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2003 Information Industry SummitLeading in Challenging Times

January 28, 2003  Union League Club  NYC

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Friday Memo – January 10, 2002

 

 

SIIA Content Division News

 

THIS ISSUE INCLUDES:

 

  • Upcoming Events and Meetings
  • Special Thanks to 2003 Information Industry Summit Sponsors
  • Excellence in Giving Award
  • Member News
  • SAVE THE DATE: May 4-6 * 2003 SIIA Annual Conference* San Francisco

 

Upcoming Events - REGISTER NOW!

 

SIIA / Outsell Webcast Series

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2002

Topic:    Targeting Public and Academic Information Professionals

Speaker:  Leigh Watson Healy, Vice President and Chief Analyst, Outsell,Inc.

Supporting Speaker: Dick Curtis, Outsell Inc.

Time: 1:30 - 2:15 p.m.

 

Outsell’s extensive data about information professionals at academic and public libraries’ reporting relationships, buying patterns, technology challenges and user base penetration will be presented and analyzed. A discussion of trends and the "state of the art" for these functions will provide essential insights for the vendors that serve them. Content vendors targeting these organizations will come away with a better understanding of the information professional function and the implications of the data for sales, marketing and product development efforts.  To register online, visit <http://www.siia.net/events> or contact Becki Lake at 202.289.7442 ext, 1373.

Event price for SIIA Members: $125.00                           for Non SIIA Members: $225.00
Group Discount for 2 - 5 staff, 20% Off              Group Discount for 6 - 10 staff, 30% Off

To register a group, please call Becki Lake at 202-289-7442, ext. 1373

 

New York Brown Bag Lunch

 

Tuesday, February 11, 2002

Topic: “Buried Treasure: New Revenue Sources for Knowledge-Rich Companies

Speakers:     Paul Cuccia, SVP and CIO, Sotheby’s
James Dippold, SVP Global Business Intelligence, A.C. Nielsen
Rich Foudy, CEO, National Decision Systems
Terry Waters, SVP and General Manager, Best Practices Program, Gartner, Inc.

 

Moderator:    Lee Greenhouse, President, Greenhouse Associates

 

Location:      The McGraw-Hill Companies Conference Center

                   1221 Avenues of the Americas

                   New York City, NY

 

Time:           12 - 1:30 p.m.

 

In the digital world, companies with a strong knowledge base or brand presence have substantial opportunities to mine these resources to generate new products and new revenue streams. However, uncertain business models, fast-changing technologies, and the need to show a quick ROI baffle many publishers and knowledge-rich companies. In this brown bag discussion, content-rich companies will reveal how they leveraged their information resources and technology to produce new products and revenue streams, including the challenges they have faced and the success they have achieved.

Event price for SIIA Members: Free                           for Non SIIA Members: $35.00

 

Content Anti-Piracy (CAP) Meeting)

 

You are invited to participate in SIIA's Content Anti-Piracy (CAP) Committee meeting on February 24th, 2003 in New York.  If you would like to participate, please contact Rene Albury, Director of Intellectual Property Enforcement.  If you are aware of others in your company who might have an interest in attending the meeting, please pass this invitation along to them.  Please RSVP to Rene Albury by email (ralbury@siia.net). 

 

Monday, February 24, 2003  2 - 4:00 p.m.

McGraw-Hill Conference Center Gallery

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York

 

Content Division Working Groups—Organizational Meeting

 

Working Groups are open to all SIIA member company employees, and are your chance to drive the activity agenda.  The survey of Content Division members conducted last October directed the formation of these groups.  The Business Models Group, Content Management Group, Marketing Group, and Technology & Standards Group will hold organizational meetings on Wednesday, January 29, 2002 in New York to discuss each group’s agenda and activities for the coming year.  To participate, please contact Emily Pilk at epilk@siia.net.

 

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:30 am - Noon - Union League Club, New York
  9:30 am - 10:00 am - Networking
10:00 am - 11:30 am - Working Groups Discussions
11:30 am - Noon - Working Groups reports to full group

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A Special Thank You To 2003 Information Industry Summit Sponsors

 

SIIA would like to extend sincere thanks to the sponsors of the upcoming Information Industry Summit.  We appreciate their support and hope that you will speak with their representatives at the event:

Marquee Sponsors

Jordan Edmiston Group/JEGI Capital

eMeta

Outsell Inc

Aladdin

Con Ed Communications

 

Conference Sponsors

Copyright Clearance Center

Genesys Partners

 

 

NOMINATE YOUR COMPANY FOR THE SIIA EXCELLENCE IN GIVING AWARD!

Nominations Due February 28, 2003

 

The SIIA Excellence In Giving Award, co-sponsored by Gifts In Kind International, recognizes software and information companies' philanthropic commitment to communities as demonstrated by their product giving programs.  The winner of this award will be announced at the Codie Awards Gala on May 6, 2003 in San Francisco.  The Excellence In Giving Award is open to SIIA members only. There is no nomination fee.  For more details or to receive a nomination form, please contact Cristina Stensvaag, SIIA Marketing Manager, at cstensvaag@siia.net or +1.202.789.4458.

 

 

SIIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE NEEDS YOU SIIA’s 2003 Annual Conference--Leveraging Change: ROI Strategies for Growth

May 4-6 Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA

 

Planning has started for the May 2003 Annual Conference.  This year’s theme will be “Leveraging Change: ROI Strategies for Growth.”  We need volunteers to work with staff to plan the Content track and select speakers.  The Conference will be May 4 - 6 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.  If you would like to participate in planning, please contact Emily Pilk at epilk@siia.net.

 

Latest Upgrade Magazine Features Jordan, Paschal, Stratigos

 

The December/January issue of SIIA’s magazine Upgrade focuses on CEO Perspectives, with articles by nine member CEOs.  Content Division leaders included are Wilma Jordan, Jordan, Edmiston Group; Allen Pachal, Gale and Anthea Stratigos, Outsell, Inc.  If you do not receive the magazine, you may read it on the SIIA website at http://www.siia.net/upgrade/default.html.

 

 

MEMBER NEWS

 

NStein/Gale Partnership

 

Nstein Technologies Inc., a leader in providing computer-aided indexing (CAI) solutions to the e-publishing industry, and Gale®,  part of The Thomson Corporation and publisher of e-research, announce their agreement to provide Gale’s renowned subject taxonomy through Nstein’s automated indexing software on December 19, 2002.  This agreement will enhance content search and retrieval services and extend market reach for both companies in many domains, including: business/financial services, law, medicine and health, technology, and social sciences.  For more information about this partnership, please visit http://www.nstein.com or http://www.gale.com.

 

WAND/IBM UDDI Directory Partnership

 

 IBM has adopted the WAND Inc. product and service classification system as a front-end tool for their UDDI registry for Web Services. "WAND has a similar objective as UDDI in attempting to provide an overall, standardized means of facilitating identification, communication and trade for companies on a global basis", says Ross Leher, Chairman and CEO of WAND, Inc. IBM and WAND have been working together to support WANDs taxonomy into IBM's UDDI registry. This collaboration will help business to accurately manage their classification of business and business services. For more information, visit http://www-3.ibm.com/software/ebusiness/jstart/casestudies/wand.html.

 

You are receiving this information because you are a member of SIIA.  If you no longer wish to receive updates from SIIA, please e-mail Becki Lake at blake@siia.net <mailto:blake@siia.net>.

 

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