[nfais-l] NFAIS Webinar: Collaborating to Improve Discoverability

[jilloneill at nfais.org]

NFAIS 2014 Webinar Program
 
 Webinar: Collaborating to Improve Discoverability: Accomplishments, Challenges and Opportunities
 
 Date and Time: Wednesday, March 12, 11:00 – 12:30 (EST)
 
 Featured Speakers:
 •    Mary M. Somerville, University Librarian and Library Director, University of Colorado Denver
 •    Lettie Y. Conrad, Executive Manager, Online Products, SAGE
 
[http://info.nfais.org/info/SageWhitePaper_March12_Regform.doc] Register to participate in this 90-minute webinar
 
 What collaborative efforts are needed to better support discoverability of content in service to researchers, students, and faculty?  In this upcoming NFAIS webinar, Dr. Mary Somerville (University of Colorado Denver) and Lettie Conrad (SAGE) will discuss findings of a 2013 SAGE-sponsored study investigating this question in the light of current aspirations, accomplishments, and opportunities.  
 
 Contributors to the study included, among others, such NFAIS member organizations as Delta Think, ProQuest, and Informed Strategies. In this follow-up to their 2012 study (featured in this [http://nfais.org/event?eventID=518] March 2013 NFAIS workshop), Somerville and Conrad have documented four areas that industry experts believe demand cross-sector participation and focus.  Those areas include:
 •    Standards
 •    Transparency
 •    Metadata
 •    Partnerships
 In each instance, Somerville and Conrad offer actionable recommendations for next steps.
 
 Register now to participate in this 90 minute webinar on Wednesday, March 12, to learn more regarding the challenges and opportunities awaiting those who actively enhance efforts in each of these areas! 
 
For more information, contact Jill O'Neill, Director, Planning & Communication, NFAIS via phone (215-893-1561 or email (jilloneill at nfais.org)
 
 
 
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