NISO Professional Development Events, October and November 2024
October 2024
NISO Webinar
Practical Applications to Improve the Accessibility of Your Website
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 11:00am - 12:00pm (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada)
Websites can pose a particular challenge to individuals with disabilities, especially if they require a variety of actions to explore or access information. Library websites require navigation through a variety of imagery, text, search functions, and authentication portals. Inaccessible web design, images without descriptive alternative text, or complex features can impede user success. This program explores the core principles of web accessibility and offers participants with insights to identify common barriers to usability, as well as some practical solutions to improve user experience.
Confirmed speakers include Stacy Scott, Head of Accessibility, Taylor & Francis Group and Aj Ahmed, Accessibility Trainer, AAT Solutions.
We are grateful to Stacy Scott for serving as a NISO support and advisor in this program. Kimberly Gladfelter Graham, Education Program Manager & DEIA Advocate for NISO will serve as the program facilitator.
NISO Open Teleconference
Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) Standing Committee
Monday, October 21, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada)
Join NISO's Keondra Bailey on Monday, October 21th, 2024 at 3 PM Eastern for the October 2024 Open Teleconference. Keondra will be joined by Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) Standing Committee co-chairs Ken Varnum and Rachel Kessler to discuss the committee's current work, including the new "Demystifying Discovery" video series.
The Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) aims at defining standards and/or best practices for the new generation of library discovery services that are based on indexed search. These discovery services are primarily based upon indexes derived from journals, ebooks and other electronic information of a scholarly nature. The content comes from a range of information providers and products--commercial, open access, institutional, etc.
Given the growing interest and activity in the interactions between information providers and discovery services, a more standard set of practices is required for the ways that content is represented in discovery services and for the interactions between the creators of these services and the information providers whose resources they represent.
November 2024
NISO Webinar
Using COUNTER to Optimize Usage Data Collection & Analysis for Libraries & Publishers
Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 11:00am - 12:00pm (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada)
COUNTER is an invaluable usage statistics standard that is employed to collect and analyze usage data for online resources, ensuring accuracy for informed decision making. Explore best practices and strategies for assessing the reliability of gathered statistics and their reporting. Through discussion, case studies, and expert insights participants will discover how to use assessment data from this standard to optimize resource allocation, enhance user services, and align with library and industry goals.
Confirmed speakers include Beda Kosata, Lead Developer, Celus, Stuart Maxwell, Chief Operating Officer, Scholarly IQ, Tasha Mellins-Cohen, Executive Director, COUNTER Metrics, and Greg Voelker, Collection Assessment Manager, University of Nevada Las Vegas. Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO will serve as moderator.
The program is being coordinated by NISO Education Committee Member Grace Kim, Electronic Resources Librarian, Nevada State College.