Early bird discounted registration for the NISO forum,
"Digital
Resources: Working with Formats Beyond Serials," has
been
extended to April 30. Be sure to register by then to take
advantage of the substantial discounts. NISO members and
Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC)
members are eligible for additional discounts. Graduate
students
may be eligible for a sponsorship rate. (Students should
contact
the NISO office for more information.)
This two-day event will take place on May 5-6, 2008 at the
Argonaut Hotel at the Maritime National Historical Park
Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, CA. One-day registration
is
also available.
About the Forum
With the onset of the digital age, the information community
has
had to rethink its approach to content -- from creation to
how to
manage the sale and retention of that information, to
questions
of delivery and use. A great deal of that focus has been on
the
more traditional journal, yet creators, libraries, and users
today are working with content ranging from e-books to audio
and
beyond. However, the basic questions surrounding these
digital
resources remain the same as those that have been confronted
with
electronic serials, though the answers may not be.
Confirmed speakers for the forum are:
-- Keynote by Peter Brantley, Executive Director, Digital
Library
Federation (DLF)
-- Ted Koppel (AGent Verso (ILS) Product manager,
Auto-Graphics,
Inc.) on Defining eBooks
-- Bill Kasdorf (Vice President, Apex Publishing) on XML
Models
for Book Content
-- Christine Stamison (Senior Customer Relations Manager,
Swets)
on Customer Access to E-books
-- Justyn Baker (Executive Director of Licensing / Digital
Formats, Naxos of America, Inc.) on Pricing and Licensing of
E-music
-- Laura Dawson (Consultant, LJNDawson.com) on Identifiers
for
Digital Books
-- Allen McKiel (Dean of Library & Media Services,
Western Oregon
University) on Changing Patterns of E-book Usage
-- Jennifer Sutton (Independent Contractor for DAISY
Consortium)
on the DAISY/NISO standard for Digital Talking Books
Additional presentations are planned on the topics of
digital
rights management (DRM), the role of digital content in
libraries, and e-content platforms.
Visit the event webpage
(
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/digresources08/) to
register or for more information. Questions: contact Karen
Wetzel, NISO Standards Program Manager, at kwetzel niso.org.
Note: This announcement was cross-posted.
Swets Information Services is a major sponsor of the Digital
Resources forum.
Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgsonniso.org <mailto:chodgsonniso.org>
Phone: 301-654-2512
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