NISO Digital Resources Forum

[Cynthia Hodgson <chodgson@niso.org>]

Early bird discounted registration for the NISO forum, "Digital 
Resources: Working with Formats Beyond Serials," has been 
extended to April 30. Be sure to register by then to take 
advantage of the substantial discounts. NISO members and 
Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) 
members are eligible for additional discounts. Graduate students 
may be eligible for a sponsorship rate. (Students should contact 
the NISO office for more information.)

This two-day event will take place on May 5-6, 2008 at the 
Argonaut Hotel at the Maritime National Historical Park 
Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, CA. One-day registration is 
also available.

About the Forum

With the onset of the digital age, the information community has 
had to rethink its approach to content -- from creation to how to 
manage the sale and retention of that information, to questions 
of delivery and use. A great deal of that focus has been on the 
more traditional journal, yet creators, libraries, and users 
today are working with content ranging from e-books to audio and 
beyond. However, the basic questions surrounding these digital 
resources remain the same as those that have been confronted with 
electronic serials, though the answers may not be.

Confirmed speakers for the forum are:

-- Keynote by Peter Brantley, Executive Director, Digital Library 
Federation (DLF)

-- Ted Koppel (AGent Verso (ILS) Product manager, Auto-Graphics, 
Inc.) on Defining eBooks

-- Bill Kasdorf (Vice President, Apex Publishing) on XML Models 
for Book Content

-- Christine Stamison (Senior Customer Relations Manager, Swets) 
on Customer Access to E-books

-- Justyn Baker (Executive Director of Licensing / Digital 
Formats, Naxos of America, Inc.) on Pricing and Licensing of 
E-music

-- Laura Dawson (Consultant, LJNDawson.com) on Identifiers for 
Digital Books

-- Allen McKiel (Dean of Library & Media Services, Western Oregon 
University) on Changing Patterns of E-book Usage

-- Jennifer Sutton (Independent Contractor for DAISY Consortium) 
on the DAISY/NISO standard for Digital Talking Books

Additional presentations are planned on the topics of digital 
rights management (DRM), the role of digital content in 
libraries, and e-content platforms.

Visit the event webpage 
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/digresources08/) to 
register or for more information. Questions: contact Karen 
Wetzel, NISO Standards Program Manager, at kwetzel@niso.org.

Note: This announcement was cross-posted.

Swets Information Services is a major sponsor of the Digital 
Resources forum.

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