From blawlor at nfais.org Fri Mar 1 15:21:37 2013 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 15:21:37 -0500 Subject: [nfais-l] Workshop - future role of A&I services Message-ID: <003701ce16ba$60c7ad70$22570850$@org> NFAIS WORKSHOP: INFORMATION DISCOVERY AND THE FUTURE ROLE OF ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING SERVICES On Friday, March 15, 2013 NFAIS will hold a workshop on Information Discovery and the Future Role of Abstracting and Indexing Services from 9:00am - 4:45pm EST in Philadelphia, PA. This workshop will provide an overview of the history and current status of today's Abstracting & Indexing Services (A&I's) and the challenges that they face to remain relevant in a rapidly changing information environment. Librarians will discuss how well these services meet the needs of their users and will offer insights as to how the role of A&I's may change as libraries - and their own services - continue to evolve. The workshop will also look at the new competitors who are emerging and what unfilled needs they are attempting to address. A&I providers will offer their perspective on the current environment and will discuss what initiatives they are planning to keep pace with change. And the meeting will close with a look at the future of information discovery and the role that both new and traditional information providers may play. The agenda can be accessed at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/379-the-future-of-abstracting-and-indexing-m arch-2013. 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 Mon Mar 11 09:04:05 2013 From: blawlor at nfais.org (Bonnie Lawlor) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:04:05 -0400 Subject: [nfais-l] Registration closing soon for NFAIS Workshop Message-ID: <005901ce1e58$e9849a60$bc8dcf20$@org> REGISTRATION CLOSING SOON FOR THE NFAIS WORKSHOP: INFORMATION DISCOVERY AND THE FUTURE ROLE OF ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING SERVICES Registration will close at noon on Thursday, March 14th for the NFAIS Workshop, Information Discovery and the Future Role of Abstracting and Indexing Services. The workshop is scheduled to take place on Friday, March 15th from 9:00am - 4:45pm EST in Philadelphia, PA. Virtual registrations are available. This workshop will provide an overview of the history and current status of today's Abstracting & Indexing Services (A&I's) and the challenges that they face to remain relevant in a rapidly changing information environment. Librarians will discuss how well these services meet the needs of their users and will offer insights as to how the role of A&I's may change as libraries - and their own services - continue to evolve. The workshop will also look at the new competitors who are emerging and what unfilled needs they are attempting to address. A&I providers will offer their perspective on the current environment and will discuss what initiatives they are planning to keep pace with change. And the meeting will close with a look at the future of information discovery and the role that both new and traditional information providers may play. The agenda can be accessed at: http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/379-the-future-of-abstracting-and-indexing-m arch-2013. 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 Mon Mar 11 09:55:41 2013 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:55:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] Corrected URL Message-ID: <1363010141.132922799@webmail.nfais.org> Registration will close at noon on Thursday, March 14th for the NFAIS Workshop, Information Discovery and the Future Role of Abstracting and Indexing Services. The workshop is scheduled to take place on Friday, March 15th from 9:00am - 4:45pm EST in Philadelphia, PA. Virtual registrations are available. This workshop will provide an overview of the history and current status of today?s Abstracting & Indexing Services (A&I?s) and the challenges that they face to remain relevant in a rapidly changing information environment. Librarians will discuss how well these services meet the needs of their users and will offer insights as to how the role of A&I?s may change as libraries - and their own services - continue to evolve. The workshop will also look at the new competitors who are emerging and what unfilled needs they are attempting to address. A&I providers will offer their perspective on the current environment and will discuss what initiatives they are planning to keep pace with change. And the meeting will close with a look at the future of information discovery and the role that both new and traditional information providers may play. The agenda can be accessed at:[http://nfais.org/event?eventID=518] http://nfais.org/event?eventID=518 . 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/] http://www.nfais.org/. