[Web4lib] NISO Usage Data Forum -- Early Bird Registration Discount Ends October 18

[Cynthia Hodgson]

[Cross-posted announcement]

Early bird registration for "/Understanding the Data Around Us: 
Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data//,/" the NISO and Amigos Library 
Services forum, ends on October 18. Be sure to register by then to take 
advantage of the substantial discounts. NISO and Amigos members are 
eligible for additional discounts.

This two-day event to take place Services November 1-2nd at the Magnolia 
Hotel in Dallas, Texas, asks library and information service providers 
to think about what kinds of usage data--for e-resources, print, and 
more--can be used to help improve the provision of information services, 
what data might be missing, and ways all parties involved (libraries, 
publishers, aggregators, and system vendors) can best use the data 
collected. The event includes speakers who will discuss issues of 
gathering, analyzing, and applying usage data, and encourages the 
audience to engage with questions of their own.

Visit the event webpage 
(http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/usage07/) for details and to 
register. Contact Karen Wetzel , NISO Standards Program Manager, at 
kwetzel at niso.org for more information.

The NISO Usage Data forum is cosponsored by Amigos Library Services with 
major sponsorship by Ex Libris. Additional sponsors are: Innovative 
Interfaces, Serials Solutions, and Thomson Scientific.

Next event: Institutional Repositories
Mark your calendars for NISO's December educational forum: Getting the 
Most Out of Your Institutional Repository: Gathering Content and 
Building Use
When: December 3, 2007
Where: National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD
Register at: http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/ir07/

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