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<div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>NFAIS Webinar:</b></span></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Advances
in Peer Review: Increasing Trust in the Process or Heightening the Noise?</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Date:</b></span></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
Tuesday, February 9, 2016</span></font></span></font></div>
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am - 12:45 pm (EST)</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Registration Information:</b></span></font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font><a href="http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=458225&orgId=nfais" target="_blank" id="LPlnk971275" previewinformation="1"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></font></a><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=498724&orgId=nfais" id="LPlnk380541" title="http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=498724&orgId=nfais
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<div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>What's Covered:</b></span></font></span></font></div>
<div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Over the course of the past three years, a significant
amount of attention has been given to examining the effectiveness of the peer review process in the context of scholarly publishing as it transitions fully to a digital environment. <span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Peer
review is a key source and driver of trust in scholarly publications and, in a</span> 2015 report commissioned by The Wellcome Foundation entitled<em>
</em><a href="http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/stellent/groups/corporatesite/@policy_communications/documents/web_document/wtp059003.pdf"><em>Scholarly Communication and Peer Review: The Landscape and Future Trends</em></a><em>,
</em>emerging concerns about the peer review process are raised. T</span></font></span></font><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">he report highlights the need to move towards greater transparency; greater interaction between editors,
authors and reviewers; and the need for scholarly credit and recognition for reviewer contributions.</span></div>
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<div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In this hour and 45-minute NFAIS webinar, attendees
will hear about emerging changes to the handling of peer review in the current environment, new entrants into the marketplace, and changes that emphasize transparency and collaborative feedback in improving scholarly outputs from the perspective of traditional
publishers, non-traditional publishers, and publication service providers.</span></font></span></font></div>
<div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></span></font></div>
<div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Attendees will learn:</span></font></span></font></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">How the objective of peer review has changed.</span></font></span></font></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">New expectations for peer review, and case studies on how they are being met.</span></font></span></font></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The pressures placed on publishers in supporting the evolving peer review process.</span></font></span></font></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The virtues and challenges of using pre-publication and post-publication peer review.</span></font></span></font></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The use of blockchain technology in building an open, transparent peer review system.</span></font></span></font></li></ul>
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<div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px; margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Join us on Tuesday, February 9, to delve into
the evolving peer review processes that provide greater transparency, collaboration, and recognition.</span></font></span></font></div>
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For individual registrants, the cost of the webinar is $125 for NFAIS members, $150 for allied societies*, and $195 for non-members. Group rates for three or more attendees are also available.</span></font></font></div>
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the Society for Scholarly Publishing, the Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division of AAP, The Association of American University Presses, NISO, and ASIS&T.</i></span></font></span></font></div>
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<a href="http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=487746&orgId=nfais">
Customer Insight - The Right Tool for the Right Job</a> (45-minute webinar)</span></font></span></font></div>
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