BISG & NISO at ALA Annual Conference 2012
Friday, June 22, 201212:30 PM to 4:00 PM
The Changing Standards Landscape
An Annual Standards Forum Co-Hosted by NISO
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E-Books: Describe and Identify, Search and Discover, Comply and Use
The 2012 program focused on common concerns of and solutions for publishers and libraries in the critical areas of e-book identification, metadata and description, discovery, and rights management.
While e-books had existed in the library and publishing communities for over a decade, their use only recently exploded and moved to significantly affect the ways that both of these groups do business both internally and externally. As new product launches, stiff competition, user needs, and new business models became apparent, libraries and publishers were aware that many existing processes needed to change significantly and new opportunities needed to be recognized.
This program explores how the publishing and library communities were facing the new digital marketplace, with a special focus on the standards underlying the e-book supply chain. Rather than concentrated on differences and divergent needs, this forum highlighted the commonalities between publishers and libraries and what each group could learn from the other. In this way, we drew out where common approaches can solve communal problems.
Agenda
| 12:00-12:30 p.m. | Networking and Coffee |
| 12:30-12:45 p.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
 | Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO |
 | Nadine Vassallo, Project Coordinator, BISG |
| 12:45-1:15 p.m. | Every Time You Say 'eISBN,' A Kitten Bleeds |
 | Laura Dawson, Senior Product Manager, Bowker Discovery Services The ambiguity of digital books and formats has led to a lot of confusion as to how to identify these books across the industry -- both in libraries and in commerce. We'll take a look at the BISG policy paper on identifying digital products, cover some best practices, and reduce the general incoherence around ebooks and ISBNs. |
| 1:15-1:45 p.m. | |
 | Sally McCallum, Chief, Network Development and Standards Office, Library of Congress |
| 1:45-2:15 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 2:15-2:45 p.m. | |
| Kathy Klemperer, Consultant, EDItEUR; Project Manager, HARRASSOWITZ |
| 2:45-3:15 p.m. | Advancing Discovery Services: The NISO Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) |
 | Jenny Walker, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Ex Libris and co-chair, NISO Open Discovery Initiatives "Web-scale" library discovery services, based on a central index of content, were first introduced three years ago, aiming to help library users efficiently explore the vast scholarly information landscape available to them and find the most relevant, credible, quality information that deserves their time and attention. While the initial focus of such services was on access to journal articles, significant numbers of ebooks are now included in the indexes. As discovery services develop and are widely deployed, particularly by academic libraries around the world, some issues and concerns have been raised by the various stakeholders. For example, libraries have expressed difficulty in understanding the breadth and depth of the content indexed in the different services, discovery service vendors would like to streamline some of the interactions with the information providers, and information providers are anxious to ensure that their content is indexed and presented appropriately. The NISO Open Discovery Initiative (ODI), with members from all representative groups, was launched early this year to address some of these issues. This session will report on the work of this group. This session will also provide the perspective of Ex Libris, one of the vendors offering such a discovery service. |
| 3:15-3:45 p.m. | Futures of Content Usage and Compliance |
 | Skott Klebe, Manager of Special Initiatives, Copyright Clearance Center Everything changes more than we expect. Right now, the ways we store, access, and use content are changing more rapidly than they have for hundreds of years. In this session, we will take a look at where current digital content trends are taking us in three important arenas: licensing, usage tracking, and DRM. We'll examine what standards are trying to lead us into new modes of content access, and how to think about the kinds of future that we want. |
| 3:45-4:00 p.m. | Wrap-Up and Closing |
| | Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO |
Registration
Program Partners:
American Library Association Annual Conference
Anaheim Convention Center, Room 213D
Anaheim, CA
For details email: Nadine Vassallo
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