[Web4lib] NISO Digital Resources Forum in San Francisco – Early Bird Discount Extended to April 30

[Cynthia Hodgson]

Early bird discounted registration for the NISO forum, “Digital 
Resources: Working with Formats Beyond Serials,” has been extended to 
April 30. Be sure to register by then to take advantage of the 
substantial discounts. NISO members and Statewide California Electronic 
Library Consortium (SCELC) members are eligible for additional 
discounts. Graduate students may be eligible for a sponsorship rate. 
(Students should contact the NISO office for more information.)

This two-day event will take place on May 5-6, 2008 at the Argonaut 
Hotel at the Maritime National Historical Park Fisherman's Wharf in San 
Francisco, CA. One-day registration is also available.
 

About the Forum

With the onset of the digital age, the information community has had to 
rethink its approach to content -- from creation to how to manage the 
sale and retention of that information, to questions of delivery and 
use. A great deal of that focus has been on the more traditional 
journal, yet creators, libraries, and users today are working with 
content ranging from e-books to audio and beyond. However, the basic 
questions surrounding these digital resources remain the same as those 
that have been confronted with electronic serials, though the answers 
may not be.

Confirmed speakers for the forum are:

-- Keynote by Peter Brantley, Executive Director, Digital Library 
Federation (DLF)

-- Ted Koppel (AGent Verso (ILS) Product manager, Auto-Graphics, Inc.) 
on Defining eBooks

-- Bill Kasdorf (Vice President, Apex Publishing) on XML Models for Book 
Content

-- Christine Stamison (Senior Customer Relations Manager, Swets) on 
Customer Access to E-books

-- Justyn Baker (Executive Director of Licensing / Digital Formats, 
Naxos of America, Inc.) on Pricing and Licensing of E-music

-- Laura Dawson (Consultant, LJNDawson.com) on Identifiers for Digital Books

-- Allen McKiel (Dean of Library & Media Services, Western Oregon 
University) on Changing Patterns of E-book Usage

-- Jennifer Sutton (Independent Contractor for DAISY Consortium) on the 
DAISY/NISO standard for Digital Talking Books

Additional presentations are planned on the topics of digital rights 
management (DRM), the role of digital content in libraries, and 
e-content platforms.

Visit the event webpage 
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/digresources08/) to register or 
for more information. Questions: contact Karen Wetzel, NISO Standards 
Program Manager, at kwetzel at niso.org.

Note: This announcement was cross-posted.

Swets Information Services is a major sponsor of the Digital Resources 
forum.

 

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