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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0;">Registration will close at noon (EST) on Monday, January 13th for the NFAIS Webinar, <em>An Overview of ISNI:  The International Name Identifier. </em>This 90-minute webinar (11:00am - 12:30pm EST) will provide an overview of ISNI by featured speaker Laura Dawson, Product Manager, Identifiers at Bowker, an affiliated business of ProQuest.  Laura who will discuss the following:</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If you or your staff want to learn more about this initiative and how it can benefit your organization, register for the NFAIS webinar today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NFAIS members pay $125, Sister Society members pay $150 and non-members pay $195.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three or more staff from NFAIS member organizations can participate for a group fee of $295. The group fee for three or more staff from any Sister Society is $350, and from a non-member organization is $450. The registration form can be accessed at<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">: </strong></span><a href="http://nfais.org/event?eventID=540"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://nfais.org/event?eventID=540</span></span></a></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">You can still register</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">to view the archived recording of the overview of ORCID given by<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </strong></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Laurel L. Haak, ORCID Executive Director, on October 23, 2013. That separate registration form may be accessed at: </span><a href="http://nfais.org/event?eventID=529"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://nfais.org/event?eventID=529</span></span></a></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000;"><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); </span><a href="mailto:jilloneill@nfais.org"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: #0563c1;">mailto:jilloneill@nfais.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> or go to </span><a href="http://www.nfais.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.nfais.org/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.</span></p>
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