From: Cynthia Hodgson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:47:26 -0500
Three FREE December NISO Virtual Events – ResourceSync, Bibliographic
Roadmap, Altmetrics
NISO will be holding free virtual events related to three projects
underway. Please be sure to RSVP (as noted for each) if you plan to
participate so that you will be sent the login and access information.
All three events will be recorded, with the recording posted on the
NISO website, but we encourage your live participation.
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Event: ResourceSync Standard Training Webinar
Date: December 3, 2013
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (ET)
Webpage: http://www.niso.org/workrooms/resourcesync/
RSVP: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/resourcesync-webinar
About the Event
The ResourceSync Framework Specification (NISO Z39.99-201x) is in the
final stages of editing and approval to become an American National
standard. It describes a synchronization framework for the web
consisting of various capabilities that allow third party systems to
remain synchronized with a server's evolving resources. The
capabilities can be combined in a modular manner to meet local or
community requirements. This specification also describes how a server
can advertise the synchronization capabilities it supports and how
third party systems can discover this information. The specification
repurposes the document formats defined by the Sitemap protocol and
introduces extensions for them.
In this webinar, ResourceSync core team members Bernhard Haslhofer and
Simeon Warner will review the standard and provide practical examples
and scenarios for its application. There will be time allotted for a
Q&A discussion.
ResourceSync is a joint NISO and Open Archives Initiative (OAI)
project that is partially funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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Event: NISO Bibliographic Development Roadmap Project Discussion Webinar
Date: December 5, 2013
Time: 1:00 - 2:00PM (ET)
Webpage: http://www.niso.org/topics/tl/BibliographicRoadmap/
RSVP: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FH2V23B
About the Event
NISO is developing a community roadmap that will help support movement
toward a future bibliographic information exchange ecosystem. A
two-day in-person meeting was held on April 15-16 to kick off the
project with input from experts around the world about needed areas of
focus, research, and standards development to effectively transform
how bibliographic data is created, exchanged, and managed in the
linked web world. The input from this meeting—some 40 project ideas in
15 categories--has been compiled at NISO’s IdeaScale Input Forum.
(Community members are encouraged to visit the forum and “vote” on the
ideas.)
Obviously, in an environment of limited resources, not every one of
these projects can be acted upon or pursued. This next phase of the
project will be to collectively prioritize these potential activity
streams. The December webinar will focus on this prioritization and
provide participants with an opportunity to discuss and give feedback
on the ideas. This feedback will be used to shape the recommendations
in the final Bibliographic Roadmap report.
The NISO Bibliographic Roadmap project is funded with a grant from The
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Event: NISO Alternative Assessment Metrics (Altmetrics) Project Second
In-person Meeting and Livestream
Date: December 11, 2013
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (ET)
Webpage: http://www.niso.org/topics/tl/altmetrics_initiative/
RSVP: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HCX8BGY
About the Event
NISO is undertaking a two-phase initiative to explore, identify, and
advance standards and/or best practices related to a new suite of
potential metrics in the community. This initiative was a direct
outgrowth of a breakout discussion group during the altmetrics 12
meeting in Chicago, IL. This project is an important step in the
development and adoption of new assessment metrics, which include
usage-based metrics, social media references, and network behavioral
analysis. In addition, this project will explore potential assessment
criteria for non-traditional research outputs, such as data sets,
visualizations, software, and other applications.
The first phase of the project involves several in-person meetings
(which are also livestreamed) to identify and prioritize potential
standardization projects. In the second phase, the prioritized and
approved standards/best practices will be developed by appointed
working groups of volunteers.
This event is the second in-person meeting, which will be held in
Washington, DC. (There are still a few slots for in-person attendees,
available on a first come-first serve basis.) The event will be
livestreamed to interested virtual attendees who will also have
opportunities to participate directly. The agenda of this one-day
meeting will include a short opening keynote on the topic of
assessment, lightning talks on related projects, brainstorming for
identification of topics for discussion, and prioritizing of proposed
work items.
This project is funded through a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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Cynthia Hodgson
Technical Editor / Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
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