NISO will be holding a webinar on "Data Movement and Management" on
March 11, 2009 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).

About the Webinar

Modern libraries consist of a variety of complicated data systems, many
containing a portion of the data needed to address any specific
question. Often data needs to be extracted from one system and moved to
or compared with information in another. Frequently, these systems don't
communicate well. This in-person conference will explore a number of
ongoing data transfer and transformation consensus projects. Whether it
is collections or holdings information distributed via ONIX, pricing
data via CORE, or usage data via SUSHI, the community is working on
strategies and structures to easily transfer data from one system to
another. Each of these initiatives will contribute to saving librarians
time and eventually money in managing their operations.
Confirmed speakers and topics for the program include:

-- "The Landscape of Data Movement and Management in Libraries" by Tim
Jewell (Director, Information Resources and Scholarly Communication,
University of Washington Libraries)

-- "The Extensible Catalog – Reusing Library Metadata" by Jennifer Bowen
(Director of Metadata Management, River Campus Libraries)

-- "CORE: Cost of Reuse Exchange– Combining Cost and Use Data in
Libraries" by Jeff Aipperspach (Senior Product Manager, Serials Solutions)

-- "The OAI-ORE Project – What It Is and How People Can Apply It" by
Michael L. Nelson (Dept of Computer Science, Old Dominion University)

Registration is $79 for NISO and NASIG members in the U.S. and Canada
and $99 for non-members. There is a separate international rate and a
discounted student rate. Registration is per site (access for one
computer) and includes access to the online recorded archive of the
webinar. For more information and to register, visit the event website:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/datawebinar09.

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