Early bird discounted registration for the NISO forum, “Digital
Resources: Working with Formats Beyond Serials,” has been extended to
April 30. Be sure to register by then to take advantage of the
substantial discounts. NISO members and Statewide California Electronic
Library Consortium (SCELC) members are eligible for additional
discounts. Graduate students may be eligible for a sponsorship rate.
(Students should contact the NISO office for more information.)

This two-day event will take place on May 5-6, 2008 at the Argonaut
Hotel at the Maritime National Historical Park Fisherman's Wharf in San
Francisco, CA. One-day registration is also available.

About the Forum

With the onset of the digital age, the information community has had to
rethink its approach to content -- from creation to how to manage the
sale and retention of that information, to questions of delivery and
use. A great deal of that focus has been on the more traditional
journal, yet creators, libraries, and users today are working with
content ranging from e-books to audio and beyond. However, the basic
questions surrounding these digital resources remain the same as those
that have been confronted with electronic serials, though the answers
may not be.

Confirmed speakers for the forum are:

-- Keynote by Peter Brantley, Executive Director, Digital Library
Federation (DLF)

-- Ted Koppel (AGent Verso (ILS) Product manager, Auto-Graphics, Inc.)
on Defining eBooks

-- Bill Kasdorf (Vice President, Apex Publishing) on XML Models for Book
Content

-- Christine Stamison (Senior Customer Relations Manager, Swets) on
Customer Access to E-books

-- Justyn Baker (Executive Director of Licensing / Digital Formats,
Naxos of America, Inc.) on Pricing and Licensing of E-music

-- Laura Dawson (Consultant, LJNDawson.com) on Identifiers for Digital Books

-- Allen McKiel (Dean of Library & Media Services, Western Oregon
University) on Changing Patterns of E-book Usage

-- Jennifer Sutton (Independent Contractor for DAISY Consortium) on the
DAISY/NISO standard for Digital Talking Books

Additional presentations are planned on the topics of digital rights
management (DRM), the role of digital content in libraries, and
e-content platforms.

Visit the event webpage
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/digresources08/) to register or
for more information. Questions: contact Karen Wetzel, NISO Standards
Program Manager, at kwetzel@niso.org.

Note: This announcement was cross-posted.

Swets Information Services is a major sponsor of the Digital Resources
forum.

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