[Web4lib] NISO Forum on Library Resource Management Systems - October 8-9 in Boston

[Cynthia Hodgson]

Library Resource Management Systems: New Challenges, New Opportunities
October 8-9, 2009
Metro Meeting Center
Boston, MA
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/lrms09/


Register online at: http://www.regonline.com/LRMS

Join NISO for a two-day forum in which we will consider the issues related
to library resource management systems and the consequences for customers,
users, vendors, and developers. During this event, we will:

    * Explore the effects of changes to the library community on system
suppliers' business models
    * Compare the benefits and disadvantages of commercial and open-source
systems through real libraries' experiences
    * Examine the implications of placing library systems in the cloud
    * Address the need for interoperability between library management
systems and other systems at work in the library
    * Consider how information standards can help all stakeholders cope with
this shifting terrain

Attendees at all levels of system involvement and expertise will find
thought-provoking discussion and ample opportunity to share ideas with the
library, vendor, and developer communities. Confirmed speakers include:

    * Annette Bailey, Digital Assets Librarian, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
    * Oren Beit-Arie, Chief Strategy Officer, Ex Libris, Inc.
    * Talin Bingham, Chief Technology Officer, SirsiDynix
    * Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research,
Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University  
    * Vinod Chachra, President and CEO, VTLS
    * Paul Cope, President, Auto-Graphics
    * John Culshaw, Associate Professor and Faculty Director for Systems
University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries
    * Betsy Graham, Vice President of Product Management, Innovative
Interfaces, Inc.
    * Carl Grant, President, Ex Libris North America 
    * Tim Jewell, Sociology Librarian; Director, Information Resources and
Scholarly Communication, University of Washington
    * Tim McGeary, Senior Systems Specialist, Lehigh University
    * Diane C. Mirvis, CIO and University Librarian, University of
Bridgeport
    * Thomas Wall, University Librarian, Boston College


This forum is generously sponsored by Ex Libris and EBSCO Information
Services.

This message was cross-posted.

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