NISO Session on Metadata Will Lead into NASIG Conference

On June 4, NISO will hold a one-day forum on “Metadata in a
Digital Age: 
New Models of Creation, Discovery, and Use” before the
opening of the 
North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) conference
June 5-8 in 
Phoenix, AZ. This session will cover the role that metadata
plays in the 
lifecycle of content, from publisher to end user, including
looking at 
the shifting bibliographic supply chain, various needs that
metadata 
answers, and questions around exchange processes and how
different 
metadata is used.

NASIG incoming president Jill Emery said, “NASIG welcomes
this 
opportunity to partner with NISO by bringing their insights
and 
standards development together with NASIG’s 2008 Annual
Conference: 
Taking the Sting out of Serials (http://www.nasi
g.org/conference/2008/). 
Our conference this year is focused on finding best
practices for 
serials management, and NASIG is excited to invite NISO to
present a 
rich pre-conference program reflecting their commitment to
help make all 
information management easier and more reliable through
standards 
application. NASIG hopes that this collaboration will lead
to more such 
programs in the future.” Emery is Head of Acquisitions at
the University 
of Texas Libraries.

Speakers at the NISO pre-conference forum include:

-- Kevin Cohn, Director of Client Services, Atypon Systems,
Inc.
-- Tiffany Coker, Director, Product Management, ScholarOne,
Thomson Reuters
-- Les Hawkins, Serial Record Division, Library of Congress
-- Helen Henderson, Managing Director of Information Power,
Ringgold
-- Regina Reynolds, Head, U.S. ISSN Center, National Serials
Data 
Program, Library of Congress
-- Steven C. Shadle, Serials Access Librarian, University of
Washington

Additional presenters are being finalized. Visit the NASIG
conference 
site (http://www.nasi
g.org/conference/2008/) for registration, hotel 
information, and more.

The NISO Metadata forum is generously sponsored by Swets
Information 
Services.

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



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