Dear colleagues,

*Apologies for cross-postings*

Continuing Resources Standards Update Forum

Sunday, June 27, 2010

10:30-12:00 noon

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.

Presentations:

Institutional Identifier

Grace Agnew, Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems at
the Rutgers University Libraries and the co-chair of the NISO
Institutional Identifier Working Group

Grace Agnew will speak about the Institutional Identifier, a forthcoming
NISO standard that includes 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 standard, 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

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 groups
goals, potential strategies, and timeline.

E-books and ISBNs

Brian Green, Executive Director of the International ISBN Agency

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 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.

We hope to see you at the Forum!

Charlene Chou
Starr East Asian Library
Columbia University
Phone: (212)854-1502
Email: cc179@columbia.edu