Monday, February 23, 2004

Final Program

Monday, February 23, 2004

8:00am - 5:00pm         Registration

7:45am - 8:30am         Continental Breakfast

   Sponsored by the American Psychological Association/PsycINFO and Nerac, Inc.

8:30am - 9:45am        Breaking Format Walls:  The New Digital Collections

Hear how content-providers are integrating diverse data formats - images, video, audio, text, software - to enhance legacy data and create innovative new products and services.   Understand how these types of products meet the needs of today’s information seekers, the challenges that the products can present with regard to production, distribution and archiving, and the opportunities that new data formats offer for the future success of traditional information providers.

Moderator: James Pringle, Vice President, Development, Academic & Government Markets and BIOSIS General Manager, Thomson Scientific

• Tom Moritz, Boeschenstein Director, Library Services, American Museum of Natural History  [Abstract]

• Chris Forbes, President, Knovel Corporation [Abstract]   

• Patrick A. Healey, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center [Abstract] 

9:45am - 10:15am        Break and Networking Opportunity

Sponsored by the IEE/INSPEC

10:15am - 12:00pm        Breaking Format Walls:
                                    The New Digital Collections (cont.)

Moderator: James Pringle, Vice President, Development, Academic & Government Markets and BIOSIS General Manager, Thomson Scientific

• Bernard Rous, Deputy Director of Publications, Electronic Publishing Program Director, ACM   [Abstract]

• Steven M. Bachrach, Semmes Distinguished Professort, Trinity University, Chem. Dept., Editor-in-Chief, Internet Journal of Chemistry   [Abstract]

• Peter Burnhill,Director, EDINA, UK/JISC National Data Centre, University of Edinburgh, Scotland  [Abstract]  

• Paul Roy, Senior Vice President, Arius3D  [Abstract]

12:00pm – 1:45pm       Lunch on Your own

Enjoy center city Philadelphia neighborhoods, eateries and shops before retuning for the afternoon sessions.  NFAIS Committees and Roundtables will use this opportunity to hold informal meetings over Dutch-treat lunches.  Come and join them if interested!

1:45pm - 3:15pm         Text Mining:  Ready for Use?

The enormous amount of data created by traditional information providers over decades is an invaluable asset - one that can be mined by customers for their own specific purposes or by the information providers themselves in order to create new and unique services.  Learn about the tools currently available for this purpose and how organizations are discovering renewed interest  - and increased value - in legacy data.

Moderator:  Eileen Shanbrom, Manager, CAS and Web Content, Chemical Abstracts Service    

• David D. Lewis, PhD., President, David D. Lewis Associates  [Abstract]
• Xiaohua Tony Hu, Assistant Professor, College of Information Science & Technology, Drexel University  [Abstract]
• Jane Rosov, Coordinator, Data Distribution Program, National Library of Medicine  [Abstract]

3:15pm - 3:45pm         Demonstration:  Web Fountain IBM Project, IBM Research
Speaker: Larry J. Proctor, Consulting Service Executive, WebFountain Technologies

3:45pm - 4:15pm         Break and Networking Opportunity

Sponsored by Elsevier

4:15pm - 5:00pm         Miles Conrad Lecture

Moderator: Marjorie M.K. Hlava, NFAIS President
Lecturer:  Dr. John Regazzi, Managing Director, Market Development, Elsevier  [Abstract] [Slides] [Full Textin PDF File format ]

Dr. Regazzi was appointed in 2001 as Managing Director, Market Development of Elsevier, a leading international publisher of STM information and a division of Reed Elsevier. At that time he was also appointed to the Elsevier Board of Directors.  Prior to joining Elsevier, he served from 1988 to 1998 as President and CEO of Engineering Information, Inc. (Ei), and from 1983 to 1988 as Vice-President at The H. W. Wilson Company. In addition to having served on the NFAIS Board of Directors, Dr. Regazzi is currently on the Boards of the Ei Foundation, and CABI.  Among other degrees, he holds a Ph.D. in computer and information science from Rutgers University, and has been the recipient of numerous awards and professional honors.

7:00pm - 9:00pm         Gala Reception – The Union League of Philadelphia

Sponsored by The H. W. Wilson Company

In the unique surroundings of the Philadelphia Union League, one of the nation’s most historic private clubs, enjoy a relaxing evening with colleagues and friends.

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