Dear Colleagues,

We are still accepting registrations for next week's free UKSG webinar: " Optimizing the discovery experience through dialogue - a community approach"

Tuesday 10 January 2017 at 1400 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

For more information and to register, please visit http://www.uksg.org/webinars/discovery

Speakers:
We are pleased to welcome a panel of experienced and engaging speakers.
- Lettie Conrad, Publishing and Product Development Consultant
- Kathleen Donovan, Research Librarian, Harvard University
- Bruce Heterick, Vice President, Outreach & Participation Services, ITHAKA/JSTOR
- Rachel Kessler, Product Manager, ProQuest
- Alexa Pearce, Head of Social Sciences at the University of Michigan Library, University of Michigan

Learning outcomes:
- an understanding of the benefits and challenges of discovery services from the librarian and content provider point of view
- familiarity with the NISO Open Discovery Initiative and how it attempts to navigate the challenges

We welcome your questions during registration to help shape the webinar's content. For instance, "What are [the speakers'] thoughts on the future of discovery in the library - what kinds of new technologies are [the speakers] looking to?".

UKSG webinars are:
- Recorded and the link to the recording provided to all active registrations (so please do not cancel your registration if you find you are subsequently unable to attend the live event). Feel free to register for the recording alone.
- Open to all (you do not need to be a member of UKSG to register)
- Shared among colleagues throughout the world (feel free to pass on this message)

NOTES FOR PARTICIPANTS:
These are available at http://www.uksg.org/webinars/discovery
(Useful guidelines especially for those new to webinars or joining from an institution.)

ACCESSIBILITY:
If you have particular accessibility needs, please feel free to contact me on maria@uksg.org.

We look forward to welcoming you next Tuesday or hearing from you via #UKSGwebinar.

Greetings for the new year!

With regards

Maria

Maria Campbell
Digital Communications Associate, UKSG
E: maria@uksg.org

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