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The Changing Standards Landscape:

Creative Solutions to Your Information Problems

 

Co-sponsored by:

National Information Standards Organization

 

JUNE 22, 2007

1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON, DC

 

PRESENTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE!

 

This free, half-day forum, cosponsored by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG), provided a big-picture look at the development and impact of common solutions-based standards for librarians and publishers alike. The session  focused largely on the preparations underway to build standards for tomorrow's supply chain and called for industry-wide participation and consensus in their development. Participants learned why standards are important for their organization and how they can get involved.

 

The forum ended with a moderated discussion exploring the participants thoughts on areas that need further investigation.

 

PRESENTATIONS:

 

 

  The Changing Standards Landscape:

  Creative Solutions to Your Information Problems

 

 

  The Changing Model for Standards Development

 

 

  1:00-1:20

 

 United Action for Common Problems

 

   Michael Healy, Executive Director, Book Industry Study Group, Inc.

   Biography | Presentation

   In order to be effective, publishers and librarians need to think collaboratively

   about standards development. What are the business problems faced by

   each that can be helped by common solutions?

 

 

  1:20-1:40

 

 The Importance of Standards

 

   Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, National Information Standards Organization

   Biography | Presentation

   Our community has a long history of facilitating information exchange through

   standards. The rapid adoption of digital information creation and distribution

   spotlights the need for digital standards development. What opportunities will

   be gained through widespread use of digital standards? How can you ensure

   the completed standards will meet your information needs?

 

 

  Emerging and Established Standards for Successful Content Management

 

   The availability of multiple formats and delivery options for content is unveiling a variety of new

   and exciting opportunities for the library community. Without standards to control and manage

   this content, however, many of the  opportunities may be lost. This session will explore six

   steps to successful content management: identify, describe, discover, retrieve, comply, and

   use.

 

 

  1:40-2:30

 

 

  Identify & Describe

 

   Norman Paskin, Tertius Ltd. and International DOI Foundation

   Biography | Presentation

 

   Brian Green, Executive Director, EDItEUR & International ISBN Agency

   Biography | Presentation

  

   As the industry develops ever more digitized content, we see an increasing

   number of tradable products that require reliable and unambiguous

   identification. This session will explore the chief characteristics of successful

   identifiers and metadata (ISBN is only the beginning!). Does digitized content

   mean that the industry will need more or fewer identifiers? How can identifiers

   from different sources work together to deal with the complexity and volatility

   of available sources? How does metadata relate?

 

 

  2:30-2:45

 

 

  Break

 

 2:45-3:10

 

  Discover & Retrieve

 

   Carolyn Pittis, SVP, Global Marketing Strategy & Operations, HarperCollins

   Biography | Presentation

   Once content is properly identified and described, there must be a way for

   consumers to discover and retrieve it. This session will teach you why

   understanding standards related to online search, browse, and retrieval will

   be essential not only for exploiting new economic models like e-books or

   page pay-per-view, but for facilitating the online marketing of physical books

   as well. The session will also describe current efforts to develop standards in

   this area.

 

 

  3:10-4:00

 

  Comply & Use

  The lack of an effective mechanism to communicate access and use

  permissions has come to be recognized as a major barrier to the broad-based

  use of digital content. This session will offer two perspectives on how to

  negotiate the complex mine field of comply and use.

  

   Nathan Robertson, Electronic Resources Librarian, Thurgood Marshall Law

   Library, University of Maryland School of Law

   Biography | Presentation

   The appropriate use of materials is governed by copyright law and very often

   by license agreements. Legal and license interpretation is rarely easy to

   understand, yet libraries need to convey accurate use rights and restrictions

   to users in easy-to-understand terms. Electronic Resource Management

   systems and ONIX for Publications License messages can help libraries

   clarify and simplify rights and restrictions for users.

 

   Mark Bide, Senior Consultant, Rightscom

   Biography | Presentation

   The ACAP project is a unique collaboration. Using a cooperative model, it

   brings a broad range of publishing interests together with search engines and

   others to work toward an open standard for compliance that meets the

   requirement for a more effective communication of publishers’ policies without

   compromising the efficiency of high volume data processing. During this

   session, Mike Bide, Senior Consultant for Rightscom, will explain how.

 

 

  Summary and Roundtable Discussion: What Now?!?

 

 

  4:00-4:30

 

  Panel Discussion

 

   Facilitators: Todd Carpenter, NISO, and Michael Healy, BISG

   What will you do now? During this session we will discuss opportunities to

   take back to your organization and together identify other problems that may

   benefit from standard solutions. We will also address ways that you can

   participate in and help shape the standards process.

 

 

 

LOCATION:

 

The forum was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Washington hotel.

 

Renaissance Washington
999 Ninth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 1-202-898-9000       
Fax: 1-202-289-0947

 

The Washington Renaissance was one of two co-headquarter hotels for the ALA Conference.

 

 

CO-SPONSORED BY:

 

     

 

 

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For more information about this or any other BISG event, please contact Angela Bole, BISG Associate Director, at 646-336-7141 or angela@bisg.org.