From mgranahan at nfais.org Fri Sep 5 17:51:12 2014 From: mgranahan at nfais.org (mgranahan at nfais.org) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 17:51:12 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] Save the Date - CENDI/NFAIS Workshop on November 20, 2014 Message-ID: <1409953872.514423764@webmail.emailsrvr.com> Data Infrastructure: The Importance of Quality and Integrity A One-Day Workshop Co-Sponsored by CENDI and NFAIS Tuesday, November 20, 2014 9:00 am - 4:30 pm EST Hosted by NTIS at the US Patent and Trademark Office Madison Auditorium, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This one-day workshop is a must for anyone involved in creating, managing, or using scientific data. The Open Data movement is dramatically changing the flows, as well as the roles, of all involved. This workshop explores the technical, financial, political, and social/cultural forces that must be considered when assessing data quality and integrity. Data Infracture: The Importance of Quality and Integrity, co-sponsored by NFAIS and CENDI, will explore with major stakeholders how to ensure the quality and integrity of the data that are becoming increasingly available. Mark your calendar now to reserve the date of this informative workshop. Registration opens September 15, 2014 to accommodate those who need to pay before the new fiscal year begins. THE FOCUS OF THE DAY The day opens with a keynote on the current landscape of data quality and integrity, including a discussion of policies, major stakeholders, needs, and issues. This will be followed by in depth discussion of the laws and policies that impact data quality, and a speaker panel of data creators, funders, and managers. After a hosted lunch, speakers from the publishing, aggregating and archiving communities discuss their roles and several of the tools and applications they use to support data quality and integrity, as well as an exploration of basic requirements and expectations, assessment of user needs, and establishing quality benchmarks. The day closes with a facilitated discussion of both speakers and attendees of the presented material, possible applications, and the envisioned future. Discussion will include the challenges, identified gaps, and next steps in building a more robust data life cycle. SAVE THE DATE - NOVEMBER 20, 2014 Speakers are still being confirmed but industry experts will make this day engaging, informative, and constructive. Mark your calendars, and stay tuned for further developments as the agenda is completed. Registration opens September 15, 2014. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT: Jill O'Neill Director, Professional Development NFAIS 801 Compass Way, Suite 201 Annapolis, MD 21401 (443) 221-2980 [ jilloneill at nfais.org ]( mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org ) Kathryn Simon Administrative Coordinator, CENDI Secretariat c/o Information International Associates, Inc. 104 Union Valley Road Oak Ridge, TN 37830 (865) 298-1234 [ ksimon at iiaweb.com ]( mailto:ksimon at iiaweb.com ) MORE INFORMATION ABOUT: CENDI ([ http://www.cendi.gov ]( http://www.cendi.gov )) CENDI, the Federal STI Managers Group, was formally created in 1985 when a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by four charter U.S. government agencies (Commerce, Energy, NASA, and Defense). From this small core of STI managers, CENDI has grown to its current membership of 15 major science agencies involved in the dissemination and long-term management of scientific and technical information. 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URL: From jilloneill at nfais.org Mon Sep 15 08:08:49 2014 From: jilloneill at nfais.org (jilloneill at nfais.org) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 08:08:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] Registration Closing for Sept 17 NFAIS Google Update Message-ID: <1410782929.272324522@webmail.emailsrvr.com> NFAIS members should be aware that registration will be closing at noon on Tuesday, August 26 for the upcoming NFAIS Webinar, Google: What's New In 2014. The webinar on Wednesday, September 17, features John Blossom, President, Shore Communications, Inc. as our expert. John will be addressing the following aspects of Google's activity: Recent acquisition activity and the implied significance (Emu, Directr, Next Labs, Titan Aerospace, Skybox, Alpental Technologies, Divide, Songza, drawElements, and more). Global policy, including the European Courts' ruling on the right to be forgotten, and net neutrality. New devices and their impact, including Android and wearable technology, Android's and Chromecast's multiple screens, Nest Thermostats, and Google Chromebooks. Data and deep learning initiatives, including the Google Healthy Data Project and Google's acquisition of Deepmind. Changes to Chrome OS/Chrome browser, including the revamping of Gmail, improvements to Google Docs on mobile devices, notifications, and Google Stars (formerly Google Collections). Google in the context of its competitors?Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook. The NFAIS webinar is scheduled to run between 11:00am (EDST) and 12:30pm. As always, should you find you have a conflict with that timing, registered participants are granted access to the recording of the event. If you or your staff want to learn more about this critical aspect of 21st century information services, you?ll want to register now by visiting [ https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=443572&orgId=nfais ]( https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=443572&orgId=nfais ) . Questions or Concerns? Please contact Jill O?Neill, Director, Professional Development at NFAIS: Email: jilloneill at nfais.org or Voice: 443-221-2980 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mgranahan at nfais.org Mon Sep 22 16:39:46 2014 From: mgranahan at nfais.org (mgranahan at nfais.org) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:39:46 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] Improving Discovery and Access: Recommendations from the E-Data Quality Working Group Message-ID: <1411418386.05839944@webmail.emailsrvr.com> ==================================================================== NFAIS Webinar: Improving Discovery and Access: Recommendations from the E-Data Quality Working Group Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm (EDT) Registration Information: http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=446171&orgId=nfais ==================================================================== What's Covered: In a discovery environment, where access and relevance are paramount, problems and gaps in data consistency and delivery are becoming increasingly evident. To ensure libraries and service providers are