NISO Educational Events and Programs

NISO holds educational programs on topics of interest to the community to:

  • Conduct pre-standards exploration about issues where NISO involvement can add value
  • Educate the community on NISO initiatives and standards
  • Assist potential implementers in understanding and using NISO standards
  • Provide a forum for standard developers, libraries, and vendors to interact.

Coming up soon!

May 31, 2008

Bridging the Gap Between Publishers and Libraries:
Standards to Help Manage Licenses and Use
NISO/BISG Program at BookExpo America (BEA) (Los Angeles, CA)

  • This session will include updates on the Shared E-Resources Understanding (SERU), the ONIX system for Publication Licenses (ONIX-PL), the Automated Content Access Protocol (ACAP), and the Electronic Resource Management Initiative (ERMI).

June 4, 2008

Metadata in a Digital Age: New Models of Creation, Discovery, and Use
NISO One-Day Pre-Conference at NASIG (Phoenix, AZ)

  • This session will discuss the role that metadata plays in the lifecycle of content, from publisher to end user, including looking at the shifting bibliographic supply chain, various needs that metadata answers, and questions around exchange processes and how different metadata is used.

June 27-30

NISO at ALA Annual Conference (Anaheim, CA)

  • Friday, June 27: NISO/BISG Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape (Anaheim, CA)
  • Friday, June 27: AVIAC Meeting
  • Sunday, June 29: NISO Update
  • Monday, June 30: Z39.7 Advisory Committee Meeting

To learn more about these and other 2008 NISO events, click here.