[Web4lib] Data Movement and Management Forum: Pre-ACRL Program in Seattle

[Cynthia Hodgson]

NISO will be holding an educational forum on Data Movement and 
Management on March 11, 2009 in Seattle as a pre-ACRL conference program.

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:

-- Opening Keynote: 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)

The forum will be held at the South Campus Center at the University of 
Washington in Seattle.

Early bird registration, which ends on March 2, is $135 for NISO members 
and $165 for non-members. After March 2 the rate goes up to $165 for 
members and $200 for non-members. There is a special student rate of 
$50. For more information and to register, visit the event website: 
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/datamovement09.

Webinar of Event Highlights

If you can’t come in person, sign up for the webinar on the same topic 
to be held on March 18th, from 1-2:30 p.m. (EST). The webinar will 
provide highlights of the in-person event. The webinar registration fee 
is $79 for NISO and NASIG members and $99 for non-members. There is a 
separate international rate and a discounted student rate. Visit the 
webinar event website 
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/datawebinar09/) for details and to 
register. Attendees of the Seattle forum will automatically be enrolled 
in the webinar at no additional cost.


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