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