DUSLA Guest Speaker - SPOTLIGHT ON THE INFORMATION PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
Who: Jill O'Neill, Director of Planning and Communication for National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS).
What: Trends in the online database publishing industry, and preview of the upcoming NFAIS conference in Philly When: Tuesday 1/13, 5-6pm
Where: Rush Room 014 (downstairs)
Interactive simulcast online here: http://67.202.209.165/
NFAIS serves as the trade group for providers of online database services that aggregate, organize and facilitate access to published information. In other words, the vendors of all the databases your library will ever use are members of this association. From their website: "It is a partnership of government, nonprofit and commercial organizations – all sharing a common mission of improved access to, and use of, information."
This is an excellent opportunity for us to learn more about an industry that we all rely on and that may also be a potential job market for librarians. Ms. O'Neill will also be discussing the NFAIS annual conference taking place here in Philadelphia in February. They are looking for student volunteers to help at the conference and will provide them with excellent networking opportunities.
Questions? Contact DUSLA Program Co-coordinator, Holly Zerbe - hzerbe@gmail.com
Learn more about DUSLA and opportunities to get involved here: http://www.ischool.drexel.edu/
