Join the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) for our our presentations and programs at ALS in San Francisco! Visit NISO at Booth #414 in the Exhibits area.

The NISO Annual Update will be held on Sunday, June 28 (1:00 - 2:30 p.m. in Moscone Convention Center 228-230 (S), where you can hear the latest news about NISO's current efforts, including standards, recommended practices and community meetings covering many areas of interest to the library community. [ALA Scheduler link: http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29865]

NISO Working group and Standing committee members will provide updates on these projects:

Transfer - Heather Staines, Director, Publisher and Content Strategy, Proquest SIPX

Open Discovery Initiative - Lettie Conrad, Executive Manager, Product Analysis, SAGE Publications

Protocol for Exchanging Serial Content (PESC) - Amy Kirchhoff, Archive Service Product Manager, Portico/ITHAKA

Knowledge Base and Related Tools (KBART) - Kristen Wilson, Associate Head, Acquisitions and Discovery, North Carolina State University

SUSHI & SUSHI Lite - Oliver Pesch, Chief Strategist, EBSCO

NISO Altmetrics Initiative, Nettie Lagace, Associate Director for Programs, NISO

Other NISO-sponsored events include:

The Future of Library Resource Discovery: Creating New Worlds for Users (and Librarians) featuring independent consultant Marshall Breeding - Saturday, June 27, 2015 - 3-4 pm in Moscone Convention Center 3008 (W) [ALA Scheduler link: http://alaac15.ala.org/node/30108]

Earlier this year, NISO published a significant contribution to this community conversation with its trends and strategy white paper, "The Future of Library Resource Discovery," authored by noted independent consultant, speaker, and author Marshall Breeding. The paper is available for free download at http://www.niso.org/publications/white_papers/discovery/. This discussion session will feature Marshall speaking about the paper and provide opportunities for attendees to share their own experiences and perspectives, to help guide the NISO Discovery to Delivery Topic Committee determine which new NISO projects will supply the most positive and long-lasting outcomes for the library community.

Building A Consensus Framework for Patron Privacy in Library and Information Systems - Sunday, June 28, 2015 - 10:30-11:30 am in Moscone Convention Center 3012 (W) [ALA Scheduler link: http://alaac15.ala.org/node/30107]

In the spring, NISO announced the launch of a project to develop a consensus framework for privacy of patron data in library, publisher and vendor systems (http://www.niso.org/topics/tl/patron_privacy/). NISO is gathering input from stakeholders and leaders within the information systems community to craft a set of principles for how suppliers of end-user systems for content or services should address concerns around privacy. This session will describe the project, the four component discussion themes and NISO’s plans for the resulting framework, and will provide opportunities for the community to provide comment and input.

FREE Pre-Conference Forum

And don’t forget the NISO/BISG 9th Annual Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape: Access or Ownership: Evolving Business Models and Your Institution, to be held Friday, June 26 from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. in Moscone Convention Center 3012 (W). This year's event will cover evolving business model processes, including book subscriptions, demand-driven acquisitions, new models for providing course content, open access, and more. For details see the event webpage at: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/ala_annual_sf/nisobisgforum2015/ [ALA Scheduler link: http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29866]

Attendance is free but we ask that you RSVP (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8XCDKBV) for logistics purposes.

We look forward to seeing you later this week! All events are listed at http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/ala_annual_sf/