BISG & NISO at ALA Annual Conference 2007
Friday, June 22, 20071:00 PM to 4:30 PM
The Changing Standards Landscape:
Creative Solutions to Your Information Problems
An Annual Standards Forum Co-Hosted by NISOThis 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.
AGENDA:
| 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, BISG 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 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 Brian Green, Executive Director, EDItEUR & International ISBN Agency 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 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 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 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 withoutcompromising 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. |
Renaissance Washington Hotel
Grand Ballroom
999 Ninth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 1-202-898-9000
Fax: 1-202-289-0947
For details email: Angela Bole
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