NISO's monthly webinars for August and September are open for registration.
See descriptions below for each webinar as well as links for more
information and to register.

AUGUST WEBINAR: E-BOOKS: A RAPIDLY EVOLVING MARKETPLACE

NISO's August webinar will be held on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 from 1:00 -
2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the topic of E-Books: A Rapidly Evolving
Marketplace.

While e-books have been slow to garner wide adoption, the past few years has
seen greatly expanded interest and use of e-books. New models and
applications are growing exponentially. This webinar will explore several
key aspects of the e-book community: sales and licensing models for
libraries, and developments with e-book file formats. Building on the free
NISO/BISG forum (http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/ala09/bisg) held at
the American Library Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, this webinar
will focus on the business applications of creating, selling, and using
e-books.

Topics and speakers are:

-- Creation, Formatting, and Distribution Options for E-books (Tino
Fleischer, Atypon Systems, Inc.)

-- Business Models and Approaches for Selling E-books (Anne Orens,
Independent Consultant)

-- Library Purchasing and Use of E-books (Speaker TBA)

For more information and to register, visit the event webpage
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/ebooks09). Registration is per site
(access for one computer) and includes access to the online recorded archive
of the webinar. NISO and NASIG members receive a discounted member rate. A
student discount is also available. Can't make it on the 12th? Register and
gain access to the recorded archive for one year.

SEPTEMBER TWO-PART WEBINAR: E-RESOURCES LICENSING: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE
UGLY

NISO's September webinar will be in two-parts. Part I will be held on
Wednesday, September 9 and Part II on Wednesday, September 16; both from
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern time). You need to register separately for each
part and you may choose to register for only one part.

Not every librarian is a lawyer, but many have to have an in-depth
understanding of legal issues to succeed in their jobs. Licensing, contract,
and copyright law all have significant impacts on our community.

PART I of the webinar will provide an overview of the parts of copyright law
with which librarians have historically been concerned and how the
introduction of license agreements moved the library/publisher relationship
more deeply into the realm of contract law. Participants will learn about
basic legal terminology common to most licenses and about some distinctions
and exceptions directly tied to the licensing of content.

PART II of the webinar will include an exploration of terms that may be of
concern to libraries and solutions for mitigating problematic language. In
addition, there will be an update on the NISO Shared E-Resource
Understanding (SERU) recommended practice and the impact it is having in the
community, including examples of how both libraries and publishers are
integrating SERU into their workflows.

Judy Luther, President of Informed Strategies, and Seiden Lamoureux,
Electronic Resources Librarian at North Carolina State University Libraries
were just awarded the Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources
Management by the Collection Management and Development Section (CMDS) of
the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) for
leading the development of SERU. The award recognizes significant and
innovative contributions to electronic collections management and
development practice.

Speakers for both parts of the Licensing webinars will be:

-- Trisha L. Davis, Associate Professor, Rights Management Coordinator, and
Head, Serials & E-Resources Department, The Ohio State University Libraries

-- Selden Lamoureux, Electronic Resources Librarian, North Carolina State
University Libraries

For more information and to register, visit the event webpages (Part 1:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/eresources09; Part 2:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/licensing09). Registration is per site
(access for one computer) and includes access to the online recorded archive
of the webinar. NISO and NASIG members receive a discounted member rate. A
student discount is also available. Can't make it on the webinar date?
Register and gain access to the recorded archive for one year.

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