FRIDAY MEMOMay 16, 2003

 

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SIIA CONTENT DIVISION NEWS

 

This Issue Includes:

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

Wednesday, May 21

SIIA/Outsell Webcast Series

Register today at: https://www.trendsreport.net/events/calendar/prereg.asp?eventid=291

 

Topic:                         “Targeting End Users: Finance & Legal Professionals”

Speaker:                      Roger Strouse, Director & Lead Analyst, Outsell, Inc.

Registration Fees:       SIIA Members/Outsell clients:  $125.00
                             Non-member/clients:                   $225.00         

                            

Time:                               1:30 pm – 2:30 pm  EDT    

 

This webcast will profile corporate finance and legal professionals as information consumers. Outsell will present and analyze its extensive data about information habits and preferences of this important market. Key attributes to be analyzed include: goals, values and work tasks; types of information used; information spending levels; perceptions of the Internet as an information source; and information problems and challenges. Content vendors targeting corporate finance and legal professionals will come away with a solid understanding of the unique information needs of an important group of users.

 

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June 4 & 5

SIIA Government Affairs Council Meeting

 

RSVP for the meeting and reception at: https://www.trendsreport.net/events/calendar/prereg.asp?eventid=290

 

The Government Affairs Council (GA) offers SIIA member companies an opportunity to assess the status of key public policy issues mid-way through 2003 and the 108th Congress.  An evening reception on June 4 will allow members the opportunity to meet Hill staff and legislators.

 

The GAC reception and meeting will be held at SIIA, 1090 Vermont Avenue, N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, DC. 

 

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Tuesday, June 10

NYC Brown Bag Lunch Summer Series*

Register today at:  http://www.siia.net/events

 

Topic:             “Royalty Models Turned Upside Down –
  Who’s on First – the IP or the Distributor?”

                       The panel discussion will focus on challenges presented to both publishers and third-party distributors of content. When is it better to use a third party, and when is it better to go direct? What mechanisms are in place today that enable the customer to receive content in the form and format required while still protecting the Publisher's interests? How are third parties managing the two entities to better serve both customer and originators' needs?

 

Moderator:   Corilee Christou, Vice President, Corporate, Legal and Educational Licensing, Reed Business Information, Reed Elsevier

 

Location:        To be announced     

 

Time:            11:30 a.m.- Noon     Networking

Noon1:30 p.m.     Program

 

*Re-capping and building on a very popular session at the SIIA Annual Conference, Brown Bag lunches in June and July will address licensing issues.

 

Registration Fees:

SIIA members: Free
NYNMA members: $25.00

Non-members: $35.00

 

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ATTENTION – HR EXECUTIVES:  SIIA & Outsell Launch Information Content Industry Salary & Benefits Survey

 

Targeted to human resources executives in content companies and research firms, this is the only salary and benefit survey that addresses the unique titles in the information content industry.  HR executives have been invited to participate.  If you have not received an invitation and want to participate, contact Anne Griffith, SIIA Research Director at agriffith@siia.net.  The survey closes June 6, so be sure to be included. Or, there is a new informational web page posted at www.outsellinc.com/outsell/siiasalarysurvey.

 

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MAKE SURE YOUR COMPANY IS INCLUDED IN Contracts in the Information Industry, Volume IV.

 

A completely-revised 4th edition of one of SIIA's best selling books, Contracts in the Information Industry is about to be published. The book is a compilation of form agreements provided by SIIA member companies. Make sure that your company is recognized by having one or more of your form agreements included. In addition to recognition and visibility, all contributing companies will receive a complimentary copy of the book and accompanying CD-ROM. To learn more about how your company can participate, contact Peter Marx at the Marx Group at 617-576-5730 or peter@marxgroup.com.

 

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SIIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE WRAP-UP

 

SIIA's 2003 Annual Conference was held on May 4-6 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA. To all of you who attended the Conference, thanks for making it a success. A special thanks to those who pulled together the program and speakers for the Content Division Track – Peter Simon, NewsBank; Corilee Christou, Reed Business Information, Ken Kirkley, ProQuest and Paul Gerbino, Thomas Publishing and Jeff Cutler. 

 

Winner of the 2004 CODIE AWARD Is….

Hundreds of software and information industry executives honored their peers at the 18th annual presentation of SIIA’s Codie Awards. At a black-tie dinner and ceremony on May 6 during SIIA's 2003 Annual Conference Codie Awards were presented to representatives of the 40 winning companies. 

 

Information industry 2004 Codie winners

Best Digital Rights Management Solution, eRights 2.6, eMeta Corporation

Best Online Business News or Information Service, Factiva.com, Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company

Best Online Consumer Service, Nationalgeographic.com, National Geographic

Best Online Personal Financial Service, Quicken.com, Intuit

Best Online Professional Financial Information Service, Factiva.com, Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company 

Best Online Legal or Tax Information Service, lexis.com, LexisNexis and Westlaw, West

Best Online Reference or Directory Service, OxfordReference.com, Oxford University Press

Best Online Science/Technology/Medical Service, The Wall Street Journal Online Health Industry Edition, Dow Jones & Company

Best Search Engine, Entopia Knowledge Locator, Entopia

 

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GET NOTICED WITH SIIA JOBS NETWORK

No more Monsters!  SIIA has launched its new Jobs NetWORK.  It is a low-cost, high quality and targeted jobs site designed to meet your needs for top caliber candidates with industry-related experience.  The Jobs NetWORK is an industry-focused community matching quality employers with experienced candidates.  In challenging times finding the right people the first time is critical, so visit http://jobsnetwork.siia.net.  To learn more about this new service, please contact Jonathan Thompson, Vice President of Marketing & Communications at jthompson@siia.net or +1.202.789.4465.

 

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SIIA MEMBER PARTICIPATION WORKSHEET AVAILABLE ONLINE!

Employees of SIIA member companies can now use the Member Participation Worksheet at http://www.siia.net/participate_work_sheet/participate.asp to register their interest in various SIIA activities and publications.  Members are encouraged to visit this page ensure that they can take full advantage of their SIIA membership. For more information, please contact Meg Looney at mlooney@siia.net.

 

 

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