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<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
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<h1><span style='text-decoration:none'>STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR THE 2011
NFAIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Not yet
registered for the 2011 NFAIS Annual Conference, <i>Taming the Information
Tsunami: The New World of Discovery</i>? Don’t worry. <i> </i>Registrations
are still being accepted for the meeting that will take place February 27 -
March 1, 2011 at the historic <a
href="http://philadelphia.bellevue.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp">Hyatt at
the Bellevue</a> in Philadelphia, PA. Just go to: <a
href="http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/295-register-for-2011-annual-conference">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/295-register-for-2011-annual-conference</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
program will bring together publishers, librarians, and technology developers
representing all market sectors from around the globe to discuss how they are
responding to the daunting challenge of identifying, acquiring, processing,
transmitting, and storing incredible amounts of digital content across all
media and across a growing amount of foreign languages – a challenge that
will continue into the foreseeable future as the volume of information
continues to escalate. Practical approaches currently being implemented will be
discussed along with emerging technologies that hold promise for the future
such as augmented reality, machine thinking, semantic search, cloud computing,
automated translations and more (</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>see
final program at: <a
href="http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/292-program-2011-nfais-annual-conference">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/292-program-2011-nfais-annual-conference</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Highlights
Include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A
thought-provoking look at the complex problems and entrepreneurial
opportunities offered by today’s information explosion from Dan Gillmor,
author of <i>We the Media<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Survey
results from IDC on the sources of today’s digital information explosion
and the expected information growth rates in the coming years <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A
panel of librarians and researchers addressing how they are adapting to
information overload - the tools they use, what works, what doesn’t, and
how their jobs have changed as a result </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A
look at the impact of digital technology on how we think and how we process and
use information from Steven Berlin Johnson, Contributing Editor, <i>Wired </i>magazine.</span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Case
studies from the Library of Congress, Nature Publishing, and the <i>Journal of
Visual Experiments </i>on coverage of content across all media and diverse
languages to ensure the relevance and comprehensiveness of their products and
services</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture given by award recipient Dr. Ben Shneiderman,
Professor and Founding Director of the Human-Computer <span style='background:
white'>Interaction Laboratory, University of Maryland</span></span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Examples
of the current and emerging technologies - cloud computing, augmented reality,
semantic searching, machine thinking, automatic translation - that are shaping
the future of information discovery</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>A look at the challenges to acquiring, preserving,
and delivering the huge volume of information that comprises the U.S.
national record from David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>A discussion of the future of the Web - how content
providers, librarians, faculty, and users will efficiently and effectively
navigate the tidal waves of content that are forthcoming. </span><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Attend the
53rd NFAIS Annual Conference and learn how learn how you can ensure that <i>your
</i>products and services allow information seekers to successfully navigate
the information tsunami.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To
register or obtain more information c</span></b><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>ontact:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning (<a
href="mailto:jilloneill@nfais.org">jilloneill@nfais.org</a> or 215-893-1561) or
visit the NFAIS Web site at <a
href="http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/291-2011-nfais-annual-conference">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/291-2011-nfais-annual-conference</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The National
Federation of Advanced Information Services (<i>NFAIS</i>),1518 Walnut Street,
Suite 1004, Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403. <i>NFAIS: Serving the Global
Information Community</i></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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