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Managing Electronic Collections: Workshop for Information Industry Pros

Features best practices, case studies, and sessions to answer your operational questions about managing today’s increasingly complex collections

Managing Electronic Collections: Workshop for Information Industry Pros

Bethesda, MD, July 17, 2006 -- The National Information Standards Organization (NISO)is hosting a practical workshop for librarians, publishers, content providers, and other professionals in the information industry.

Event:       Managing Electronic Collections
Audience:   Professionals in the Information Community
Date:      September 28-30, 2006 (2 ½ days)
Location:   The Magnolia Hotel
      Denver, CO

Format:   Keynotes, Tutorials, and Solutions Forums (how-to panels)
      
Registration:   Due to the interactive nature of the sessions on, only 120 attendees will be able to participate. Early registration is encouraged.

 
  • Early bird rates until August 28.
  • NISO member rates apply to NISO Voting Members, Library Standards Alliance Members, and PALINET members (PALINET is a co-sponsor.)

Description:    Best practices, case studies, and sessions to answer your operational questions about managing today’s increasingly complex collections

Topics include collection usage, repository architecture, copyright and licenses, journal versions, and web services. Visit http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/Collections-06-wkshp.html for a complete agenda.

Day 1: Understanding users and usage
Day 2: Practical collection and repository management
Day 3: Gluing systems together to make your collections accessible

Among the keynoters and session leaders are the following experts (in order of appearance):

Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University

Denise M. Davis, Director, Office for Research & Statistics
American Library Association

Peter Shepherd, Project Director
Project COUNTER
   
Adam Chandler, Information Technology Librarian
Cornell University Library

Oliver Pesch, Chief Architect and Senior Vice President
EBSCO Information Services

Herbert von de Sompel, Digital Library Research & Prototyping
Los Alamos National Laboratory; Research Library

Karen Coyle, Digital Library Consultant

Mike Teets, Vice President, OCLC Global Product Architecture

Contact: Maryann Karinch, 970-577-8500

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