<font face="georgia" size="3"><h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 10.8pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #23170a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 10.8pt;">NFAIS 2014 Webinar Program</span></h1>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 10.8pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #23170a;"> <br /> <strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Webinar: Collaborating to Improve Discoverability: Accomplishments, Challenges and Opportunities</span></strong><br /> <br /> <strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Date and Time: Wednesday, March 12, 11:00 – 12:30 (EST)</span></strong><br /> <br /> <strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Featured Speakers:</span></strong><br /> •    Mary M. Somerville, University Librarian and Library Director, University of Colorado Denver<br /> •    Lettie Y. Conrad, Executive Manager, Online Products, SAGE</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 10.8pt; outline: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #23170a;"><a style="outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://info.nfais.org/info/SageWhitePaper_March12_Regform.doc"><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #094fa3; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">Register to participate in this 90-minute webinar</span></strong></a><br /> <br /> What collaborative efforts are needed to better support discoverability of content in service to researchers, students, and faculty?  In this upcoming NFAIS webinar, Dr. Mary Somerville (University of Colorado Denver) and Lettie Conrad (SAGE) will discuss findings of a 2013 SAGE-sponsored study investigating this question in the light of current aspirations, accomplishments, and opportunities.  <br /> <br /> Contributors to the study included, among others, such NFAIS member organizations as Delta Think, ProQuest, and Informed Strategies. In this follow-up to their 2012 study (featured in this<span> </span><a style="outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://nfais.org/event?eventID=518"><span style="color: #094fa3; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">March 2013 NFAIS workshop</span></a>), Somerville and Conrad have documented four areas that industry experts believe demand cross-sector participation and focus.  Those areas include:<br /> •    Standards<br /> •    Transparency<br /> •    Metadata<br /> •    Partnerships<br /> In each instance, Somerville and Conrad offer actionable recommendations for next steps.<br /> <br /> Register now to participate in this 90 minute webinar on Wednesday, March 12, to learn more regarding the challenges and opportunities awaiting those who actively enhance efforts in each of these areas! </span></p>
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