[Cross-posted announcement]

Early bird registration for "/Understanding the Data Around Us:
Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data//,/" the NISO and Amigos Library
Services forum, ends on October 18. Be sure to register by then to take
advantage of the substantial discounts. NISO and Amigos members are
eligible for additional discounts.

This two-day event to take place Services November 1-2nd at the Magnolia
Hotel in Dallas, Texas, asks library and information service providers
to think about what kinds of usage data--for e-resources, print, and
more--can be used to help improve the provision of information services,
what data might be missing, and ways all parties involved (libraries,
publishers, aggregators, and system vendors) can best use the data
collected. The event includes speakers who will discuss issues of
gathering, analyzing, and applying usage data, and encourages the
audience to engage with questions of their own.

Visit the event webpage
(http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/usage07/) for details and to
register. Contact Karen Wetzel  <mailto:kwetzel@niso.org>, NISO
Standards Program Manager, at kwetzel@niso.org
<mailto:kwetzel@niso.org>for more information.

The NISO Usage Data forum is cosponsored by Amigos Library Services with
major sponsorship by Ex Libris. Additional sponsors are: Innovative
Interfaces, Serials Solutions, and Thomson Scientific.

Next event: Institutional Repositories
Mark your calendars for NISO's December educational forum: Getting the
Most Out of Your Institutional Repository: Gathering Content and
Building Use
When: December 3, 2007
Where: National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD
Register at: http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/ir07/

Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson@niso.org <mailto:chodgson@niso.org>
Phone: 301-654-2512