MARS Hot Topics / NISO DG at Midwinter - Metadata Standards

[george at library.caltech.edu]

FYI -- George
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Join the MARS Hot Topics DG for a thought-provoking Metaseach
discussion!

Co-Sponsored by NISO Metasearch standards
Saturday January 15, 11-12:30 pm.
Westin - Staffordshire Room
Topic: Metasearch: What It Is, What It Could Be, and How Standards Can
Help Us Get There!

Andrew Pace, Head of Systems, NCSU will present an overview of NISO work
to define standards that impact the user experience. Karen McNulty,
Digital Resources Reference Librarian, Boston College, will talk about
interface design and user reactions to the Metalib metasearch service.
Open discussion will follow.

Chair: Carole Pilkinton, Electronic Resources Librarian, University of
Notre Dame
Vice-Chair, Incoming Chair: Matthew Bejune, Digital Reference Services
Coordinator, Purdue University Libraries

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Carole Pilkinton
Electronic Resources Librarian
205 Hesburgh Library
574-631-8405