Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 10:02:49 -0500
From: Marilyn Geller <marilyn.geller@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: ALA Meeting: NISO/BISG Program on  Archiving Electronic Publications

As more and more publications are issued in electronic formats only, the
question of how to ensure long-term access to them becomes increasingly
pressing.  Can cost-effective models for archiving be developed?  How can
rights of publishers, responsibilities of libraries and needs of scholars be
balanced?  What new standards will be needed to support digital archival
repositories?  This program, sponsored by NISO, the National Information
Standards Organization and BISG, the Book Industry Study Group will
highlight three recent initiatives in archiving electronic publications:

Dale Flecker, Associate Director for Planning and Systems, Harvard
University Library will present an overview of work done on Harvard
University's planning grant sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to
study archiving electronic journals.

George Barnum, Electronic Collection Manager from the United States
Government Printing Office’s Library Programs Service (SL) will talk about
OCLC's Web Document Digital Archive, a joint project with the Government
Printing Office to archive electronic government publications.

Karen Hunter, Senior Vice President, Strategy for Elsevier Science will
discuss
the Yale Library/Elsevier Science Digital Preservation Collaboration.

Please join us for this meeting which will take place on Sunday, January 20
from 4:30-6:00 in the Hotel Monteleone, Iberville Room.