[Web4lib] NISO Collaborative Library Resource Sharing Forum Will Address Standards, Developments, and New Models for Cooperating

[Cynthia Hodgson]

NISO will host a two-day forum on "Collaborative Library Resource 
Sharing: Standards, Developments, and New Models for Cooperating" on 
October 6-7, 2008, in the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in 
Atlanta. Participants will explore areas where collaborative effort and 
standards can help improve library efficiency through resource sharing. 
This includes the areas of interlibrary loan, physical resource 
management, collaborative storage and preservation, and related open 
source developments. New developments in each of these areas will help 
to improve efficiency in library resource sharing and hopefully improve 
user outcomes and satisfaction.

Confirmed speakers and topics include:

** Matt Goldner (OCLC), Opening Keynote

** Margaret Ellingson (Emory University), Current Resource Sharing 
Environment

** Cecelia Boone (MINITEX), Union Lists in Support of Resource Sharing

** Valerie Horton (Colorado Library Consortium), Physical Delivery

** Rob Walsh (Envisionware) and Paula Kelsall (Library & Archives 
Canada), Resource Sharing Standards Update

** Ted Koppel (Auto-Graphics), Gail Wanner (SirsiDynix), and Rob Walsh 
(Envisionware), Vendor Roundtable

** Gail Wanner (SirsiDynix), Rethinking Resource Sharing

** Evan Simpson (Brandeis University), Open Content Alliance – A New 
Approach to ILL

** Adam Wathen (Kansas State University Libraries), Improving Library 
Workflow Efficiencies

Additional topics expected to be addressed include: New Services Models, 
Open Source Resource Sharing Systems, Exchange of E-Journals, and 
Copyright and Fair Use -- The Section 108 Study Group.

If you are looking for ways to reduce costs and improve efficiency 
through collaborative resource sharing, you won't want to miss this 
seminar. Visit the event webpage 
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/resshar08/)for the agenda, hotel 
information, and to register. Early bird registration ends on September 17.

This message was cross-posted.

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