NISO Forum: Next Generation Discovery: New Tools, Aging Standards

[Cynthia Hodgson <chodgson@niso.org>]

NISO will be hosting a forum on "Next Generation Discovery: New 
Tools, Aging Standards" in Chapel Hill, NC on March 27-28, 2008.

Discovering scholarly information and data is essential for 
research and use of the content that the information community is 
producing and making available. The development of knowledge 
bases, web systems, repositories, and other sources for this 
information brings the need for effective discovery tools -- 
search-driven discovery and network (or browse) driven discovery 
-- to the forefront. With new tools and systems emerging, 
however, are standards keeping pace with the next generation of 
tools? What's coming up and where might standards fit to assist 
in this arena? The forum will include both a look at the current 
state of discovery tools and at new visions of what these tools 
might look like in the next several years.

Speakers will include:

-- Robert J. Sandusky, (Assistant University Librarian for 
Information Technology, Clinical Associate Professor, Richard J. 
Daley Library, University of Illinois at Chicago) on the topic of 
Deep Indexing and Discovery

-- Vinod Chachra (VTLS) on the topic of Harvesting Data In 
Multiple Formats For Discovery

-- Mike Teets (OCLC) on the topic of Identities, xISBN, and xISSN

-- Peter Murray (Assistant Director, New Service Development, 
OhioLINK: the Ohio Library and Information Network) on the topic 
of Discovery Tools & the OPAC

-- Michael Winkler (Director, iTadd, Penn Libraries) on the topic 
of PennTags

-- Eric Schnell (Associate Professor and Assistant Director for 
Technology and Digital Initiatives at the Prior Health Sciences 
Library at The Ohio State University) and-Dave Munger (Freelance 
Writer, ResearchBlogging.org) on the topic of BPR3: Bloggers for 
Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting

Registration is now open

(http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/discovery08/registration.cfm). 
The early bird discount closes March 12. NISO members are 
eligible for substantial discounts.

Visit the event webpage

(http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/discovery08/) for more 
information or contact Karen Wetzel, NISO Standards Program 
Manager, at kwetzel@niso.org.

Note: This announcement was cross-posted.

The break sponsor for the Discovery forum is Innovative 
Interfaces.

And don't forget, registration is still open for "Digital 
Preservation: Planning Today for Tomorrow's Resources," to be 
held March 14, 2008 in Washington, DC. 
(http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/digpres08/). You can 
get the early bird rate through February 25.

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