NISO has a fabulous line-up of programs at the ALA Conference in Washington, D.C. From the pre-conference free program with BISG to the NISO Standards Update and presentations from working group members on specific projects, there’s something for just about every interest. Please join us for any or all of the programs below. Friday, June 25, 2010 NISO/BISG 4th Annual Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape Focus on the item: Understanding the end-user perspective For complete agenda, visit: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/ala2010/nisobisgforum Friday, June 25, 2010 12:30 - 4:00 p.m. Washington Convention Center, Room 150B NISO AVIAC (Automation Vendors Information Advisory Committee) Meeting Open to the public. Anyone interested in discussing library systems and standards issues, please stop in. Topics from past meetings included: defining compliance, encouraging adoption, and open source software. Friday, June 25, 2010 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Renaissance Washington, Meeting Room 10/11 Saturday, June 26, 2010 Three S's of Electronic Resource Management: Systems, Standards and Subscriptions Saturday, June 26, 2010 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Washington Convention Center, Room 152B Speakers: Todd Carpenter, NISO; Bob McQuillan, Innovative Interfaces, Inc.; Oliver Pesch, EBSCO Moderator: Sandy Hurd, Innovative Interfaces, Inc. Electronic Resource Management (ERM) encompasses a variety of practices and services that impact library staff and patrons. In this session, three panelists from the system vendor, subscription agent and academic library communities converge to discuss benefits and challenges of “three S’s” integral to ERM: systems, standards and subscriptions. Specific topics include: Systems – ERM system overview, library staff benefits and patron benefits; Standards – overview of current standards relevant to ERM and implementation challenges for stakeholders; and Subscriptions – evolving role of electronic resource subscription services and customer benefits. This high-level overview is ideal for libraries that might be considering ERM solutions and existing ERM libraries that would benefit with an update on current developments. Sunday, June 27, 2010 CRS Standards Update Forum ALCTS Standards Committee for the Continuing Resources Section Sunday, June 27, 2010 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. JW Marriott Hotel, Grand Ballroom III The Continuing Resources Standards Update Forum presents the latest news on standards and best practices affecting the management of continuing resources at American Library Association conferences. The session is presented by the ALA ALCTS Continuing Resources Section, Continuing Resources Standards Committee and generously sponsored by Swets. • Institutional Identifier (I2) Grace Agnew -- Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems at the Rutgers University Libraries and co-chair of the NISO I2 (Institutional Identifier) Working Group -- will speak about the institutional identifier, a NISO project to create a globally unique identifier and metadata sufficient to identify an institution involved in the digital information supply chain. Agnew will discuss the status of the work, including the draft metadata and scenarios of use and will solicit feedback on the work from members of the audience. • A Rose by Any Other Name... But Could We Find It? Regina Romano Reynolds, ISSN Coordinator, Library of Congress will discuss the new NISO E-journal Presentation and Representation Working Group. Inaccurate journal citations on journal websites and in journal aggregations cause problems for researchers and libraries alike. Unless such websites accurately and consistently list all the titles under which content was published, together with their related ISSN, user access to expensive content becomes a treasure hunt at best and an exercise in frustration at worst. NISO has created a working group charged with developing a Recommended Practice that will provide much-needed guidance on the presentation of e-journals particularly in the areas of title presentation, accurate use of the ISSN, and citation practices to publishers and platform providers. This presentation will provide some illustrations of the current situation and an overview of the NISO group's goals, potential strategies, and timeline. • E-books and ISBNs One of the constant principles of ISBN over the last 40 years has been that it identifies a unique product (e.g. an edition of a book). This has facilitated discovery and acquisitions and enabled e-commerce, distribution and aggregation of product information. There has, however, been inconsistent implementation of ISBN for e-books, creating some confusion and problems, especially for the library community. Brian Green, Executive Director of the International ISBN Agency, looks at the e-book supply chain, discusses the International ISBN Agency's recommendations for the assignment of ISBNs to e-books and compares the different positions of ISBN and ISSN with regard to digital publications. NISO Update Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Washington Convention Center, Room 148 For the full event and description and agenda visit: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/ala2010/nisoupdate/ • Journal Article Versions Lettie Y Conrad, Online Product Manager, SAGE Publications, Inc. • Creation of File Formats B. Tommie Usdin, President, Mulberry Technologies, Inc., & Co-chair, NISO Standardized Markup for Journal Articles Working Group • Supplementary Article Materials Linda Beebe, Senior Director of PsycINFO, American Psychological Association • Ejournal Presentation Regina Reynolds, ISSN Coordinator, Library of Congress IOTA (Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics) Poster Session Sunday, June 27 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall Aisles 800-900-1000 LITA Standards Interest Group Sunday, June 27 -- PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Hilton Washington, Columbia 1 • ISBN and New Identifiers in the E-book Universe Brian Green (International ISBN Agency) • The ONIX Family of Metadata Standards for Books, Serials, and Usage Rights Mark Bide (EDItEUR) • RFID Standards Update Vinod Chachra (VTLS), NISO RFID Revision Working Group Co-chair • Institutional Identifiers: NISO Z39.94 Grace Agnew (Rutgers University), NISO I2 Working Group Co-chair • Standardized Markup for Journal Articles Jeff Beck (NCBI, NLM) and B. Tommie Usdin (Mulberry Technologies, Inc.), NISO Working Group Co-chairs NCIP Implementers Group Social at ALA Annual Sunday, June 27 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel Lobby Bar 999 9th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 Are you curious about NCIP, the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol? Want to know how to save staff time using this standard? Join the NCIP Implementers Group on Sunday, June 27 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Renaissance Hotel lobby bar for an informal, casual "meet and greet" event where people can mingle, chat and enjoy a beverage of their choice. The Implementers Group invites anyone who is interested in circulation interoperability for resource sharing, self service and interlibrary loan to join us. This will be a cash bar and everyone should plan to purchase their own beverages and appetizers. Address and other information about the restaurant are listed below. We hope to see you there! Walking directions to Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel from the Convention Center 1. Head west on Mt Vernon Pl NW toward 9th St NW (approximately 157 ft) 2. Turn left at 9th St NW. Destination will be on the left (approximately 410 ft) All NISO programs and related sessions are listed on the NISO @ ALA webpage (http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/ala2010/). Cynthia Hodgson NISO Technical Editor Consultant National Information Standards Organization Email: chodgson@niso.org Phone: 301-654-2512
