[Asis-l] Google, The Web, and the Future of Publishers and Libraries

[Jill O'Neill]

NFAIS Forum on Google, the Web and the Future Roles of Publishers and
Librarians:  Registration Discounts for Onsite or Virtual Attendance
Available Through June 5th.  

Cosponsored by the iSchool at Drexel University

The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIST), with the
support of the iSchool at Drexel University, is organizing a one-day meeting
- Google, the Web, and the Future Roles of Publishers and Librarians - to be
held on June 26, 2009 at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, from 9:00am
to 5:00pm.  Virtual attendance is optional for those unable to travel to
Philadelphia.

Why Attend?
 
We all know that Google's objective is to make the world's knowledge
accessible to everyone.  And through its digitization projects, Google
Books, and Google Scholar, it is moving steadily towards meeting that
objective.  With an 81.38% share of the global search engine market, it is
an information resource of choice, not only for the general public, but for
faculty, students and researchers around the world.  Its presence cannot be
ignored and its continuing evolution must be considered.

Do you want to know more about Google's current competitive advantage and
the diverse roles that it is positioned to play in the not-too-distant
future? Are you are curious about its acceptance and use by scholars or
interested in the business opportunities that it offers to content
providers? Do you want to learn how innovative abstracting and indexing
services and libraries continue to fulfill their mission to provide access
to credible, authoritative content and how that role may evolve in the
future?  If you answered "yes" to any of the above, this meeting is for you.

Agenda

Stephen Arnold, author of the recently released Google:  The Digital
Gutenberg, will discuss Google's evolution and, through knowledge gained by
an analysis of their patents and an understanding of their publishing
technologies, shed insight on their competitive advantages and the media
roles that they are positioned to play.  This will be followed by a look at
the current acceptance and use of Google by researchers as revealed by
research conducted by Serials Solutions, as seen first-hand by a corporate
librarian, and from the perspective of a young Ph.D. candidate.  In
addition, several publishers will reveal how their organizations are
benefiting from Google's global reach. 
 
In the afternoon, representatives of the A&I and library communities will
discuss how they are transforming their products and services for today's
Web-based information environment to ensure that scholars and researchers
obtain the quality search results that are essential to efficient and
cost-effective research.   And in closing, Roy Tennant, Senior Program
Officer, OCLC Programs and Research, will share his insights on the future
role of libraries and publishers in the face of Web information resources
such as Google, and discuss what they must do in order to ensure that that
they continue to meet the information needs of future generations of
scholars and researchers.

The preliminary program, registration form, directions to the meeting
location, list of nearby hotels offering discounts, and general information
on Philadelphia is available at:
http://www.nfais.org/events/event_details.cfm?id=56

Onsite Attendance: on or before June 5, 2009, NFAIS members pay $325 and
non-members pay $375 (registration fee includes continental breakfast, a box
lunch two refreshment breaks).  After June 5, 2009, NFAIS members pay $375
and non-members pay $425.  

Virtual Attendance: on or before June 5, 2009, NFAIS members pay $295 and
non-members pay $345. After June 5, 2009, NFAIS members pay $345 and
non-members pay $395.  

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/.

Jill O'Neill
Director, Planning & Communication
NFAIS
(v) 215-893-1561
(email) jilloneill at nfais.org