NFAIS Humanities Roundtable VIiI
Monday, October 19, 2009
The Graduate Center of
The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Skylight Conference Room, 9th Floor
FINAL AGENDA
8:15am - 9:00am: Registration
9:00am - 9:15am: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director of Planning and
Communication
Barbara Dobbs Mackenzie, Editor-in-Chief, RILM
Abstracts of Music Literature, Host
9:15am - 10:00am Standards, Identifiers, and Processes
Traditionally, the disciplines that make up the humanities have been heavily dominated by the print format. As a result, the emphasis on such topics as the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and similar initiatives has lagged - but this is about to change dramatically. Standards in the digital content workflow are a hot topic for publishers and librarians. The opening keynote will provide an overview of established and emerging standards (DOI, EPUB, etc.) that may potentially impact the publication processes of information providers in the humanities.
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
10:00am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 11:15am Smart Search & Technology
How does a "smart search" system work? What is the potential impact on abstracting and indexing services of "smart search" laid over a full text repository? Is there a way in which abstracting and indexing services can leverage this type of technology for themselves? Two technology vendors (data conversion, automated indexing and XML) will address this topic.
Marjorie M. K. Hlava, President, Access Innovations
11:15am - 12:15pm Quality Assurance In the Digital Workflow
This session will feature speakers from the social sciences and the humanities who will discuss the ways in which their organizations have successfully integrated quality assurance into their digital information workflow. They will discuss the challenges that they have had to overcome and the key quality issues inherent in processing digital information.
Judith Altreuter, Director of Print & Electronic Production, Modern Language Association; Wendy Queen, Manager, Publishing Technologies, Project Muse
12:15pm -1:15pm Lunch (will be provided)
1:15pm - 1:45pm: Emerging Trends and Technologies
This session will provide a rapid overview of emerging trends and technologies (including the emerging browser wars, applications and augmented reality in the context of mobile devices, cloud computing, etc.). It will, as well, include a brief look at Google Wave, the new communication and collaboration platform.These external forces shape the expectations of users with regard to interfaces and access channels. What may be expected of advanced information services and resources, such as those created by NFAIS member organizations?
Jill O'Neill, Director, Planning & Communication, NFAIS
1:45pm - 2:30pm: Innovative Marketing: Leveraging Social Networks
Information providers should not have a presence sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Blogger or Wordpress just for the sake of being there. Your presence must be an active one and this session will provide practical advice for successfully working with these sites. You will learn about the most effective Web 2.0 tools for marketing and gain helpful tips for building a presence and connecting with users.
Ann Michael, President, DeltaThink
2:30pm - 3:30pm: Globalization: Growth Issues for Information Providers in the Humanities
This session will be a roundtable discussion among three humanities content providers on the potential for global market growth within the context of the current philosophical and economic climate. Issues to be discussed include: How global does coverage need to be for a humanities information service? Why are humanities databases lagging behind STM databases in acceptance and use by emerging markets? Does a relationship exist between coverage of a countrys scholarship and subscriber levels in that country? Audience participation in the discussion is encouraged.
Mary Onorato, Product Manager, Gale/Cengage Learning; Barbara Dobbs Mackenzie, Editor-in-Chief, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature; Dr. James Chan, President, Asia Marketing and Management.
3:30pm - 3:45pm: Break and Networking Opportunity
3:45pm - 4:15pm: The Impact of Google Books on Humanities Information
This session will discuss the Google Book Settlement and any potential implications for information in the Humanities.
Allan Adler, Vice President for Legal & Government Affairs, Association of American Publishers
4:15pm - 5:00pm: The Future of Humanities Information in the Digital Age
In closing, we will take a look how the digital age continues to impact humanities information and what additional changes can be expected in the not-too-distant future.
Kevin Guthrie, President, Ithaka
5:00pm: Adjourn
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