There’s still time to register at the early bird rate for NISO’s one-day forum on DISCOVERY TO DELIVERY: CREATING A FIRST-CLASS USER EXPERIENCE to be held on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, Atlanta, GA.

ABOUT THE FORUM

OpenURL, knowledgebase quality, sign-on authentication, scholarly linking recommendations, usability metrics, cross-device accessibility — all are issues that are critical to providing users with a seamless discovery and delivery experience. This forum will explore new and innovative methods as well as programs to improve existing processes to meet user’s needs in today’s networked world.

NISO educational forums are routinely praised for their excellent selection of speakers representing a diversity of viewpoints across the scholarly information community and the small size which provides opportunities to network with speakers and other attendees.

SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

Keynote Address -- Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information

The OpenURL Registry -- Phil Norman, Director Reference and Resource Sharing Development, OCLC

Seamless Access to Resources with Quality OpenURL Knowledgebases-- Adam Chandler, Database Management and E- Resources Librarian, Cornell University Library

Usability in Georgia -- Ameet Doshi, User Engagement & Assessment Coordinator, Georgia Institute of Technology

bX™ Recommender Service -- Nettie Lagace, Product Director, Ex Libris, Inc.

Improving Single Sign On (SSO): Perfecting a Seamless, Item-Level Linking through SSO Authentication -- Harry Kaplanian, Director, Product Management, Serials Solutions

The BookServer Project -- Peter Brantley, Director BookServer Project, Internet Archive

REGISTRATION

Early bird discounts are available through March 12, 2010. A student discount is also available. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage: www.niso.org/news/events/2010/d2d/

Ex Libris is an executive sponsor for this event.

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Cynthia Hodgson

NISO Technical Editor Consultant

National Information Standards Organization

Email: chodgson@niso.org

Phone: 301-654-2512