[Web4lib] E-books: The Changing Standards Landscape; A Free NISO/BISG Standards Forum at the ALA Annual Conference 2009

[Cynthia Hodgson]

E-books: The Changing Standards Landscape
A Free NISO/BISG Standards Forum at the ALA Annual Conference 2009

Join this FREE, half-day educational forum to discover the most current
e-book standards and listen to thought leadership on the critical areas of
identification, formatting, digital rights management (DRM), and the
specific use needs of libraries.

Date: Friday, July 10th
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Chicago, IL
RSVP: nisohq at niso.org

This 3rd annual NISO/BISG Standards Forum is for librarians, publishers and
content providers who need to know more about the changes impacting e-book
creation, distribution, and use. Attendees will hear the latest on the
evolving environment for e-books in three key areas:

Identify and Describe
-- The New ISTC Agency: An Emerging Standard
-- ISBN and E-Books: The Use of ISBN for Electronic Texts

Format, Discover, and Retrieve
-- Toward a Common E-book Format Standard: IDPF's EPUB
-- Discovering Online Book Content: BISG's BookDROP
 
Purchase and Use
-- DRM Use in E-Books
-- Developing E-Book Sales Models
-- Use of E-books in the Library Context
 
E-books: The Changing Standards Landscape is sponsored by Swets. For more
information, visit http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/ala09/bisg.


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