[nfais-l] NFAIS Humanities Roundtable - Register Now

[Bonnie Lawlor]

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
<http://www.gc.cuny.edu/about_gc/campus/interview_architects.htm>  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.

 

 

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