[Web4lib] FW: NISO Library Resource Management Systems Forum In Boston, October 8-9

Cynthia Hodgson chodgson at niso.org
Mon Jul 6 11:07:58 EDT 2009


NISO will be holding a two-day educational forum on Library Resource
Management Systems: New Challenges, New Opportunities at the Metro Meeting
Center in Boston on October 8-9, 2009.

Libraries have a dizzying array of options for acquiring, implementing, and
modifying library resource management systems. The ballooning number of
choices reflects the changing character of this marketplace. Commercial
vendors now compete not only with each other, but also with
widely-publicized open source offerings. When evaluating new and existing
systems, libraries attempt to balance sometimes conflicting needs. This
two-day forum will consider these issues from various perspectives:
customers, users, vendors, and developers. 

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.

In addition to keynotes on both days, speakers will be addressing the
following topics:

** What Do Libraries Want to Achieve with Their Library Systems

** User Perspectives: How Do Our Patrons Interact with Our Services?

** Build It Yourself or Buy It?

** Two Library Case Studies

** Panel discussion on Open Source Systems

** Modifying Your Existing System through Plug-Ins and Interactions

** Library Management Systems Business Models Roundtable

** ERMI Gap Analysis Project

** Interoperability with Other Systems
 
** Cloud versus Local

** Large Consortium Systems: Making Your Library Work with Other Libraries

Day two will conclude with small group brainstorming sessions on
opportunities for the NISO community to improve library resource systems.
 
Early bird registration discounts are available through September 23. For
more information and to register, visit the event webpage
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/lrms09). 


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






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