[Asis-l] Last Chance to Register - NFAIS Oct 13

[Jill O'Neill]

NFAIS Workshop on Improving the User Search Experience:  Leveraging Content
to Improve Discoverability and Use. 

Question: In a world of information overload can information discovery - and
therefore its ultimate use - be optimized? 

This NFAIS workshop, scheduled from 9:00am - 4:30pm on October 13th in
Philadelphia, PA will provide some answers for both content providers and
librarians..  Virtual attendance is optional for those unable to travel to
Philadelphia.

Come and learn from experts such as Jake Zarnegar, President, Silver Chair
Information Systems, who will open the meeting with an overview on the
importance of content organization and structure, the effective use of
taxonomies, thesauri, indexes, and metadata, and the importance of semantic
tagging to create "smart" content.  Speakers from Wolters Kluwer and The
H.W. Wilson Company will present case studies on the effective use of
taxonomies and you will hear from OCLC on the leveraging of metadata as
demonstrated by OCLC's WorldCat Genres.

After lunch the speakers from CSA and Thomson Reuters Healthcare & Science
will discuss indexing and tagging as a method of improving information
discovery, not only at the article level, but also at a much more granular
level (charts, tables, etc.).

And you will learn from representatives of the New England Journal of
Medicine and Science how they are including multimedia and user-generated
content to enhance the overall utility of their products and services.  IEEE
will present a case study on the use of automated or computer-assisted
indexing will be presented as a potential tool for managing information
overload.  And in closing, you will learn about a new initiative for the
development of best practices to ensure the discoverability and preservation
of supplemental materials that are included as part of many scholarly and
scientific journals.

The program, registration forms, directions to the meeting location, list of
nearby hotels, and general information on Philadelphia are available at:
http://www.nfais.org/page/280-improving-the-user-experience-part-ii).

On-site Attendance:, NFAIS members pay $425 and non-members pay
$475.Continetnal breakfast, lunch and all day beverages are included

Virtual Attendance: NFAIS members pay $375 and non-members pay $425.
Reduced virtual registrations are available for groups of 3, 6 or unlimited
attendees (go to the registration site for more information:
http://www.nfais.org/page/280-improving-the-user-experience-part-ii).

For more information contact:  Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication
and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax);
mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/.

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