2012 NFAIS Annual Conference

February 26 - February 28, 2012 

Hyatt at the Bellevue
Broad and Walnut Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19102

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Born of Disruption: An Emerging New Normal for the Information Landscape

The emergence of e-journals, search engines, and the Web triggered the disruption of the information landscape more than twenty years ago. Accelerated by the continual introduction of new technologies, the perpetual reshaping of digital content, and the coming of age of Digital Natives, disruption is gradually transforming the entire industry as technologies mature, converge, and become mainstream. Today, the melding of broadband connectivity, mobile devices and apps, cloud computing, analytic tools, and social media has created a platform-rich information environment that can be leveraged to enhance and enrich the information discovery process. This new information environment is driving publishers and librarians around the globe to reinvent their methods of information creation, packaging, and delivery while building the requisite organizational infrastructures.

What is the new normal for content as multimedia grows in importance and once-unified articles are deconstructed into chunks of essential information? Are new skills in curation and information management required as content such as datasets grow in importance? What are the roles and opportunities for libraries and abstracting and information services in the discovery of new forms of content? How are publishers using today's multi-platform information environment to provide content within the context of the workflows of both academic and corporate information seekers? What benefits does the Cloud offer to publishers, librarians, and users and what are the economics of its usage? How is the growing economic strength of developing countries impacting information search and retrieval? As changes in user information behavior accelerate and the Digital Natives come of age, are business models and practices in alignment with the new normal?

The 54th NFAIS Annual Conference will discuss these issues and more. No matter what role you play in the information community - content or technology provider, librarian, educator, or other information professional - this meeting is for you. It will provide you with an ideal opportunity to network with peers who are moving beyond technology evaluation to the transformation of their information services in order to remain relevant to both current and future generations of information seekers.
 

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