From: Cynthia Hodgson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:59:49 -0400

NISO Virtual Conference: Web-Scale Discovery Services: Transforming
Access to Library Resources

Virtual conferences are new type of educational event that NISO is
offering this year. These 5-6 hour conferences are held online in
webinar-like formats, with occasional breaks in the schedule for
participants. The longer length allows the depth of coverage of a
conference coupled with the convenience of a webinar.

Date: November 20, 2013

Time: 11:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/virtual/discovery

ABOUT THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

Web-scale Discovery Services are becoming an integral part of
libraries’ information gathering arsenal. These services are able to
use a single interface to seamlessly integrate results from a wide
range of online sources, emulating the experience patrons have come to
expect from Internet search engines. But despite their ability to
streamline searching, Discovery Services provide a wide set of
challenges for libraries who implement them.

NISO’s third virtual conference, Web-Scale Discovery Services:
Transforming Access to Library Resources, will touch on the potential
of discovery services, how to select a product, as well as the issues
and challenges involved.

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

* Keynote Speaker – Lorcan Dempsey, Chief Strategist at OCLC and Vice
President, OCLC Research

* Selecting a Web-scale Discovery Service – Speaker TBA

* Web-Scale Discovery Service: Making the Decision to Buy or Build – Speaker TBA

* Implementation: Delivering the Goods – Michael Kucsak, Director of
Library Systems and Technology, University of North Florida

* Zen and the Art of Discovery Maintenance – Athena Hoeppner,
Electronic Resources Librarian, University of Central Florida
Libraries

* The Library with a Thousand Databases: Web Scale Discovery and The
Hero's Journey – Matthew Reidsma, Web Services Librarian, Grand Valley
State University Libraries

* Update on the NISO Open Discovery Initiative  – Marshall Breeding,
Independent Consultant and co-chair, NISO Open Discovery Initiative

* Conference Roundtable with all the speakers

REGISTRATION

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00
pm Eastern on November 19, 2013 (the day before the virtual
conference). Discounts are available for NISO members and students.
All virtual conference registrants receive access to the recorded
version for one year.

Visit the event webpage to register and for more information:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/virtual/discovery

Cynthia Hodgson
Technical Editor / Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
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