BISG & NISO at ALA Annual Conference 2011
Friday, June 24, 201112:30 PM to 4:00 PM
The Changing Standards Landscape: Creative Solutions to Your Information Problems
An Annual Standards Forum Co-Hosted by NISO
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Program Description:
E-Books: Exploring the intersections where libraries & publishers learn from each other
Electronic books have exploded in the past 18 months and publishing and library communities alike are struggling to deal with the constantly shifting ground. Over the past year, there has been a furious pace of new product launches, new technology, new business models, and new reading devices. New devices in users' hands has sent the pace of e-book sales skyrocketing.
However distinct the publishing and library communities seem at times, the digital issues we face have more in common than we expect. For example, the use cases behind the struggles with identification of e-books are different, but the needs and goals share a great deal.
This year's program explored how both the publishing and library communities are facing the new digital marketplace with a special focus on the standards that underlie it. Rather than harping on differences and divergent needs, however, an expert group of speakers highlighted the commonalities between publishers and libraries and what each group could learn from the other. In this way, we hoped to draw out where common approaches could solve communal problems.
Agenda
| 12:00-12:30 p.m. | Networking and Coffee |
| 12:30-12:45 p.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
 | Angela Bole, Deputy Executive Director, BISG |
 | Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, NISO |
| 12:45-1:20 p.m. | Whither E-Books from a Publisher Perspective |
 | Phil Madans, Director of Publishing Standards and Practices, Hachette Book Group Powerpoint Slides As the digital marketplace continues to grow, and platforms for consuming digital content continue to evolve, trade publishers are facing the need to create content that can be efficiently and nimbly multi-purposed across physical and digital products, clearly identified and described and distributed effectively through the old and new value chain. And, more than ever before, publishers are directly engaging with consumers and actively taking part in the online reading community. To best take advantage of the opportunities of this rapidly changing environment, the Hachette Book Group has instituted a far reaching transformation in how content is perceived, products are produced and in the underlying infrastructure to support it all. In this presentation, Phil Madans talked about some the work going on at Hachette and how it has reinforced the need for more collaborative workflows and the importance of using and developing industry standards for optimizing communication among all trading partners. |
| 1:20-1:55 p.m. | Whither E-Books from a Library Perspective |
 | Peter Brantley, Director of the Bookserver Project, Internet Archive |
| 1:55-2:15 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 2:15-2:50 p.m. | eBooks and eReaders in Public Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities |
 | Monique Sendze, Information Technology Director, Douglas County Libraries Powerpoint Slides There's no doubt that e-books have a real place in the future of reading. Unfortunately, the way most people are accessing e-books today often completely bypasses the library. The current options libraries have for e-books (in terms of content, interface, interoperability, etc.) are very limited. This issue is important because it fundamentally impacts the primary role of the library -- to connect people and information thereby fostering literacy. Historically, this role has been performed by purchasing physical materials and loaning them to patrons in a one book, one patron at a time model. These new electronic books are not always owned when purchased by libraries (instead, access to the materials is leased for a certain period of time), and in some cases are not available to libraries at all. This session covered some of the major challenges that public libraries face today. It also shed some light on what libraries can begin to do to take advantage of opportunities that may turn the tides. |
| 2:50-3:30 p.m. | Parallel Universe: Will Libraries and Publishers Learn to Share? |
 | Michael Cairns, Managing Partner, Information Media Partners Powerpoint Slides There's a lot going on in the library world of books, serials and eContent. Just like every business connected to the publishing industry today, libraries are experiencing change and dealing with complexity to an extent that both libraries and publishers may neither understand nor appreciate. As the relationship between book publishers and libraries changes -- and it is -- both sides would be well advised to understand more about the circumstances and experiences of the other. As we make the transition to eContent we risk a fracture of the uneasy alliance between book publishers and libraries as more content migrates to electronic form and consumers make electronic delivery their format of choice. |
| 3:30-3:45 p.m. | Future Issues: The BISG Identification Committee |
| Angela Bole, Deputy Executive Director, BISG |
| 3:45-4:00 p.m. | Future Issues: The NISO E-Books Special Interest Group |
| | Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, NISO |
Program Partners:
American Library Association Annual Conference
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 277
New Orleans, Louisiana
For details email: Angela Bole
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