Catch Up with NISO in Charleston!

NISO on the Road

Catch up with NISO next week at the 2023 Charleston Conference!  NISO staff are participating in six sessions, so it’s a great opportunity to hear the latest on topics like AI, browser privacy, SeamlessAccess, retractions, and more—whether you’ll be attending in person next week or online later this month. 

From metadata to user interfaces: Collaborative initiatives to make content and systems accessible
Wednesday, November 8 | 10:10–10:55 am ET
Grand Ballroom 2, Gaillard Center
(Online: Wednesday, November 29 | 10:10–10:55 am)

Speakers: Nettie Lagace, Associate Executive Director, NISO; Beth German, Assistant Director for Library Assessment and User Experience, Princeton University Library; Bill Kasdorf, Principal, Kasdorf & Associates, LLC; Amy Thurlow, Director of SaaS Innovation, EBSCO Information Services

Ask The Scholarly Kitchen Chefs
Wednesday, November 8 | 4:00–4:40 pm ET
Carolina Ballroom, Francis Marion Hotel
(Online: Wednesday, November 29 | 4:00–4:40 pm ET)

Speakers: Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO; Robert Harington, Associate Executive Director, Publishing, American Mathematical Society; Roy Kaufman, Managing Director, Business Development, Copyright Clearance Center; Sharla Lair, Senior Strategist, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Initiatives, Lyrasis

The SeamlessAccess Audit Toolkit: A Framework for Librarians to Audit Resource Access
Wednesday, November 8 | 4:00–4:40 pm ET
Grand Ballroom 2, Galliard Center
(Online: Wednesday, November 29 | 4:00–4:40 pm ET)

Speakers: Jason Griffey, Director of Strategic Initiatives, NISO; John Felts, Head of Information Technology and Collections, Coastal Carolina University; Tim Lloyd, CEO, LibLynx; Tracy Tolliver, Director, Library IT, University of Illinois 

Are You Ready for a Low Cookie Diet? What Browser Privacy Enhancements Mean for Libraries and Authentication
Thursday, November 9 | 11:15–11:55 am ET
Gold Ballroom, Francis Marion Hotel
(Online: Thursday, November 30 | 11:15–11:55 am ET)

Speakers: Jason Griffey, Director of Strategic Initiatives, NISO; Amanda Ferrante, Principal Product Manager, Identity & Access Management, EBSCO Information Services; Athena Hoeppner, Discovery Services Librarian, University of Central Florida

Department of We-Take-It-Back! Promoting Awareness of Retracted Research in the Scholarly Record
Thursday, November 9 | 2:40–3:20 pm ET
Cypress Ballroom, Courtyard Marriott
(Online: Thursday, November 30 | 2:40–3:20 pm ET)

Speakers: Keondra Bailey, Assistant Standards Program Manager, NISO; Caitlin Bakker, Discovery Technologies Librarian, University of Regina; Jodi Schneider, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Empowering Users through Controlled Digital Lending and Beyond
Friday, November 10, | 11:50 am–12:30 pm ET
Gold Ballroom, Francis Marion Hotel
(Online: Friday, December 1 | 11:50 am–12:30 pm ET)

Speakers: Nettie Lagace, Associate Executive Director, NISO; Jennie Rose Halperin, Director, Library Futures/NYU Engelberg Center; Allen Jones, Director, Digital Library and Technical Services, The New School; Rice Majors, Associate University Librarian, University of California, Davis

As noted above, If you aren’t traveling to Charleston, all sessions will be on the agenda for the virtual conference, hosted during the week of November 27. We look forward to seeing you soon, whether in person or online!