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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NFAIS Webinars and Workshops on Improving
Information Discovery and the Future of Abstracting and Indexing Services.
Register Now for All Three sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NFAIS will be
holding a series of webinars and workshops in the coming months on topics
related to improving information discovery and the future of abstracting and
indexing services. All of the sessions offer the option of virtual attendance
and 15% discounts are available for attending both one-day workshops. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>October 25, 2012</span></u></b><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>:</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> NFAIS Webinar: <i>Linked Data: What
it is, What it Does, and the Future of Information Discovery<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Speakers:
Bradley Allen, Vice President, Elsevier Labs, will provide the perspective of a
content provider and Richard Wallis, Technology Evangelist, OCLC, will provide
the viewpoint of the library community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This is a
90 minute webinar that will provide an overview of how linked data can be used
to the benefit of the entire information community - content providers,
librarians, and users. Some of the topics to be covered are what is meant by
“linked data;” how it is a step forward from previous mechanisms
used to expose information on the web; if and how it is being used by the
scholarly/research community in a fruitful way; how it fuels the semantic web
predicted for the future; and why, with the increasing power of technologies
that can make sense of unstructured data, linked standards are necessary<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"'>Fees and
registration form are available at: <a
href="http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/381-linked-data-webinar-october-2012">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/381-linked-data-webinar-october-2012</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>November 30, 2012</span></u></b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>:</span></u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <b>NFAIS Workshop</b>: <b><i>Indexing
and Indices: An Essential Component of Information Discovery. </i></b> This
one-day workshop, to be held in Philadelphia, Pa, will look at some of the
indexing approaches that can be used to ensure the discovery of scholarly and
scientific content; e.g., natural language vs. controlled vocabulary, faceted
indexing and classification systems; image indexing and retrieval; and indexing
of the web. Publishers, as well as librarians responsible for the indexing of
their institution’s digital information assets and other intellectual property,
will discuss the approaches that they have taken, what works, what
doesn’t, and why. The importance of controlled vocabularies will be
discussed as will the pros and cons of manual indexing versus machine-generated
indexing versus a hybrid approach. The indexing of non-textual content will be
discussed and the meeting will close with a conversation with librarians who
will voice their perspective on what is needed to improve information
discovery. The agenda and registration forms are available at: <a
href="http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/378-indexing-and-indices-nov-2012">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/378-indexing-and-indices-nov-2012</a>.
(Attend the March 15, 2013 session and get 15% off the registration fees for
both).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>March 15, 2013:</span></u></b><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NFAIS Workshop:</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Future Role of Abstracting and
Indexing Services. </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> This
one-day workshop, to be held in Philadelphia, PA, will provide an overview of
the history and current status of today’s Abstracting & Indexing
Services (A&I’s) and the challenges that they face to remain relevant
in a rapidly changing information environment. Librarians will discuss how well
these services meet the needs of their users and will offer insights as to how
the role of A&I’s may change as libraries - and their own services - continue
to evolve. The workshop will also look at the new competitors who are emerging
and what unfilled needs they are attempting to address. A&I providers will
offer their perspective on the current environment and will discuss what
initiatives they are planning to keep pace with change. And the meeting will
close with a look at the future of information discovery and the role that both
new and traditional information providers may play. The agenda and registration
forms are available at: <a
href="http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/379-the-future-of-abstracting-and-indexing-march-2013">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/379-the-future-of-abstracting-and-indexing-march-2013</a>.
(Attend the November 30, 2012 session and get 15% off the registration fees for
both).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more
information contact: Jill O’Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication
and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mail to <a
href="mailto:Jilloneill@nfais.org">Jilloneill@nfais.org</a> or go to <a
href="Http://www.nfais.org">Http://www.nfais.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNoSpacing 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>
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"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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