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<h1><span style='text-decoration:none'>EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS NOW AVAILABLE FOR
THE 2013 NFAIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 2013
NFAIS Annual Conference, <i>In Search of Answers: Unlocking New Value from
Content, </i>will take place February 24 - 26, 2013 at the historic <a
href="http://philadelphia.bellevue.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp">Hyatt at
the Bellevue</a> in Philadelphia, PA. Early bird registrations are available
until January 11, 2013. 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/372-2013-nfais-annual-conference">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/372-2013-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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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"'>Continuing
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:l1 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"'>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:l1 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"'>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:l1 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"'>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:l1 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"'>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 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>. A “New Normal” information landscape has begun to
emerge…….</i> The preliminary program is available at: <a
href="http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/372-2013-nfais-annual-conference">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/372-2013-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>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>A thought-provoking keynote by David Weinberger,
author of <i>Too Big to</i> <i>Know, </i>on the information explosion and
how technology in combination with global collaboration and the shared
wisdom of the crowd is reshaping knowledge creation.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><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:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hot off the press qualitative survey results from
Outsell, Inc. showing the extent to which tools such as metrics and
analytics are being used by publishers and librarians to unlock new value
from existing content</span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>The perspective of scholars and researchers on the
ability of existing information resources to provide the answers they
need and what they believe needs to be done to extract new value</span><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>A look at how innovative publishers and librarians
are applying data mining , linking, analytics, and metrics not only to
create smart content, but also to better understand user needs and
behavior</span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>New and emerging metrics for measuring the value of
information in an inter-tangled world of scholarly publishing, social
media and information sharing <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 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"'>Publisher
and Librarian perspectives on how data mining, analytics, the re-use and
sharing of content and collaborative research are forcing a re-evaluation of
privacy, intellectual property, and data ownership policies<br>
<br>
</span><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:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>A look at INM’s Watson and the future role of
technology in extracting answers from reams of information <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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 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/372-2013-nfais-annual-conference">http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/372-2013-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<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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