NISO Usage Data Forum -- Early Bird Registration

[Cynthia Hodgson <chodgson@niso.org>]

[Cross-posted announcement]

Early bird registration for "/Understanding the Data Around Us: 
Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data//,/" the NISO and Amigos 
Library Services forum, ends on October 18. Be sure to register 
by then to take advantage of the substantial discounts. NISO and 
Amigos members are eligible for additional discounts.

This two-day event to take place Services November 1-2nd at the 
Magnolia Hotel in Dallas, Texas, asks library and information 
service providers to think about what kinds of usage data--for 
e-resources, print, and more--can be used to help improve the 
provision of information services, what data might be missing, 
and ways all parties involved (libraries, publishers, 
aggregators, and system vendors) can best use the data collected. 
The event includes speakers who will discuss issues of gathering, 
analyzing, and applying usage data, and encourages the audience 
to engage with questions of their own.

Visit the event webpage 
(http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/usage07/) for details 
and to register. Contact Karen Wetzel NISO Standards Program 
Manager, at kwetzel@niso.org for more information.

The NISO Usage Data forum is cosponsored by Amigos Library 
Services with major sponsorship by Ex Libris. Additional sponsors 
are: Innovative Interfaces, Serials Solutions, and Thomson 
Scientific.

Next event: Institutional Repositories

Mark your calendars for NISO's December educational forum: 
Getting the Most Out of Your Institutional Repository: Gathering 
Content and Building Use
When: December 3, 2007
Where: National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD Register at: 
http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/ir07/

Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson@niso.org <mailto:chodgson@niso.org>
Phone: 301-654-2512