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NISO @ ALA 2011 Midwinter Meeting

Conferences Attending

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Event Sessions

NISO AVIAC (Automation Vendors Interest Advisory Committee) Meeting

Speakers

Friday, January 7, 2011
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
San Diego Marriott and Marina, Del Mar Room

This is an open meeting. Agenda topics include: 

  • IOTA (Improved OpenURLs Through Analytics) Update
    Maria Stanton, Director of Content Operations, Serials Solutions
  • CORE (Cost of Resource Exchange) Update
    Ted Koppel, AGent Verso (ILS) Product Manager, Auto-Graphics, Inc.
  • I2 Brief Update
    Helen Henderson, Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Ringgold, Inc.
  • RDA Testing and potential roll out among AVIAC members
    Any interest in NISO playing a role?
  • Discussion of Future NISO Work
    Where should we be focused?

ARL Library Assessment Forum

Friday, January 7, 2011
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 28A

LITA Electronic Resources Management Interest Group

Speakers

Oliver Pesch

Chief Product Strategist
EBSCO Information Services

Bob McQuillan

Senior Product Manager, Innovative Interfaces
Innovative Interfaces

Friday, January 7, 2011  
4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 25 C

Come to this session to hear updates on the following:

  • NISO/UKSG KBART Phase II
    Andreas Biedenbach, eProduct Operations Manager (Americas), Springer Science+Business Media
  • IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics
    Oliver Pesch, Chief Strategist, E-Resource Access and Management Services, EBSCO Information Services
  • CORE: Cost of Resource Exchange
    Bob McQuillan, Senior Product Manager, Innovative Interfaces
  • ERM Data Standards and Best Practices Review
    Tim Jewell, Director, Information Resources and Scholarly Communication, University of Washington

ALCTS E-Resources Interest Group (ERIG)

Saturday, January 8, 2011
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 31 B

NISO RFID Revision Working Group Meeting

Saturday, January 8, 2011
11:30 a.m - 2 p.m. (meeting to begin at 12 p.m.)
Manchester Grand Hyatt  (hosted by Darien Library)

ALCTS Holdings Committee Holdings Update Forum: Holdings information in Electronic Content Access

Speakers

Christine Stohn

Senior Product Manager, Discovery & Delivery
Ex Libris/Proquest

Oliver Pesch

Chief Product Strategist
EBSCO Information Services

Carol Meyer

Business Development and Marketing Manager
Crossref

Saturday, January 8, 2011
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 30 C


Featuring an update on the NISO/UKSG KBART Project from Christine Stohn, Product Manager, Ex Libris, Inc. and a presentation by Oliver Pesch (EBSCO) on IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics. Carol Ann Myer (CrossRef) will also be in attendance to discuss DOI linking.

LITA Standards Interest Group

Speakers

Bob McQuillan

Senior Product Manager, Innovative Interfaces
Innovative Interfaces

Saturday, January 8, 2011
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
San Diego Marriott and Marina, Encinitas Room

  • Update on the work of the LITA Standards Task Force
    Todd Carpenter (NISO Managing Director)
  • IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics
    Maria Stanton, Director of Content Operations, Serials Solutions
  • CORE: Cost Of Resource Exchange
    Bob McQuillan, Senior Project Manager, Innovative Interfaces, Inc.

ALA ASCLA ICAN Physical Delivery Discussion Group

Sunday, January 9, 2011
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 19

ALCTS Metadata Interest Group: Focus on Linked Data

Speaker

Sunday, January 9, 2011
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 05 B


Featuring the I2 (Institutional Identifiers) Project (Michael Giarlo, Digital Library Architect, Penn State University)

ALCTS-CRS College & Research Libraries Interest Group

Speakers

Rick Anderson

Associate Director for Scholarly Resources & Collections, University of Utah
University of Utah

Patrick Carr

Head, Electronic & Cont. Resources Acquisitions, East Carolina University
East Carolina University

Sunday, January 9, 2011
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hilton Bayfront, Sapphire P

