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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:44:38 -0400

With the generous support of SAGE Publications, NISO is able to
provide a FREE live stream of the Opening and Closing Keynote
presentations of the NISO Forum Using the Web as an E-Content
Distribution Platform. Virtual space is limited for this offer, so
please fill out this RSVP form:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6J9VKLS if you want to view the keynotes.

The entire two-day forum Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution
Platform—to be held October 21-22 in Chicago—is available in-person
and via livestream to paid registrants. In-person attendees will be
able to network with speakers and other attendees to ask questions and
share experiences. NISO educational forums are routinely praised for
their excellent selection of speakers representing a diversity of
viewpoints across the scholarly information community and the small
size which provides opportunities to network with speakers and other
attendees. All in-person and livestream registrants receive access to
the recorded version. In-person attendees: register by October 7, 2014
to receive the early bird discount.

DATE: October 21 - 22, 2014

LOCATION: University of Chicago Booth School of Business – Gleacher Center

EVENT WEBSITE: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/forum_2014/

ABOUT THE FORUM

Web technologies have changed, and continue to change, the way that
content is delivered to libraries and to users. Currently e-journals
are delivered through platforms but the final object is still often a
PDF file. E-books are generally delivered as a downloadable file to a
stand-alone e-reader. However, with the advent of the Open Web
Platform using standards such as HTML5, we are looking at a new era of
separating the content from the container. The web as a distribution
platform offers many new opportunities for more utilization of
multimedia and streaming media, embedding of apps, increased linkages
and interoperability between related content, greater interactivity
with content, social sharing of user-generated content related to a
“publication,” text mining, and much more that hasn’t even been
imagined yet.

TOPICS & SPEAKERS

(Detailed agenda available at:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/forum_2014/agenda_chicago/)

Day 1

Keynote: Embrace Technology – or It Will Embrace You – Timo Hannay,
Managing Director, Digital Science

* History and Legacy Systems – Bruce Rosenblum, CEO, Inera, Inc.

* Trends in Publishing Automation – Barry Bealer, RSI Content Solutions

* New Ways to Use Content to Build Next-Generation Online Products –
Jake Zarnegar, Silverchair

* Next Generation Systems Panel

Gregg Gordon, President and CEO, Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, SVP, Journal and Data Solutions, Elsevier
Tara Robenalt, Vice President and General Manager, Workflow Solutions,
Highwire Press

* What Can We Expect From the Future?

Alberto Pepe, Co-founder of Authorea and Associate Research Scientist
at Harvard University and
Maryann Martone, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, University of
California, San Diego

Day 2

Panel discussion: What Librarians Still Need from Discovery Layers
Moderated by Sommer Browning, Discovery Access Librarian, University of Denver

* Discovery Services That Play Together Stay Together: A Call for
Tighter Integration of the Discovery Layer into the Research Ecosystem
– Ben Daigle, Discovery Services Librarian, OWU Libraries, Ohio
Wesleyan University

* Being Responsive to Libraries, Librarians, and Patrons – Ido Peled,
Director of Solution Architecture, ExLibris

* Knowledge Unlatched – Navigating Through the Rapids of Change –
Frances Pinter, Founder and Executive Director, Knowledge Unlatched

* So You Bought Springer Content, Now What? Post Sale Support at
Springer – Elise Sassone, Manager Sales Operations Americas, Discovery
Services Liaison, Springer

Retooling Metadata Around Linked Data Principles

* John Mark Ockerbloom, Digital Library Architect and Planner,
University of Pennsylvania

* Jeff Penka, Director of Channel and Product Development, Zepheira

Educational Publishing, Platform Providers, and E-Reserves

* Beth R. Bernhardt, Assistant Dean for Collection Management and
Scholarly Communications, University Libraries, University of North
Carolina Greensboro

* Franny Lee, Co-Founder & VP Business Development, SIPX

* Closing Keynote: Publisher of the Community – R. David Lankes,
author of The Atlas of New Librarianship, professor and Dean’s Scholar
for the New Librarianship at Syracuse University’s School of
Information Studies; Director of the Information Institute of Syracuse

REGISTRATION & INFORMATION

Discounts for both in-person and livestream are available to NISO and
SSP (Society for Scholarly Publishing) members and for students.

An early bird registration discount for in-person attendees is
available through October 7, 2014. There are separate registration
links on the webpage for in-person and live streaming registrations.
Live streaming registration is per site (access for one computer). All
registrants, in-person and livestream, will receive access to the
recorded version of the forum for one year.

Visit the event webpage for more information and to register:

http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/forum_2014/

If you have additional questions about the forum or the livestream,
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Note: Live streaming success is dependent on many factors, some of
which are outside NISO's control. We are not anticipating any
particular issues with the live streaming technology for this event,
but if problems occur and the Forum is inaccessible for the streaming
attendee(s), we will communicate a schedule for refunds, based on the
circumstances.

Sponsors:

Livestream sponsor: SAGE Publishing (http://www.sagepublications.com/)

Supporting sponsors: OCLC (http://www.oclc.org/) and HighWire
(http://www.highwire.org/)

Cynthia Hodgson
Technical Editor / Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
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