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Tue Mar 19 09:45:38 2013 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:45:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] Peter Noerr 1946-2013 Message-ID: <1363700738.77968507@webmail.nfais.org> For those of you who knew Peter Noerr personally or followed his work professionally, we have this formal announcement of his passing from MuseGlobal. *** Dr. Peter Noerr, MuseGlobal's founder, Chief Scientist and Chief Technology Officer, died of cancer on Friday, March 15, 2013. He remained "Peter" to the end, full of ideas, inventions and improvements -- as those who know him will be so familiar with. His technology legacy will be carried on by his dedicated, expert designers and programmers, with whom he has worked for over 20 years, led by Dr. Mihai Popa. He will be greatly missed by all. For anyone who wishes to honor his memory, Peter had requested that a donation be made to the San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation [http://www.sffcpf.org/wp/] http://www.sffcpf.org/wp/ . If anyone wishes to contact Kate Noerr, she can be reached by email at [mailto:katenoerr1 at gmail.com] katenoerr1 at gmail.com or by postal mail at MuseGlobal, Inc. One Embarcadero Center Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94111 U.S.A. Sincerely, The MuseGlobal Team **** Our thoughts are with the family and the MuseGlobal organization. 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 jilloneill at nfais.org Tue Mar 19 14:48:44 2013 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:48:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] Supreme Court Ruling Protects Doctrine of First Sale Message-ID: <1363718924.432220271@webmail.nfais.org> The Supreme Court handed down its decision today regarding Kirtsaeng vs. Wiley, ruling in favor of Kirtsaeng and thereby upholding protection of the existing understanding of the First Sale Doctrine. [http://www.infodocket.com/2013/03/19/supreme-court-rules-in-kirtsaeng-v-wiley-first-sale-doctrine-applies-to-copies-of-copyrighted-work-lawfully-made-abroad/] http://www.infodocket.com/2013/03/19/supreme-court-rules-in-kirtsaeng-v-wiley-first-sale-doctrine-applies-to-copies-of-copyrighted-work-lawfully-made-abroad/ For historical background on the case, see: Ronald Mann, Argument preview: Court tries again on copyright importation problem, SCOTUSblog (Oct. 18, 2012, 10:41 AM), [http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/10/argument-preview-court-tries-again-on-copyright-importation-problem/] http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/10/argument-preview-court-tries-again-on-copyright-importation-problem/ For text transcripts of oral arguments before the Court last October, [http://www.infodocket.com/2012/10/30/u-s-supreme-court-oral-arguments-kirtsaeng-v-john-wiley-sons-inc-text-transcript/] http://www.infodocket.com/2012/10/30/u-s-supreme-court-oral-arguments-kirtsaeng-v-john-wiley-sons-inc-text-transcript/ Business and economic arguments regarding Kirtsaeng are clearly stated in this piece at the Huffington Post [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/30/no-matter-what-the-supreme-court-decides-textbooks-will-continue-to-be-expensive.html] http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/30/no-matter-what-the-supreme-court-decides-textbooks-will-continue-to-be-expensive.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Mon Mar 25 10:22:08 2013 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:22:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] Trends in Higher Education, April 26, 2013 Message-ID: <1364221328.495116690@webmail.nfais.org> NFAIS Workshop: Trends in Higher Education: Content, Services, and Business Models (Onsite and Virtual Registrations Available). Online learning has been part of the higher education landscape for more than a decade. But today, distance learning is being taken to a whole new level by the combined forces of technology, financial pressures due to rising tuition and steep student loans, and future space limitations on existing campuses due to the unprecedented number of potential students who will be seeking college/advanced degrees or who will need further professional and career development are taking distance learning. Massive open online courses (MOOCS) are transforming education[#sdfootnote1sym] 1. E-textbooks and new forms of courseware are replacing traditional teaching resources and are now shaping how content will be packaged and distributed to colleges and universities in the not-too-distant future. Indeed, at the 2013 NFAIS Annual Conference, 93% of the attendees of a session on these trends agreed that their organization?s current practices for content packaging and delivery to academia will be impacted! On April 26, 2013 NFAIS will hold a workshop, Trends In Higher Education: Content, Services, and Business Models, from 9:00am ? 