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<p class=MsoBodyText>FINAL REMINDER: The NFAIS Humanities Roundtable IX is
Scheduled for October 18, 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This is just a final reminder that the Annual NFAIS
Humanities Roundtable is scheduled for next Monday, October 18, 2010. The
one-day NFAIS program, <i>Turn and Face the New: Delivering Humanities
Research in a Changing Environment</i>,<i> </i>will take place<i> </i>at the
state-of-the-art <a
href="http://www.gc.cuny.edu/about_gc/campus/interview_architects.htm">Graduate
Center of the City University of New York</a> in Manhattan, from 9:00am to
4:15pm. The meeting will highlight some of the major trends impacting the
humanities information environment - e-books, mobile computing, social media,
discovery services, and the future of abstracting and indexing services. And
there will be ample time for attendees to share their own perspectives on
changing user information behavior and the evolution of the humanities
information landscape. While the meeting has a humanities information context,
the program content is applicable to<i> all</i> information providers and
librarians (see final program at: <a
href="http://www.nfais.org/page/277-2010-nfais-humanities-roundtable">http://www.nfais.org/page/277-2010-nfais-humanities-roundtable</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The morning will begin with a look at the changing library
customer. With feedback from recent research, you will learn about the status
of the print monograph, the tipping point for the purchase and use of e-books,
and how these trends are impacting university presses. The focus will then
turn to the mobile delivery of information with a discussion on content
preparation and its optimal delivery mechanism - via a mobile application or a
mobile-optimized web site. This will be followed by a case study on how to successfully
develop and use a blog to create an organizational online voice. The morning
will close with am interesting look at usage statistics from hosted content.
You will learn what current technology can (and cannot) do with regard to
tracking the user’s path, what hosts can share with content providers,
and how usage statistics drive platform development.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The afternoon will begin with a panel of humanities
information providers sharing their perspective on the future of the humanities
market – how user needs, expectations, and skills are changing and how
technology is driving that change. This will be followed by a session on how
the reading experience itself is evolving - the devices that are used, how
users are reacting to those devices, and what new trends can be expected in the
coming year. There will be an update on the impact of discovery services in the
delivery of humanities information, and the closing keynote will discuss the
future of abstracting and indexing services – what they do well, how they
can expand – and how they can even thrive.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The final program, directions to the meeting facility, and
registration information are now available on the NFAIS Web site at: <a
href="http://www.nfais.org/page/277-2010-nfais-humanities-roundtable">http://www.nfais.org/page/277-2010-nfais-humanities-roundtable</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Register soon, as seating is limited. Registration for this
one-day session, including continental breakfast, lunch and two refreshment
breaks, is only $95 for NFAIS members and $115 for non-members. For more
information contact: Jill O’Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication
and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto: <a
href="mailto:jilloneill@nfais.org">mailto:jilloneill@nfais.org</a>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Founded
in 1958, NFAIS is a premier membership organization of more than 80 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i>NFAIS: Serving
the Global Information Community<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Bonnie Lawlor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of Advanced Information Services (<i>NFAIS</i>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Philadelphia, PA 19102<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>1-215-893-1561 Phone<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>1-215-893-1564 Fax<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>blawlor@nfais.org<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>www.nfais.org<o:p></o:p></p>
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