[nfais-l] The State of Reference: A Sage White Paper

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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 )
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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)
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