[Web4lib] NISO @ ALA -- Line-up of Programs and Related Sessions

Tue Jun 15 21:10:47 EDT 2010

NISO has a fabulous line-up of programs at the ALA Conference in Washington,
D.C. From the pre-conference free program with BISG to the NISO Standards
Update and presentations from working group members on specific projects,
there’s something for just about every interest. Please join us for any or
all of the programs below.

Friday, June 25, 2010

NISO/BISG 4th Annual Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape
Focus on the item: Understanding the end-user perspective
For complete agenda, visit:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/ala2010/nisobisgforum Friday, June 25,
2010
12:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Washington Convention Center, Room 150B

NISO AVIAC (Automation Vendors Information Advisory Committee) Meeting
Open to the public. Anyone interested in discussing library systems and
standards issues, please stop in. Topics from past meetings included:
defining compliance, encouraging adoption, and open source software. 
Friday, June 25, 2010
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Renaissance Washington, Meeting Room 10/11

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Three S's of Electronic Resource Management: Systems, Standards
and Subscriptions
Saturday, June 26, 2010
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Washington Convention Center, Room 152B
Speakers: Todd Carpenter, NISO; Bob McQuillan, Innovative Interfaces, Inc.;
Oliver Pesch, EBSCO
Moderator: Sandy Hurd, Innovative Interfaces, Inc.

Electronic Resource Management (ERM) encompasses a variety of practices and
services that impact library staff and patrons. In this session, three
panelists from the system vendor, subscription agent and academic library
communities converge to discuss benefits and challenges of “three S’s”
integral to ERM: systems, standards and subscriptions. Specific topics
include: Systems – ERM system overview, library staff benefits and patron
benefits; Standards – overview of current standards relevant to ERM and
implementation challenges for stakeholders; and Subscriptions – evolving
role of electronic resource subscription services and customer benefits.
This high-level overview is ideal for libraries that might be considering
ERM solutions and existing ERM libraries that would benefit with an update
on current developments.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

CRS Standards Update Forum
ALCTS Standards Committee for the Continuing Resources Section
Sunday, June 27, 2010
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
JW Marriott Hotel, Grand Ballroom III
The Continuing Resources Standards Update Forum presents the latest news on
standards and best practices affecting the management of continuing
resources at American Library Association conferences. The session is
presented by the ALA ALCTS Continuing Resources Section, Continuing
Resources Standards Committee and generously sponsored by Swets.

• Institutional Identifier (I2)
Grace Agnew -- Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems at
the Rutgers University Libraries and co-chair of the NISO I2 (Institutional
Identifier) Working Group -- will speak about the institutional identifier,
a NISO project to create a globally unique identifier and metadata
sufficient to identify an institution involved in the digital information
supply chain.  Agnew will discuss the status of the work, including the
draft metadata and scenarios of use and will solicit feedback on the work
from members of the audience.

• A Rose by Any Other Name... But Could We Find It?
Regina Romano Reynolds, ISSN Coordinator, Library of Congress will discuss
the new NISO E-journal Presentation and Representation Working Group.
Inaccurate journal citations on journal websites and in journal aggregations
cause problems for researchers and libraries alike. Unless such websites
accurately and consistently list all the titles under which content was
published, together with their related ISSN, user access to expensive
content becomes a treasure hunt at best and an exercise in frustration at
worst. NISO has created a working group charged with developing a
Recommended Practice that will provide much-needed guidance on the
presentation of e-journals particularly in the areas of title presentation,
accurate use of the ISSN, and citation practices to publishers and platform
providers. This presentation will provide some illustrations of the current
situation and an overview of the NISO group's goals, potential strategies,
and timeline.

• E-books and ISBNs
One of the constant principles of ISBN over the last 40 years has been that
it identifies a unique product (e.g. an edition of a book). This has
facilitated discovery and acquisitions and enabled e-commerce, distribution
and aggregation of product information. There has, however, been
inconsistent implementation of ISBN for e-books, creating some confusion and
problems, especially for the library community. Brian Green, Executive
Director of the International ISBN Agency, looks at the e-book supply chain,
discusses the International ISBN Agency's recommendations for the assignment
of ISBNs to e-books and compares the different positions of ISBN and ISSN
with regard to digital publications.

NISO Update
Sunday, June 27, 2010
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Washington Convention Center, Room 148
For the full event and description and agenda visit:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/ala2010/nisoupdate/

• Journal Article Versions
Lettie Y Conrad, Online Product Manager, SAGE Publications, Inc.

• Creation of File Formats
B. Tommie Usdin, President, Mulberry Technologies, Inc., & Co-chair, NISO
Standardized Markup for Journal Articles Working Group

• Supplementary Article Materials
Linda Beebe, Senior Director of PsycINFO, American Psychological Association

• Ejournal Presentation
Regina Reynolds, ISSN Coordinator, Library of Congress

IOTA (Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics) Poster Session
Sunday, June 27
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall Aisles 800-900-1000

LITA Standards Interest Group
Sunday, June 27 -- PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Hilton Washington, Columbia 1

• ISBN and New Identifiers in the E-book Universe 
Brian Green (International ISBN Agency)

• The ONIX Family of Metadata Standards for Books, Serials, and Usage Rights

Mark Bide (EDItEUR)

• RFID Standards Update 
Vinod Chachra (VTLS), NISO RFID Revision Working Group Co-chair

• Institutional Identifiers: NISO Z39.94 
Grace Agnew (Rutgers University), NISO I2 Working Group Co-chair

• Standardized Markup for Journal Articles
Jeff Beck (NCBI, NLM) and B. Tommie Usdin (Mulberry Technologies, Inc.),
NISO Working Group Co-chairs

NCIP Implementers Group Social at ALA Annual
Sunday, June 27
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel Lobby Bar
999 9th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001

Are you curious about NCIP, the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol? Want
to know how to save staff time using this standard? Join the NCIP
Implementers Group on Sunday, June 27 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the
Renaissance Hotel lobby bar for an informal, casual "meet and greet" event
where people can mingle, chat and enjoy a beverage of their choice. The
Implementers Group invites anyone who is interested in circulation
interoperability for resource sharing, self service and interlibrary loan to
join us. This will be a cash bar and everyone should plan to purchase their
own beverages and appetizers. Address and other information about the
restaurant are listed below. We hope to see you there!

Walking directions to Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel from the Convention
Center
1. Head west on Mt Vernon Pl NW toward 9th St NW (approximately 157 ft)
2. Turn left at 9th St NW. Destination will be on the left (approximately
410 ft)

All NISO programs and related sessions are listed on the NISO @ ALA webpage
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/ala2010/).

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