The last 2008 webinar in NISO's Demystifying Standards series will
feature ONIX for Serials: Case Studies of Use and will be held on
December 11, 2008 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). EDItEUR and NISO
have jointly sponsored the ONIX for Serials projects.

About the Webinar

Managing serials subscriptions is no small feat. Consider just how many
types of information--and formats--go into the tracking of subscription
information throughout the chain: from the publisher to the seller or
content provider and then to the library and the user, serials
subscription information is created, translated, managed, tracked, and
used for access and evaluation, but in each instance what that
information looks like, how it is used, and how it is maintained can
vary widely. But it is essential for our work and for our services.

In order to provide a means of sharing this information so that it can
be understood and used throughout the supply chain, ONIX for Serials was
developed to communicate information about serials products and
subscriptions. In this webinar you will learn not only about three of
these formats and what information they provide, but learn first-hand
from implementers about how they can be put into place and used to help
simplify and improve serials data exchange. The webinar provides three
case studies to focus on:

ONIX SPS (Serials Products and Subscriptions) enables the communication
of information about serial subscription products, with or without price
information, including the option of sharing subscription information
relating to a particular subscriber. It provides information about a
product--including for instance, price catalogs from publishers to
agents or price quotes to libraries--that can be helpful not only in
evaluating packages but also in helping a library to identify all the
titles that it receives from a particular vendor for collection
management purposes.

ONIX SOH (Serials Online Holdings) allows publishers and content
providers to communicate library-specific, detailed holdings information
from publications access management systems to libraries.

ONIX SRN (Serials Release Notification) is a format for communicating
information about the publication or electronic availability of one or
more serial releases -- letting you know when an item is available. SRN
can work both at the issue and article level to assist libraries in
claiming and with link resolver access.

For detailed information and speakers visit the event website:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/o4s

Who Should Attend

This webinar is for publishers and content providers who are interested
in learning how to implement the ONIX for Serials messages as a service
for their customers, and for librarians who are interested in receiving
this information and would like to learn more about how to do so. Anyone
who would like to know more about what information each of these
messages provides will find this webinar useful.

The webinar will provide attendees with ample opportunity for questions
during the event and will follow posting the questions asked during the
event and their answers on this website following the webinar.
Register online with a credit card at: http://www.regonline.com/o4s

The webinar is $59 for NISO and ALCTS Members or $79 for non-members.

This message has been cross-posted.

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