NISO invites you to attend a workshop on Discovery to Delivery: Solutions to
Put Your Content Where the Users Are on November 2-3, 2006 at the National
Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland.

 Users are increasingly demanding an integrated process for finding,
identifying, locating, and retrieving information from their desktop. Learn
from other librarians, publishers, and service providers how to use
technology and standards to achieve this vision of seamless discovery to
delivery. You will hear about solutions you can implement to:

*	make your content more accessible beyond your traditional user base

*	integrate or enhance your content with that of other content
providers

*	utilize the latest in search and metasearch techniques

*	provide users with choices in delivery of discovered content

*	deliver information to users wherever they may be

For more details and to register, visit the workshop webpage:
http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/D2D-06-wkshp.html. Space is
limited. Register by October 9 and receive the Early Bird rate.

The workshop will feature:

.         Robin Murray from Fretwell-Downing Informatics discussing how to
synthesize, specialize, and Mobilize Library Discovery Services.

.         Jane Burke from Serials Solutions on Bridging the Technology Gaps
in Discovery to Delivery to present the user with an integrated and
streamlined experience for the entire discovery to delivery process.

.         Case studies from Michael Jensen of the National Academies Press
on a decade's experience at NAP in Promoting Discovery of your Materials and
Karen Groves from Ex Libris on using the NISO Metasearch XML Gateway to Open
Your Content to Metasearch Services.

.         A panel on Innovations in Discovery to Delivery will feature
Andrew Pace from North Carolina State University Libraries sharing the new
features of their revamped library catalog and Frank Bilotto of MuseGlobal
on new technologies that go beyond visualization and clustering.

.         A Solutions Forum led by Todd Miller from WebFeat on Federated
Search with librarians Mary LaMarca, Dartmouth College, and Nancy
Pressman-Levy, Princeton University, providing real-world examples of
implementing customized metasearch solutions.

.         Chuck Koscher from CrossRef on how to Take Discovery to Delivery
Services to the Users with OpenURL, RSS, and OAI-PMH.

.         A Solutions Forum on The Future of Discovery to Delivery with
Karen Groves (Ex Libris), Chuck Koscher (CrossRef), and Todd Miller
(WebFeat) highlighting technology trends  that are expected in the next 2-3
years.

.         Additional presentations on COinS (ContextObjects in Spans), which
builds on the OpenURL standard to integrate link resolver capability into
any web resource, and on Rethinking Resource Sharing: how to integrate ILL
with web searching.

Downloadable video files of the workshop sessions will be available for sale
shortly afterward. Workshop attendees will be able to purchase the video at
reduced rates.

Immediately following the workshop, on November 3 at 1:30 pm, NISO will hold
its annual meeting. Todd Carpenter, NISO's Managing Director, and NISO Board
members will discuss NISO's strategic direction. The annual meeting is free
and attendance is open to the public.

For a complete agenda, hotel, and registration information, go to
http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/D2D-06-wkshp.html

Workshop sponsors: CrossRef, Ex Libris, and WebFeat.

Contact Maryann Karinch with questions: maryann@karinch.com, 970-577-8500.

Cynthia Hodgson
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson@niso.org
Phone: 301-654-2512