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Content Division Newsletter
June 2008

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  • Member Job Postings
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  • Member White Papers

  • Government Affairs/Public Policy Updates

    • ¤ EVENTS
     ¤ Brown Bag Lunch and Webcast Series
    These programs inform, educate and provide updates on topics of interest to the information industry. Participate in person in New York City to network with your peers or participate virtually online. If you are interested in speaking at or hosting a Brown Bag Lunch in your city, please email your ideas and a brief bio describing how you or your proposed speaker can add value to the session.
     Upcoming:
        • Chicago Brown Bag Lunch - September 24, Chicago, IL  

    Videos of past SIIA Brown Bag Lunches are available here.

    ¤ SIIA Global Information Industry Summit: Navigate the Global Information Marketplace - September 9-11, 2008
         Plan now to attend the content industry’s 3rd annual Global Information Industry Summit to address global industry trends, identify new market opportunities, and share best practices. Leverage key networking events to build relationships with important B2B electronic publishing executives including publishers, content aggregators, and content technology companies.
    • The deadline for Global Information Industry Summit     Previews has been extended. Please nominate eligible European companies by July 3 at 5:00 pm ET. The Call for Speakers for the Global Information Industry Summit also ends July 3 at 5:00 pm ET.

    ¤ Executive FaceTime Series
    Executive FaceTime is an SIIA Content Division series program, broadcast live via the web. The program format is a one-on-one conversation supplemented with questions submitted by the web audience and posed through the host, Hal Espo, President, Contextual Connections, LLC.

     Upcoming:
       • Karen Abramson, President & CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research - September 25
       • Skip Prichard, President & Chief Executive Officer, Ingram Book Group     - October 8
       • Andrew Heyward, Senior Advisor to Marketspace LLC  - November 19
    Videos of past Executive FaceTime Interviews are available here.

    ¤ San Francisco Wine & Chat - August 27
    Join us during the last true week of summer at the San Francisco Wine & Chat. Network with fellow software and content executives as you enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres. Once again, a local winery will offer tastings, and hosts Groxis, MuseGlobal and MEI will have a list of local restaurants available for those who wish to enjoy dinner together after the event.

    ¤ NEWS
    • The Information Industry Summit Steering Committee meets Wednesdays at 10:00 am ET. Contact Jenny Hansen at jhansen@siia.net if you are interested in participating and are not already on the committee.
    •     NetGain press, videos, and presentations are now available.
    •     CODiE awards gala photos are now available. Visit www.collages.net and enter the username (case sensitive): SIIA2008, and password: 6456. Contact Lisa Mitchell at lmitchell@siia.net with questions or to order pictures.
     ¤ NEW MEMBERS
    Environmental Data Resources     Robert Barber, Chief Executive Officer
    EDR provides customers with the information and solutions they need to assess, understand and manage environmental risk.
     
     ¤ MEMBER PRESS RELEASES: June 1 - July 1
     • Bonnier chooses Nstein to increase reader traffic & retention, leverage assets & improve efficiencies | Nstein
    • Cortera Continues Market Leadership with New Release of Credit and Collections Application – eCredit by Cortera | Cortera
    • New Titles Significantly Expand American and European Coverage in ProQuest Historical Newspapers | ProQuest
    • NewsGator Announces Widget Partnership with DAC, Japan's Leading Online Advertising Solutions Provider | NewsGator
    • ProQuest Creates Single-point Access to Catalog of U.S. Government Publications | ProQuest
    • CRKN Partners with ProQuest to bring Periodicals Archive Online to Leading Research Institutions in Canada | ProQuest
    • Greenhill Management To Speak At Wachovia Nantucket Equity Conference | Greenhill
    • Ingram DigitalSM to Distribute Encyclopaedia Britannica E-book Reference Set | Encyclopaedia Britannica
    • Javien’s E-Commerce Platform Aligns Merchants with New Visa Standards | Javien
    • JEGI Advises on Sale of Compliance Week to Haymarket | JEGI
    • MuseGlobal joins Enterprise Search Panel at Gilbane San Francisco Conference | MuseGlobal
    • Newser Launches “NY Times in 60 Seconds,” Local Coverage for 86 Markets | Highbeam Research
    • NewsGator Releases Editor’s Desk 2.1 | Newsgator
    • ProQuest Develops Revolutionary Web Resource for Business Creation and Growth with ProQuest Entrepreneurship | ProQuest
    • ProQuest Signs Agreement to Acquire Dialog Business from Thomson Reuters | ProQuest
    • RSuite CMS Receives Mark Logic Innovation Award | Really Strategies
    • Virtual Events Leader Launches Online Job Fair | Unsifair
    • Jordan, Edmiston Advises Times Publishing on Sale of CQ Press | JEGI
    • Jordan, Edmiston Client M:Metrics has been sold to comScore | JEGI
    • Launch of New ProQuest Obituaries Search Tools Bring Researchers Closer to Their Ancestors | ProQuest
    • Nstein Innovation Leaders Summit Attracts Global Media Executives | Nstein
    • ProQuest Announces Winners in the SIRS Student Video Podcast Contest | ProQuest
    • RSuite Partners with Inera to Leverage eXtyles Word-to-XML Editorial Environment | Really Strategies
    • ScribeMedia set to launch WebTV series, ‘From Print to Digital’ | ScribeMedia
    • washingtonpost.com, Newsweek Partner with NewsGator and Microsoft to Create Free Windows Mobile Application for 2008 Elections | Newsgator

     ¤ MEMBER WEBINARS & EVENTS
     • Green Data Centres Conference - July 1-2 | Green Data Centres
    • Using Search to Better Serve Users Through New Revenue-Generating Services - July 15 | FAST
    • Naked Media with Dave Morgan | ScribeMedia.org
    • Workplace Violence: A threat to your organization's success - July 23 | J.J. Keller & Associates

      ¤     MEMBER WHITE PAPERS
         • Beyond DRM: What Publishers Need to Know | Vitrium Systems
    • Free research report on UGC/Social Media Best Practices from GatePoint Research | Keibi Inc.
    • Show How Marketing Makes Money: A 5-Step Plan for Proving ROI | Vtrenz
    • ‘Digital Natives’ Take Charge: Get Ready for the Democratization of IT | Connotate
    • A Simple Framework for Competitive Strategy | Greenhouse Associates
    • Getting It Right: A Checklist for Avoiding Market Research Mistakes | Greenhouse Associates
    • Set Your Content Free | Attributor

         ¤ GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS / PUBLIC POLICY
     SIIA's Government Affairs program aggressively promotes and protects the interests of its member companies in legal and public policy debates by working with state, federal and international policymakers, organizing grassroots activism and participating in landmark legal decisions. SIIA is the leading voice on key issues affecting the software and digital content industry, particularly with regard to electronic commerce and the digital marketplace. For a list of recent policy papers http://www.siia.net/govt/.

    ¤ POLICY UPDATES
    The following updates and commentaries have been recently posted:
         6/27 - Intellectual Property Update
     6/13 -     SIIA Comments to the Australia Privacy Commissioner, “Draft Voluntary Information Security Breach Notification Guide” (Consultation Paper, published April 2008)
         6/5 -     SIIA Endorses New Legislation to Retain Foreign-Born Graduates
     

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