From: NISO Announce <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:31:46 -0500

Where will you find NISO at ALA Midwinter?
Saturday, February 10, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
2018 NISO Update
Colorado Convention Center, Room 106, 1:00pm - 2:30pm (Mountain Time)

The NISO Update offers the latest news about NISO's current efforts,
including standards, recommended practices and community meetings
covering many areas of interest to the library community. Working
group members and staff will provide updates on projects, some
recently launched, including: E-Book Metadata Working Group, Flexible
API Standard for E-content NISO (FASTEN), Open Discovery Initiative
(ODI), KnowledgeBases and Related Tools (KBART/KBART Automation),
Transfer, and Resource Authentication for the 21st Century (RA21).

Confirmed Speakers: Sara Newell, Senior Product Analyst, OCLC, Jeremy
Nelson, Metadata and Systems Librarian, Colorado College; Nettie
Lagace, Associate Director, Programs, NISO; Laura Morse, Director,
Library Systems, Harvard University; Linda Wobbe, eJournal Relations
Manager, SCELC; Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO

This session is open to all registered attendees of the ALA Midwinter
event. Be sure to add this session to your ALA Scheduler!

Sunday, Feb 11, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Resource Access for the 21st Century: Towards A Modern Access Architecture
Silver Room, Mezzanine Level, IM Pei Tower Building, Sheraton Denver
Downtown Hotel

The library electronic subscription/access environment remains
primarily based on IP-address authentication despite its numerous
problems and limitations. Sponsored by the National Information
Standards Organization (NISO) and the STM Association, Resource Access
for the 21st Century (RA21) is an initiative which will improve the
user experience and provide a more seamless access experience to
patrons, while also providing greater control and analytics over
network activity. Community conversations and consensus building are
necessary to explore potential alternatives to IP-authentication and
to build momentum toward testing and adopting alternatives among
publisher, system vendors, and library partners. This session will
include a landscape overview and a description of the exploratory work
and project elements now in progress. This will be followed by an
interactive audience discussion of the opportunity, necessary
requirements, pitfalls to avoid, as well as potential next steps.

Confirmed Speakers: Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO; Harish
Maringanti, Associate Dean, IT and Digital Library Services,
University of Utah; Jeff Kuntzman, Head, Library IT, University of
Colorado - Denver.

This session is open to all registered attendees of the ALA Midwinter
event. Include it in your ALA Scheduler!

We have so much information to share with you! Visit us in the Exhibit
Hall at Booth #544.

EXHIBIT HALL HOURS:

Friday, Feb 9:  5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Opening Ceremonies)
Saturday, Feb 10: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Feb 11, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday, Feb 12, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Have questions? Get in touch:

NISO
3600 Clipper Mill Road
Suite 302
Baltimore, MD 21211-1948
Phone: +1.301.654.2512
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