NISO's 2016 series of Virtual Conferences offers useful six-hour programs featuring recognized professionals discussing topics of immediate and practical value:
- Using Open Source in Your Institution (February 17)
- Justifying the Library: Using Assessment To Justify Library Investments (April 20)
- BIBFRAME & Real World Applications of Linked Bibliographic Data (June 15)
- Data Curation: Cultivating Past Research Data for Future Consumption(August 31)
- E-Books (October 5)
- Making Certain Digital Content is Preserved: Archiving Digital Resources(December 7)
With a paid subscription to this package, access to a follow-up Training Thursday webinar is included for three of the six conferences. Included are:
- GitHub: How To Use It to Greatest Effect (February 25)
- Making Assessment Work: Using ORCIDs To Improve Your Institutional Assessments (April 28)
- Emerging Tools To Improve Management of Data (September 8)
Those Training Thursday events are FREE if an organization purchases one of the two available subscription package options:
NISO LSA and Voting members have the opportunity to purchase all six of this year's virtual conferences for the price of three: Buy 3, Get 3 Free. All others have the option of the Buy 4, Get 2 Free subscription. For specific payment and registration instructions, visit NISO's website.
The first virtual conference is just weeks away; don't miss out!