drawing from the most relevant datasets possible, bibliographic metadata must be complete, accurate, and structurally consistent to be properly and seamlessly ingested into disparate services, such as link resolvers, citation finders, etc. Unfortunately, breakdowns in our current processes and practices often impede the successful discovery of content by the user. The E-Data Quality Working Group?a cross-industry collaboration of academic libraries, publishers, aggregators, and knowledge-based providers?has been addressing these workflow concerns in an effort to improve discovery and access. In this 90-minute webinar, Suzanne Kemperman, director of business development and publisher relations at OCLC, and Carlen Ruschoff, director of technical services and strategic initiatives at the University of Maryland, explain the nature of the challenge and share recommendations from the working group to bridge the gaps. You'll learn: The identified source of the problem. How this problem impedes the success of the user in discovering and accessing desired content. Gaps that must be bridged between suppliers of bibliographic and holdings data, and libraries and service providers. The benefits of stakeholders collaborating more closely to resolve issues. Recommendations for improving data quality. Join us on Thursday, October 23, and gain first-hand insight from the E-Data Quality Working Group on ways the information community can improve discovery and access. To register or learn more about this event, go to [ http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=446171&orgId=nfais ]( http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=446171&orgId=nfais ). For individual registrants, the cost of the webinar is $125 for NFAIS members, $150 for allied societies*, and $195 for non-members. Group rates for three or more attendees are also available. *Allied Societies: LYRASIS, CENDI, ICSTI, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, the Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division of AAP, The Association of American University Presses, NISO, and ASIS&T. REGISTER NOW!! CONTACT: For more information on this event or any of those shown below, please contact Jill O'Neill, Director of Professional Development at 443-221-2980 ext. 102 or via email at [ jilloneill at nfais.org ]( mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org ). UPCOMING NFAIS EVENTS September 29, 2014 - [ NFAIS Humanities Roundtable ]( https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=437932&orgId=nfais ) 2014 (New York) October 30, 2014 - [ The State of Reference: A Sage White Paper ]( http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=435082&orgId=nfais ) (Webinar) November 20, 2014 - [ Data Infrastructure: The Importance of Quality and Integrity ]( https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=445131&orgId=nfais ) (CENDI-NFAIS Workshop) February 22-24, 2015 - [ NFAIS Annual Conference ]( https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=437992&orgId=nfais ) (DC Metro Area) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mgranahan at nfais.org Thu Sep 25 11:29:44 2014 From: mgranahan at nfais.org (mgranahan at nfais.org) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:29:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [nfais-l] The State of Reference: A Sage White Paper Message-ID: <1411658984.327918947@webmail.emailsrvr.com> ==================================================================== NFAIS Webinar: The State of Reference: A Sage White Paper Date: Thursday, October 30, 2014 Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm (EDT) Registration Information: [ http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=435082&orgId=nfais ]( http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=435082&orgId=nfais ) ==================================================================== What's Covered: In June 2014, Sage Publications released a white paper based on an international survey of 482 academic and special libraries. The findings report a significant shift in how reference work is conducted, impacting publishers of major reference works?encyclopedias, special interest dictionaries, and similar tools?as well as those providing A&I and full-text article databases. In this 90-minute webinar, principal researcher, Elisabeth Leonard, will share key findings of the survey and what publishers and platform providers should be doing to meet 21st century library needs. Attendees will learn about: Reference resources identified as the most useful to library professionals. How discipline impacts which resources are deemed most useful. Changes in library reference services to students and researchers. The impact of open access and free web content. How reference tools and resources are acquired and purchased in this new context. The outlook for library budgets for reference tools and resources. What content and platform providers should be doing to maximize the value of their products and services. Join us on Thursday, October 30, to learn more about how reference work is done in the 21st century library. To register or learn more about this event, go to [ http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=435082&orgId=nfais ]( http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=435082&orgId=nfais ). For individual registrants, the cost of the webinar is $125 for NFAIS members, $150 for allied societies*, and $195 for non-members. Group rates for three or more attendees are also available. *Allied Societies: LYRASIS, CENDI, ICSTI, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, the Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division of AAP, The Association of American University Presses, NISO, and ASIS&T. REGISTER NOW!! CONTACT: For more information on this event or any of those shown below, please contact Jill O'Neill, Director of Professional Development at 443-221-2980 ext. 102 or via email at [ jilloneill at nfais.org ]( mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org ). UPCOMING NFAIS EVENTS September 29, 2014 - [ NFAIS Humanities Roundtable ]( https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=437932&orgId=nfais ) 2014 (New York) October 23, 2014 - [ Improving Discovery and Access: Recommendations from the E-Data Quality Working Group ]( http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=446171&orgId=nfais ) (Webinar) November 20, 2014 - [ Data Infrastructure: The Importance of Quality and Integrity ]( https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=445131&orgId=nfais ) (CENDI-NFAIS Workshop) February 22-24, 2015 - [ NFAIS Annual Conference ]( https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=437992&orgId=nfais ) (DC Metro Area) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: