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ALCTS webinar: Publishers' Hidden Content: How PIE-J Can Help

Sponsored by the CRS Committee on Holdings Information

Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2016

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.

Description: PIE-J: The Presentation & Identification of E-Journals is a NISO Recommended Practice that provides guidance to e-journal publishers and providers. This presentation will provide an overview of the PIE-J guidelines that relate to holdings/coverage data, with specifics in the area of how to deal with title changes and title histories so as to avoid bad coverage data that negatively affects discovery and access. The presentation will include examples and will provide methods that librarians can use to report holdings problems to publishers and providers.

Learning outcomes:

Following the webinar, attendees will be able to:

* Provide an overview of PIE-J

* Illustrate the specific problem of the “buried” title change

* Discuss approaches to resolve the problem and present materials provided by the PIE-J Standing Committee that can be used to report problems

Who should attend?

Publishers, Content Providers, Electronic Resource Librarians/Staff, Metadata Librarians/Staff

Presenters:

Steve C. Shadle

As Serials Access Librarian, Steve’s primary responsibility at the University of Washington Libraries is to manage the library linking systems that provide access to journal full-text. In addition, he catalogs eSerials selected by the UW Libraries. Steve's background in serial standards began with his work as an ISSN Cataloger at the Library of Congress and currently includes serving on the NISO Standing Committee for Presentation and Identification of Electronic Journals (PIE-J).

Regina Romano Reynolds

Regina is director of the U.S. ISSN Center and head of the ISSN Section at the Library of Congress ISSN Section. She was a member of the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee and co-chaired the LC group that recommended LC projects based on the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control report. Regina has extensive experience in standards for serials, including the ISSN standard and NISO’s PIE-J, Presentation and Identification of E-Journals.

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Registration Fees:  ALCTS Member $43 ; Non-member $59 ; Group rate (members/non-members) $99/$129 ; International $43   

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/091416

ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org. For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.