  • Patron Knows Best: Why We Should Put the Patron in the Driver's Seat
    Rick Anderson, Assoc. Dir. for Scholarly Resources & Collections, Univ. of Utah
  • Assessing Return on Investment for E-Resources: A Cross-Institutional Analysis of Cost-Per-Use Data
    Patrick Carr, Head, Electronic & Cont. Resources Acquisitions, East Carolina University 

ALCTS-CRS Continuing Resources Standards Update Forum

Speakers

Sunday, January 9, 2011
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hilton Bayfront, Aqua 314

  • Encoded Archival Context: Corporate Bodies, People and Families (EAC-CPF)
    Dina Benson, University of Florida
    EAC-CPF international metadata standard for encoding contextual information about "individuals, families, and corporate bodies that create, use, and are responsible for and/or associated with records in a variety of ways."
  • IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics
    Susan Marcin, Columbia University 
    IOTA is a two-year NISO initiative that "makes use of log files from various institutions and vendors to analyze element frequency and patterns contained within OpenURL strings. The reports created from this analysis allows users to make improvements to their OpenURL strings (by increasing the number of elements passed in an OpenURL string for example) so that the maximum number of OpenURL requests resolve to a correct record." For more information, see: http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/oq/IOTA_FAQ
  • VIVO: Enabling National Networking of Scientists
    Sara Russell Gonzalez, University of Florida 
    VIVO is an interdisciplinary national network enabling collaboration and discovery between scientists across all disciplines.

LITA Next Generation Catalog Interest Group

Sunday, January 9, 2011
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hilton Bayfront, Sapphire M

NISO Update - Including NISO's Annual Meeting

Speakers

Heather Staines

Director of Community Engagement & Senior Consultant
Delta Think

John Barr

Senior Product Analyst for Patron Services, Polaris Library Systems
Polaris Library Systems

Rob Walsh

Maintenance Agency Representative, EnvisionWare
EnvisionWare

Bob Boissy

Director, Network Sales, Springer
Springer

Sunday, January 9, 2011
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 28 D

  • NISO Annual Meeting 
    1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
    Join us for our Annual Meeting to learn about the status of the organization, all the work that has taken place this year, and what's coming in 2011. The meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to participate.
  • NISO Update
    2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
    The NISO Update provides the latest news about NISO's current efforts. Featuring:
    • ESPReSSO: Establishing Suggested Practices Regarding Single Sign-On
      Heather Staines, Springer Science + Business Media
    • NCIP: NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol
      John Barr, Senior Product Analyst for Patron Services, Polaris Library Systems
      Rob Walsh, President and Co-founder, EnvisionWare
    • SERU Update: News on the Shared E-Resource Understanding
      Judy Luther, Informed Strategies
    • PIE-J: Presentation and Identification of E-Journals
      Bob Boissy, Director, Network Sales, Springer
    • ISO Update: Standards Development Internationally
      Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, NISO

NISO SERU Standing Committee Meeting

Sunday, January 9, 2011
3:30 - 4:00 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 28 D

NISO Topic/Architecture Meeting Schedule

Monday, January 10, 2011
ALA Midwinter Meeting - San Diego, CA

These meetings are for committee members only.

  • 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.: All Topic Committee Meeting
    San Diego Convention Center, Room 30 C
    Members of NISO's Business Information, Content & Collection Management, and Discovery to Delivery Topic Committees will all meet during this time to meet each other and discuss issues that have an impact on all of them.
  • 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Individual Topic Committee Meetings
    Each topic committee to meet on its own.
    • Business Information Topic Committee
      San Diego Convention Center, Room 28 C
    • Content & Collection Management Topic Committee
      San Diego Convention Center, Room 31 C
    • Discovery to Delivery Topic Committee
      San Diego Convention Center, Room 30 C
       
  • 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.: Architecture Committee Meeting
    San Diego Convention Center, Room 30 C
    Meeting of the Topic Committee co-chairs and the Vice-chair of the NISO Board.