NISO Forum: Next Generation Discovery: New Tools, Aging Standards

NISO will be hosting a forum on "Next Generation
Discovery: New Tools, 
Aging Standards" in Chapel Hill, NC on March 27-28,
2008.

Discovering scholarly information and data is essential for
research and 
use of the content that the information community is
producing and 
making available. The development of knowledge bases, web
systems, 
repositories, and other sources for this information brings
the need for 
effective discovery tools -- search-driven discovery and
network (or 
browse) driven discovery -- to the forefront. With new tools
and systems 
emerging, however, are standards keeping pace with the next
generation 
of tools? What's coming up and where might standards fit to
assist in 
this arena? The forum will include both a look at the
current state of 
discovery tools and at new visions of what these tools might
look like 
in the next several years.
 

Speakers will include:

-- Robert J. Sandusky, (Assistant University Librarian for
Information 
Technology, Clinical Associate Professor, Richard J. Daley
Library, 
University of Illinois at Chicago) on the topic of Deep
Indexing and 
Discovery

-- Vinod Chachra (VTLS) on the topic of Harvesting Data In
Multiple 
Formats For Discovery

-- Mike Teets (OCLC) on the topic of Identities, xISBN, and
xISSN

-- Peter Murray (Assistant Director, New Service
Development, OhioLINK: 
the Ohio Library and Information Network) on the topic of
Discovery 
Tools & the OPAC

-- Michael Winkler (Director, iTadd, Penn Libraries) on the
topic of 
PennTags

-- Eric Schnell (Associate Professor and Assistant Director
for 
Technology and Digital Initiatives at the Prior Health
Sciences Library 
at The Ohio State University) and-Dave Munger (Freelance
Writer, 
ResearchBlogging.org) on the topic of BPR3: Bloggers for
Peer-Reviewed 
Research Reporting


Registration is now open 
(http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/
discovery08/registration.cfm). 
The early bird discount closes March 12. NISO members are
eligible for 
substantial discounts.

Visit the event webpage 
(http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/discovery08/
) for more 
information or contact Karen Wetzel, NISO Standards Program
Manager, at 
kwetzelniso.org. 

Note: This announcement was cross-posted.

The break sponsor for the Discovery forum is Innovative
Interfaces.

And don't forget, registration is still open for
"Digital Preservation: 
Planning Today for Tomorrow's Resources," to be held
March 14, 2008 in 
Washington, DC. (
http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/digpres08/). 
You can get the early bird rate through February 25.

 

Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgsonniso.org <mailto:chodgsonniso.org>
Phone: 301-654-2512

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