[Asis-l] 2010 NFAIS Annual Conference -- Registration Open

[Jill ONeill]

REGISTER NOW FOR THE NFAIS 2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE:  PRELIMINARY 
PROGRAM AVAILABLE ON THE NEW NFAIS WEBSITE  

The 2010 NFAIS Annual Conference, Redefining the Value of 
Information:  Exploring the New Equation, is scheduled to take place 
February 28 - March 2, 2010 at the Hyatt at the Bellevue in 
Philadelphia, PA.  The preliminary program and registration 
information are available on the new NFAIS website along with the 
conference press release, hotel information/directions, and 
information on Philadelphia (go to: http://www.nfais.org/page/23-
2010-annual-conference.
   
Opening with a keynote presentation by Clay Shirky, Internet guru 
and author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without 
Organizations, the conference will take a look at the measures 
information seekers currently use to define information value and 
why these measures are important to them. For while credibility, 
authority, and quality remain key factors, information and 
technology are now inseparable. As a result, new criteria for 
defining the value of information products and services have entered 
the equation.   

You will learn what users really want from a survey taken by 
Outsell, Inc. as well as directly from a panel of users themselves. 
You will hear about products and services that librarians and 
content providers are now offering as they, too, begin to focus on 
the new measures of value such as mobile computing and tools that 
foster collaborative research. You will learn how innovative content 
providers are taking a fresh look at their content and emerging 
technologies in order to create even greater value for users. And 
you will hear more about some of the key issues that are reshaping 
scholarly communication and user perceptions of the value of 
information, such as open content, the emergence of online scholarly 
communities of interest with their own ?authoritative? content, and 
debates over the value of authoritative, credible content. Of 
special interest will be a session on how content providers 
themselves should measure value, highlighting three case studies 
that will help as your organization explores the new information 
value equation. 

Our closing keynote speaker, John Willbanks, Vice President of 
Science at the Creative Commons, will provide a glimpse of what the 
information products and services of the future will look like if 
the information value equation is significantly transformed by such 
issues as open content, an increase in global collaborative research 
and online communities of interest, the current perceived value of 
free versus fee-based content, etc.  And he will provide some 
insights on what publishers and librarians need to do in order to be 
the providers of ultimate value to future generations of scholars 
and researchers.  

Attend the 52nd NFAIS Annual Conference to hear about some of the 
approaches being taken to redefine the value of information and to 
interact with industry experts who are already grappling with this 
critical issue. No matter what role you play in the information 
community - content or technology provider, librarian, information 
professional, or educator - join us and learn how to raise the user 
perception of value for your information products and services. 
  
For more information, contact Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director of 
Communication and Planning, at 215-893-1561 Phone, 215-893-1564 Fax 
or jilloneill at nfais.org.  And keep your eye on the new NFAIS web 
site for conference updates (http://www.nfais.org).


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Jill O'Neill
jilloneill at nfais.org
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jilloneill