2004 NFAIS Annual Conference

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February 22 – February 24, 2004
Philadelphia, PA

The Battle for Mindshare: Information Access and Retrieval in the Year 2010

A new information mindset is being created.  The information usage behavior of future scholars, researchers, librarians and business mangers, as well as the general public, is being shaped now by computer-driven technologies such as the Web and a proliferation of reasonably useful search engines. Student use of traditional information sources, such as libraries, printed reference books and scholarly journals, as well as abstracting and indexing services (A&I) is on the decline. This trend, combined with the current movement towards open-access publishing on the Internet, has the potential to completely transform the information access and retrieval process in the very near future.

What is the role of A&I in a world of sophisticated search engines and autonomous agents? Will the role of libraries and traditional publishers be diminished? And what will the content, technology, and business model requirements of the new generation of information seekers look like in the year 2010?
Attend the 46th NFAIS Annual Conference to hear experts define both the problems and opportunities shaping the future of information access and retrieval, to learn how you can prepare for that future, and to understand the potential consequences if you do not. The Battle for Mindshare begins now. 

2004 Annual Conference Planning Committee

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