5:00pm EDST in Philadelphia, PA. This workshop will provide an overview of the current educational trends sweeping college and university campuses. It will take a look at a case study on the adoption of MOOCs at a major university, new forms of content such as open textbooks and e-textbook adoption, and how traditional publishers are packaging their content for today?s new ?classrooms.? In addition, the workshop will take a look at the results of a recent study on the return on library investment in content. The meeting will close with a look at the future of higher education and how that future is driving the acquisition and divestiture of content across the publishing community. If you or your staff want an update on the current trends that will ultimately change how you create, package, and deliver content to your academic markets, register for the workshop today. Both onsite and virtual registrations are available for individuals and for groups of three or more from the same organization. Group registrations can be a mix of onsite and virtual attendees, with a small food charge added for those attending onsite. Members of Sister Societies (CENDI, ISCTI, AAUP, NISO, ASIS&T, SSP, AAP/PSP, and LYRASIS) are eligible for discounts (see registration form links at:[http://nfais.org/event?eventID=522] http://nfais.org/event?eventID=522 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 [#sdfootnote1anc] 1 Waldrop, M. Mitchell, ?Campus 2.0: Massive open online courses are transforming higher education ? and providing fodder for scientific research,? Nature, Vol. 495, March 14, 2013 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Wed Mar 27 12:23:41 2013 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:23:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] =?utf-8?q?NISO_Recommended_Practice_=28RP-16-2013=29?= Message-ID: <1364401421.908732580@webmail.nfais.org> NISO Publishes Recommended Practice on Presentation and Identification of E-Journals Recommendations Ensure Long-Term Online Accessibility to Scholarly Journals Even After Title and Publisher Changes Baltimore, MD ? March 27, 2013 - The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of a new Recommended Practice: PIE-J: Presentation & Identification of E-Journals (NISO RP-16-2013). This Recommended Practice was developed to provide guidance on the presentation of e-journals?particularly in the areas of title presentation, accurate use of ISSN, and citation practices?to publishers and platform providers, as well as to solve some long-standing concerns of serials, collections, and electronic resources librarians. In addition to the recommendations, the document includes extensive examples of good practices using screenshots from various publishers? online journals platforms; a discussion of helpful resources for obtaining title history and ISSN information; an overview of the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) and key points for using it correctly; an explanation of the Digital Object Identifier (DOI?), the registration agency CrossRef, and tips on using DOIs for journal title management; and a review of related standards and recommended practices. ?Citations form the basis for much scholarly research. Unless journal websites accurately and uniformly list all the titles under which content was published, user access to desired content is considerably diminished,? explains Cindy Hepfer, Continuing E-Resource Management and Cataloging Librarian at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Co-chair of the NISO PIE-J Working Group. ?For example, many e-journal publishers and aggregators now place digitized content originally published under an earlier title on the website for the current title, using the current ISSN, thus seriously impeding the researcher?s ability to find or identify the content being sought. The PIE-J project was initiated to address these issues.? ?The publishers and providers of e-journals take great pride in the diverse designs of their websites,? states Bob Boissy, Manager, Account Development & Strategic Alliances at Springer and Co-chair of the NISO PIE-J Working Group. ?Yet how these websites present, identify, and link together the publications that they display can make the end users? task of discovering articles and accessing them easy, frustrating, or completely fruitless. Application of the PIE-J recommended practice guidelines will result in improved discovery and access that will benefit researchers, authors, librarians, online providers, and publishers.? ?The PIE-J Recommended Practice provides a clear and succinct list of guidelines that publishers can easily implement to facilitate long-term access to their e-journal content,? declares Todd Carpenter, NISO Executive Director. ?This constructive advice will aid publishers with the presentation of born-digital content as well as supporting the continued digitization of content from journals originally published only in print.? The PIE-J draft Recommended Practice and a brochure summarizing the recommendations are available from the NISO PIE-J workroom website at:[http://www.niso.org/workrooms/piej/] www.niso.org/workrooms/piej/. About the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) NISO fosters the development and maintenance of standards that facilitate the creation, persistent management, and effective interchange of information so that it can be trusted for use in research and learning. To fulfill this mission, NISO engages libraries, publishers, information aggregators, and other organizations that support learning, research, and scholarship through the creation, organization, management, and curation of knowledge. NISO works with intersecting communities of interest and across the entire lifecycle of an information standard. NISO is a not-for-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). More information about NISO is available on its website: [http://www.niso.org/] www.niso.org. 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