NFAIS Webinar, Jan 14, An Overview of ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier)

[jilloneill at NFAIS.ORG]

NFAIS Webinar: An Overview of ISNI - The International Standard Name Identifier
 
Date and Time: Tuesday, January 14, 11:00am (EST) - 12:30pm (EST)
 
Featured Expert:  Laura Dawson, Product Manager, Identifiers at Bowker, an affiliated business of ProQuest
 
For registration information, visit the NFAIS web site: [http://nfais.org/event?eventID=540] http://nfais.org/event?eventID=540


 
Name ambiguity has always been a difficult challenge in the search, discovery and retrieval of correct information about people and other entities. But recent breakthroughs have begun to make inroads in solving this ongoing problem.  On March 15, 2012, the ISO certified International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) was released to uniquely identify “Public Identities of parties” – “parties” being natural persons, legal entities, and fictional characters. This was followed byORCID (originally the “Open Researcher Contributor Identification Initiative”) which on October 16th of that same year began issuing persistent, unique user identifiers that marked the launch of a registry for author identification in science and related academic publishing.


 
On January 14, 2014, NFAIS will hold a 90-minute webinar (11:00am - 12:30pm EST) that will provide an overview of ISNI (an overview of ORCID was given in October 2013). Our featured speaker will be Laura Dawson, Product Manager, Identifiers at Bowker, an affiliated business of ProQuest, who will discuss the following:
 
· The mission and objectives of ISNI
· The differences between ISNI and ORCID and their interoperability
· The ISNI business model
· What ISNI does and who should use it
· Its benefits to the research and publishing communities
· Current acceptance - who is actually getting and using ISNIs
· The current size of the ISNI database
· ISNI Links and linked data applications
· Issues related to identity presentation and cross-domain linking
· Process of assigning ISNIs and the quality control efforts
· The relationship with the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
· Future directions


 
If you or your staff want to learn more about this initiative and how it can benefit your organization, register for the NFAIS webinar today.  NFAIS members pay $125, Sister Society members pay $150 and non-members pay $195.  Three or more staff from NFAIS member organizations can participate for a group fee of $295. The group fee for three or more staff from any Sister Society is $350, and from a non-member organization is $450. The registration form can be accessed at: [http://nfais.org/event?eventID=540] http://nfais.org/event?eventID=540


 
You can still register to view the archived recording of the overview of ORCID given by Laurel L. Haak, ORCID Executive Director, on October 23, 2013. That separate registration form may be accessed at: [http://nfais.org/event?eventID=529] http://nfais.org/event?eventID=529


 
For more information contact Jill O’Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, [http://tel:215-893-1561/] 215-893-1561 (phone); [http://tel:215-893-1564/] 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to [http://www.nfais.org/] http://www.nfais.org/.


 
 
 
 
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