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NISO Members Approve Project to Revise Digital Talking Book Standard
Call for Participation Focused on Publishers and Libraries with Digital Content
Baltimore, MD -- August 11, 2008 -- The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has approved a project that will revise Specifications for the Digital Talking Book (ANSI/NISO Z39.86). Integral to this process is the DAISY (Digital Accessible Information SYstem) Consortium, maintenance agency for the so-called DAISY/NISO standard.
George Kerscher, Secretary General of the DAISY Consortium, prepared the revision proposal. In introducing the value of updated Specifications for the DTB, he stated: "It is expected that the next revision of the DAISY Standard will help tame the chaos of digital publishing by providing an extensible, flexible system that everybody can use for information and knowledge dissemination." The standard will approach the challenge from two directions: distribution and authoring. More>>>
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NISO Webinar
What's in a Name?
Identifiers for Institutions, Public Identities, and Researchers
October 29, 2008
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (eastern time)
Presenters:
- Helen Henderson
Managing Director, Ringgold, Ltd. - Tina Feick
Director of Sales and Marketing, North America, Harrassowitz, Co-chair, NISO Institutional Identifiers Working Group - Grace Agnew
Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems, Rutgers University Libraries, Co-chair, NISO Institutional Identifiers Working Group - Reynold Guida
Director, Product Development, Thomson Reuters - Ellen Rotenberg
Manager, Product Development, Thomson Reuters - Andy Weissberg
GM, Identifier Services, R.R. Bowker
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