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<h1><span style='text-decoration:none'>EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS END NEXT WEEK FOR
THE 2012 NFAIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><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"'>Early bird
registrations will end on Friday, January 13, 2012 for the NFAIS Annual
Conference, <i>Born of Disruption: An Emerging New Normal for the Information
Landscape.</i> Until then savings of up to $200 off the full registration fee
are available and NFAIS members registering three or more staff at the same
time receive even greater savings (for details see the registration page at <a
href="http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/336-register-for-2012-annual-conference">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/336-register-for-2012-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><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New
this year: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></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:l6 level1 lfo2'><![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"'>50%
discounts for staff of member organizations that are in the early stages of
their career (5 years or less)</span><b>. </b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Call/
e-mail for details (215-893-1561 or <a href="mailto:nfais@nfais.org">mailto:nfais@nfais.org</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2'><![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"'>30%
discount on daily rates for all government employees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2'><![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"'>20%
discount on full/daily rates for first time non-member attendees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2'><![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"'>Use
of audience-response devices throughout the conference to capture audience
opinions – all registrants will be sent a copy of the results<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This three-day
meeting scheduled from February 26 - 28, 2012 at the historic <a
href="http://philadelphia.bellevue.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp">Hyatt at
the Bellevue</a> in Philadelphia, PA will take a look at how technologies once
considered disruptive have converged, been embraced, and are driving publishers
and librarians around the globe to reinvent their methods of information
creation, packaging, and delivery<i>. </i>The preliminary program is
available at: <a
href="http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/361-program-2012-nfais-annual-conference">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/361-program-2012-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=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:l3 level1 lfo4'><![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 keynote by John Wilbanks on the emerging information
landscape - what is shaping it and the opportunities it offers <i><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:l3 level1 lfo4'><![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 Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet and American Life
Project, demonstrating the extent to which once disruptive technologies (mobile
computing, social media, the Cloud, etc.) have become mainstream <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:l5 level1 lfo6'><![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 information industry leaders providing their perspective on the new
normal and the changes that they have made in products, technologies, staff
skills, and business policies in order to remain relevant </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=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6'><![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 how content providers are working with new content (data sets, multimedia,
Big Data) and new technologies ( HTML5, cloud computing, APIs, mobile devices)
to transform their products and services </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:l5 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>A look at initiatives fueled by current user information
behavior and expectations such as Microsoft’s Academic Search, new methods
for measuring the value of web-based scholarship, and crowd-sourced
scholarly content <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:l5 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Key issues relevant to all who operate in a global
information economy - including competition for budget dollars from
emerging industries within developing countries <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:l5 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>A look at what is down the road, including a profile
of th</span>e <span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>researcher of
the future from preliminary results of a joint survey by JISC and the
British Library and a look at the Gartner Hype Cycle for emerging
technologies that will impact the information community<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:l5 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>An interactive closing keynote by Joe Esposito
looking at how the “new normal” may evolve over the next five years </span><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To
register or obtain more information contact:</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/335-2012-nfais-annual-conference">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/335-2012-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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NFAIS: Serving the Global
Information Community<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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