. John Blossom, President, Shore Communications, Inc, will offer insights on the new approaches and directions he is observing in Google products and services, on the strengths of their platform, and on what he sees changing as Google continues to evolve. With more than 12 billion searches processed per month[i], Google continues to dominate the search arena. But today Google is more than search. It offers mobile devices as well as tools for social networking, collaboration, communication, and document creation. With a focus on the convergence of content, technology, and people, Google continues to leverage industry trends in order to maintain market dominance and end-user loyalty. So what is new on their horizon? Some of the topics that will be covered are 1) Google's Operating System, Chrome, and how it is shaping our view of computing, the Web, and our relationship to emerging forms of the Semantic Web; 2) The impact of mobility and choice of devices (Desktop (Chromebox), laptop (Chromebook), and tablet (Nexus 7); 3) Google's On-Going Platform Integration (Google Plus, Knowledge Graph, Scholar, Play, YouTube, Gmail, and Drive); and 4) Anticipated new (Google Fiber) and soon to-be-discontinued (iGoogle) services. If you or your staff want to take a fresh look at Google, its current and future directions, and perhaps learn how your organization can better meet industry trends, 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 can be accessed at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/377-john-blossom-google-landscape-sept-26-20 12. 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 _____ [i] ComScore Releases March 2012 U.S. Search Engine Rankings: http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2012/4/comScore_Releases _March_2012_U.S._Search_Engine_Rankings -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blawlor at nfais.org Thu Sep 27 09:18:03 2012 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:18:03 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Registration closing tomorrow for NFAIS Roundtable Message-ID: <005d01cd9cb2$86829930$9387cb90$@org> Registration Closes Tomorrow September 28th at 12:00pm EST for the NFAIS Humanities Roundtable XI, Focus on Libraries! Both the virtual and onsite registrations for the one-day NFAIS program, Focus on Libraries will close at noon (EST) tomorrow, Friday, September 28th. The workshop is scheduled for October 1, 2012 at the state-of-the-art Graduate Center of the City University of New York in Manhattan, from 9:00am to 4:45pm EDST (go to: http://www.nfais.org/page/370-2012-nfais-humanities-roundtable). Virtual registration for the full day event is only $95 for NFAIS members and $115 for non-members. A virtual Group rate (for 3 or more attendees) is $275 for NFAIS members and $335 for non members. Onsite registration is $145 for NFAIS members and $165 for non-members and includes continental breakfast, lunch and two refreshment breaks, The meeting will take a look at the needs and concerns of librarians on such issues as the discovery of content in today's library environment, information literacy and the training of end-users, best practices for building effective working relationships among librarians, vendors and content providers, the decision-making criteria used to determine the products and services in which to invest, and the current digital humanities environment. Librarians who attend will learn how their peers are addressing these issues and content providers will gain insight on the how to create and deliver more effective products and services for scholars, students, and librarians in the humanities. Speakers include: . Elliot Shore, Chief Information Officer and Dean of Libraries, Bryn Mawr College (Elliott will be the new Director of ARL beginning January 1) . Christopher Strauber, Humanities Librarian, Tufts University . Amy Lucker, Head Librarian, Stephen Chan Library of Fine Arts, New York University . Beth Bidlack, Collection Assessment & Analysis Librarian, Dartmouth College Library . Maria Ziemer, Manager, ProQuest Graduate Education Program . Wayne Bivens-Tatum, Philosophy & Religion Librarian, Princeton University . Kendall Crilly, Associate University Librarian for Program Development & Research, Yale University . John Shank, Instructional Design, Pennsylvania State University . Christine M. Gordon, Partner, Apogee Insights Group . Matthew Gold, Assistant to the Provost, CUNY Graduate Center, Co-Director of CUNY's Digital Humanities Institute More information on the program, registration, and other logistics may be accessed at: http://www.nfais.org/page/370-2012-nfais-humanities-roundtable. For further 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 60 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Thu Sep 27 16:27:44 2012 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:27:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] =?utf-8?q?Open_Discovery_Initiative_Survey_=28NISO=29?= Message-ID: <1348777664.966513272@webmail.nfais.org> Open Discovery Initiative Survey closes October 4, 2012 - please respond to it if you haven't already! The Open Discovery Initiative (ODI), a working group of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), has been formed to develop a Recommended Practice related to the index-based discovery services for libraries. ODI aims to investigate and improve the ecosystem surrounding these discovery services, with a goal of broader participation of content providers and increased transparency to libraries. An important component of our work involves gathering information from the key stakeholders: libraries, content providers, and developers of discovery products. If you are involved in discovery services we request that you respond to our survey. The survey results will provide essential information to the workgroup as it develops recommended practices related to discovery services. A full report on the findings of this survey will be made available publically on the NISO website later this year. We are especially interested in input from: ? libraries that have implemented or plan to implement a discovery service and ? organizations that potentially contribute content to one or more of these services: o primary publishers, o producers of aggregated databases of citation or full-text content for libraries, and o creators of abstracting and indexing services. We anticipate that the survey will take about 20 minutes to complete.[https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QBXZXSB] https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QBXZXSB All respondents that identify themselves will be entered into a drawing for one of six $25 Amazon e-gift cards, kindly sponsored by Ex Libris and SAGE. These respondents will also receive a copy of the aggregated results. Note that any results shared will be anonymous and only aggregate data will be released. In addition, if you are interested in keeping up to date with ODI, please sign up to our Interest mailing list - [http://www.niso.org/lists/opendiscovery] http://www.niso.org/lists/opendiscovery Thank you NISO ODI Working Group [mailto:opendiscoveryinfo at list.niso.org] opendiscoveryinfo at list.niso.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: