City of Philadelphia - File #: 070918

• File #: 070918
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/25/2007
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/25/2007
• Title: Honoring the National Federation of Advanced Informational Services (NFAIS) on its 50th Annual Conference and Declaring February 24, 2008 as "NFAIS Day" in the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Goode, Council President Verna, Council President Verna, Councilmember Savage, Councilmember Savage, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Campbell, Councilmember Campbell, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember O'Neill

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ

Title
Honoring the National Federation of Advanced Informational Services (NFAIS) on its 50th Annual Conference and Declaring February 24, 2008 as "NFAIS Day" in the City of Philadelphia.
Body
WHEREAS, The City Council of Philadelphia is pleased to honor and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the National Federation of Advanced Information Services; and

WHEREAS, The National Federation of Advanced Information Services was founded in 1958 to foster and improve the creation, distribution, access and retrieval of the world's literature in science, technology and engineering as well as in the humanities, social sciences and business- through education, research and advocacy; and

WHEREAS, The National Federation of Advanced Information Services is a non-profit, volunteer driven Philadelphia-based information industry organization which serves the needs of all of those who create, aggregate or otherwise facilitate access to information, such as publishers, libraries, information technology providers and information scientists; and

WHEREAS, Its member organizations are the worlds leading providers of informational services and technology who further embraced the NFAIS goals of improving the interchange of scholarly communication and providing the best possible information services to researchers, teachers, students and scholars worldwide; and

WHEREAS, The National Federation of Advanced Information Services for the past fifty years have provided educational and advocacy forums to address its members interests and concerns regarding the unique challenges in the information industry; now therefore

RESOLVED, THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Declares and recognizes February 24, 2008 as "NFAIS Day" in the City of Philadelphia to recognize the valuable education and information services that the National Federation of Advanced Information Ser...