From: Maria Collins <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:36:10 -0400

Please, excuse duplication.

ALCTS Continuing Resources Standards Forum

Improving Article Delivery Through Better Link Resolution: Updates on
IOTA and KBART

Date:  Sunday, June 29, 2014
Time:  10:30 am 11:30 am
Location:  Las Vegas Convention Center, Room N111

To begin the forum, Nettie Lagace (Associate Director for Programs,
National Information Standards Organization) will provide a brief NISO
update.  The session program will then focus in detail on two of
NISO’s Recommended Practices, IOTA and KBART.

NISO’s IOTA (Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics) project was a two
year quantitative study of OpenURL link resolution rates across
multiple link resolver products. Based on the conclusions of this
study, the IOTA working group in 2013 published a Recommended Practice
document containing a methodology for ensuring increased quality
control in OpenURL link resolvers. Aron Wolf, software developer from
ProQuest, will speak about ProQuest’s current work to put these
recommended practices into action, as well as ideas for future efforts
in increased quality assurance for OpenURL link resolvers.

KBART, or Knowledge Bases and Related Tools, is a NISO Recommended
Practice that has been available to improve data communication in
library link resolvers since 2008.  Earlier this year, the "Phase I"
Recommended Practice was expanded to a Phase II publication that
includes additional support for monographs, conference proceedings,
consortial data lists and further definitions on communication of open
access material.  Nettie Lagace will explain the updates to KBART and
detail future plans for its upkeep and promotion.

If you have questions about this meeting, please contact the ALCTS CRS
Standards Committee Chair, Maria Collins ([log in to unmask]).