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[Robert Sandusky <sandusky@xxxxxxx>]

Hi

I haven't received the connection details for today's (4/11/2012) 
Webinar yet.

Thanks in advance,

Bob Sandusky

On 3/13/2012 11:10 AM, Cynthia Hodgson wrote:
> NISO WEBINAR: *What to Expect When You're Expecting a Platform Change:
> Perspectives from a Publisher and a Librarian*
>
> DATE: April 11, 2012
>
> TIME: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Eastern
>
> INFORMATION & REGISTRATION:
> http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/platforms_for_eresources/
>
> =====================================================================
>
> In recent months, information providers have released a range of
> modifications to many abstracting and full text journal platforms.
> Whether an update to its look and feel or a radical restructuring of its
> search, browse, and full text features, any successful change to a
> familiar interface requires communication, tolerance, and understanding
> among the affected information provider, publisher(s), and library
> customers.
>
> Join NISO on April 11, 2012 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Eastern for the
> webinar *What to Expect When You're Expecting a Platform Change*, where
> a publisher and a librarian will share their own experiences with
> determining priorities, learning lessons, and improving practices
> related to changed and changing information platforms.
>
> *TOPICS AND SPEAKERS*
>
> **
>
> *Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway: How to Manage a Platform Migration*–
> /Gillian Howcroft/ (Director, E-Projects, Taylor & Francis)
> The journal industry has invested a huge amount ($3.2+ Billion) since
> 2000 in digitization initiatives and many publishers launched new
> platforms in 2006/7 and again in 2010/11. How can we keep up with
> rapidly evolving web technologies and achieve this in an interoperable
> fashion keeping disruption to a minimum for the librarian and their
> users? Howcroft shares her experiences in moving interfaces ahead.
>
> *Dream a Little Dream: A Librarian Envisions the Ideal Platform
> Migration*– /Kelly Smith/ (Interim Coordinator of Collection Services,
> Eastern Kentucky University Libraries)
> Librarians spend a great deal of time working with electronic resource
> platforms and helping their users navigate them. What can publishers do
> to mitigate the interruptions of a migration and maximize the potential
> time savings, increased usage, and improved user experience that can
> result from improving a platform? Smith shares lessons learned during
> previous migrations to help librarians and vendors determine priorities
> and improve practices related to changing information platforms.
>
> *REGISTRATION*
>
> Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00
> p.m. Eastern on April 11, 2012. Discounts are available for NISO and
> NASIG members and students. Register now and gain access to the recorded
> archive for one year. To register and for more information, visit the
> event webpage:
> http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/platforms_for_eresources/.
>
> Cynthia Hodgson
>
> Technical Editor / Consultant
>
> National Information Standards Organization
>
> chodgson@xxxxxxxx
>
> 301-654-2512


--
Robert J. Sandusky, Ph.D.
Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology
Clinical Associate Professor
Richard J. Daley Library
University of Illinois at Chicago
801 S. Morgan St.
Chicago, IL 60607
312-413-9822 (p)
312-413-0424 (f)
sandusky@xxxxxxx