From: NISO Announce <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:47:33 -0400 **Apologies for cross-posting** Are you finalizing your schedule for ALA this week? Perhaps you’re wondering how or where you can get caught up with standards activities? Here’s where we will be! *Friday, June 24, 2016* NISO/BISG 10th Annual Forum at the American Library Association 2016 Annual Meeting The Changing Standards Landscape: The User Experience Orlando Convention Center, Room W103B, 12:00pm – 4:00pm https://www.eventscribe.com/2016/ala-annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=143815 Sponsored by Bowker, CrossRef, and Sage The user experience with ebooks encompasses far more than just an interface or an application, and influences patron attitudes towards more than a device or an author—it influences attitudes towards the library itself. At the tenth annual Changing Standards Landscape event, we'll examine the full spectrum of the user experience, including patron attitudes toward digital borrowing and reading; privacy and security of patron data; and the increasingly important area of digital-book accessibility standards and best practices. Confirmed speakers include Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO; Mark Kuyper, Executive Director, BISG; Daniel Ayala, Proquest; Michael C. Robinson, University of Alaska-Anchorage; Nettie Lagace, NISO; Theresa Hunt, Elsevier; Becky Brasington Clark, Library of Congress; and Lettie Conrad, Sage For more specifics, please visit the event page. We request the favor of an RSVP: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J36GDSJ ******* *Saturday, June 25, 2016* NISO Altmetrics Initiative: Supporting Altmetrics in the Community Hyatt Regency Orlando, Room: Bayhill 22, 2:00-3:30 P.M https://www.eventscribe.com/2016/ala-annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=143844 The National Information Standard Organization (NISO) Altmetrics Initiative is now in its final stages with several community-crafted documents nearly at publication stage. This session will discuss the creation of recommended practices intended to support further uptake of so-called “alternative” metrics and measurements for electronic publications: definitions and use cases describing altmetrics in general, recommendations for the use of data metrics, tools for supporting persistent identifiers, and a Code of Conduct for data providers. Panelists have been participants in the working groups and will detail perspectives and considerations that have provided input for the published documents, which are NISO Recommended Practices intended for consumption and use across the industry by any user or entity wishing to further explore and exploit the area of alternative assessment metrics. Speakers: Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO and Nettie Lagace, Associate Director, Programs, NISO ******* *Sunday, June 26, 2016* NISO Standards Update Meeting Hyatt Regency Orlando, Room: Celebration 04, 1:00-2:30pm https://www.eventscribe.com/2016/ala-annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=143840 You won’t want to miss this opportunity to hear the latest news about NISO's current efforts, including standards, recommended practices and community meetings covering many areas of interest to the library community. NISO Working group and Standing committee members will provide updates on these projects: Open Discovery Initiative - Elise Sassone, Springer Nature Knowledge Base and Related Tools (KBART) - Marlene Van Ballegooie, University of Toronto NISO Bibliographic Roadmap - Diane Hillmann, Metadata Management Associates SUSHI - Nettie Lagace on behalf of the SUSHI Standing Committee Tracking Link Origins, a new NISO project - Nettie Lagace on behalf of the Tracking Link Origins Working Group For the complete roster of ALA sessions where you can hear from NISO staff, please visit the ALA page on the NISO web site: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/ala_annual/. In the exhibit hall, you'll find NISO at Booth #1544. Questions? Get in touch at: NISO 3600 Clipper Mill Road Suite 302 Baltimore, MD 21211-1948 Phone: +1.301.654.2512 Email: [log in to unmask]