NISO Webinar: Content on the Go: Mobile Access to E-Resources

[Cynthia Hodgson]

WEBINAR: Content on the Go: Mobile Access to E-Resources

DATE: August 8, 2012

TIME: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)

REGISTRATION & INFORMATION:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/mobile_access_to_eresource
s/

 

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

The wide availability of ever-improving mobile hardware, software and
connectivity continues to affect the experience of information seekers, and
to place new demands and opportunities on libraries and information
providers. How can libraries and publishers provide effective new interfaces
for collections to help a user base continually on the move.

 

Join NISO for this webinar at which invited speakers will explore many of
the pressing questions about libraries' and publishers' interaction with and
promotion of mobile technologies.

 

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

 

Challenges to Consider: Developing Mobile Access to Digital Collections --
Carmen Mitchell, Institutional Repository Librarian, California State
University San Marcos

Libraries and museums spend significant resources in an effort to identify,
digitize, ingest, describe, store, and display items in their digital asset
management systems. The latest challenge for libraries and museums is to
adapt and grow our digital collections to meet the needs of an increasingly
mobile user. Mitchell will explore how four different organizations
addressed the challenge of mobile access to digital collections: North
Carolina State University Libraries, Montana State University Libraries,
Duke University Libraries, and the Smithsonian Institution. 

 

E-books on the go: How a university library experimented with E-book readers
-- Eleanor Cook, Assistant Director for Collections & Technical Services,
East Carolina University

Cook will describe a pilot project where Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble
Nook e-book readers are provided for patrons to check out. Topics covered
include start-up considerations, issues with selection and acquisition of
content; cataloging approaches, circulation procedures, publicity strategies
and evaluation.

 

Publisher Perspective: Strategies for Mobile Content Delivery -- Marty
Picco, Director of Product Management, Atypon Systems

As publishers rush to join the mobile revolution, they face a number of
challenges: a growing number of mobile platforms that must be supported,
problems with authenticating high-value institution customers, and making
their content readable on small form factor devices. At the same time
readers increasingly overwhelmed with information and are seeking ways to
streamline discovery and organization without missing important
developments. Atypon Systems is a leading technology provider for scholarly
publishers worldwide. Literatum, the company's flagship publishing platform,
is used to host more than 12 million journal articles, more than 50,000
eBooks, and many other types of scientific and scholarly content.  Picco
will discuss strategies for addressing these challenges and the factors
influencing the design of Atypon's mobile platform.

 

REGISTRATION

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm
Eastern on August 8, 2012. Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG
members and students.

 

Can't make it on the webinar date/time? Register now and gain access to the
recorded archive for one year.

 

Visit the event webpage to register and for more information:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/mobile_access_to_eresource
s/

 

 

 

Cynthia Hodgson

Technical Editor / Consultant

National Information Standards Organization

chodgson at niso.org

301-654-2512

 


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