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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>REGISTRATION CLOSES ON JULY 16TH FOR THE NFAIS WEBINAR<i>: MOVING FROM TAXONOMIES TO ONTOLOGIES – WHAT, WHY, WHEN AND HOW</i><br><br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Is your organization using the most effective tools to ensure the discoverability of its content)? Do you understand the differences between ontologies and taxonomies and know which is best suited to help you meet <i>your </i>content objectives in a web-based environment? <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"'>To help you answer these questions register before 3:00pm EDST on Tuesday, July 16th for the 90-minute NFAIS webinar, <i>Moving from Taxonomies to Ontologies: What, Why, When, and How</i>. The nsession will take place on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 from 11:00am – 12:30pm EDST. The speaker for this session will be Dan Segal, Senior Taxonomist, Marcinko Enterprises, Inc. (MEI), who will discuss the structure of ontologies and how they are managed using ontology management software; the differences in the software currently available, including open source software for ontology management; and when and how to migrate from a taxonomy to an ontology. Remember, while both taxonomies and ontologies are designed to manage relationships among terms, ontologies offer support for managing the more complex relationships that are used in today’s web-based retrieval systems. <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This is a stand-alone webinar, but if you missed the first 90-minute session on this topic, <i>Taxonomies and Ontologies: Definitions, Differences, and Use, </i>you can still register to view the archived recording at your leisure and receive a 10% discount off both registrations. The first session was led by Gale Hodge, Senior Information Scientist, Information International Associates, who has extensive experience in developing knowledge organization systems. Her presentation provided participants with an understanding of taxonomies and ontologies and the value that each offers. Attendees were extremely positive in their feedback:<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='color:#1F497D'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>“</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks so much for the interesting webinar. It was a very helpful introduction to all the confusing terms related to classification and ontologies.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> “</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This was exceptionally useful to me. Thank you!”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> “The seminar was very well-structured and the speaker talked very clear and not too fast. Very knowledgeable person!”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you or your staff want to learn more about the role that taxonomies and ontologies play in organizing content for maximum discovery, retrieval and use, register for one or both webinars today. The fee for a single webinar is as follows: <b>Individuals:</b> NFAIS members, $105; Sister Society members, $115, and non-members, $125. <b>Groups</b> (3 or more): NFAIS; $255; Sister Society, $275; and non-member, $295. Group registrations and are ideal for organization-wide professional development. All groups receive the link to the archived recording(s) for viewing at any time. <i>Registrants for the series receive a 10% discount</i>. The registration form can be accessed at:<b> <a href="http://nfais.org/event?eventID=524"><span style='font-weight:normal'>http://nfais.org/event?eventID=524</span></a> </b>and can be used to register for the archived recording of the first webinar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;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); <a href="mailto:jilloneill@nfais.org">mailto:jilloneill@nfais.org</a> or go to <a href="http://www.nfais.org/">http://www.nfais.org/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community</span></i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>