NISO will be hosting a forum on "Digital Resources: Working with Formats
Beyond Serials" in San Francisco, CA on May 5-6, 2008.

About the Forum

With the onset of the digital age, the information community has had to
rethink its approach to content -- from creation to how to manage the
sale and retention of that information, to questions of delivery and
use. A great deal of that focus has been on the more traditional
journal, yet creators, libraries, and users today are working with
content ranging from e-books to audio and beyond. However, the basic
questions surrounding these digital resources remain the same as those
that have been confronted with electronic serials, though the answers
may not be: what formats are best when creating digital content, and how
might metadata be best applied? What pricing models should be applied,
and how will these, and their associated licenses, be managed? How will
these digital formats be delivered, and to what platforms? During this
NISO forum "Digital Resources: Working with Formats Beyond Serials," you
will hear from a variety of speakers on these issues and more.

Confirmed speakers include:

-- Keynote by Peter Brantley, Executive Director, Digital Library
Federation (DLF)

-- Bill Kasdorf (Vice President, Apex Publishing) on XML models for book
content.

-- Christine Stamison (Senior Customer Relations Manager, Swets) on the
topic of customer access to e-books.

-- Justyn Baker (Executive Director of Licensing / Digital Formats,
Naxos of America, Inc.) on the topic of pricing and licensing of e-music.

-- Allen McKiel (Dean of Library & Media Services, Western Oregon
University) on changing patterns of e-book usage

-- Laura Dawson (Consultant, LJNDawson.com) on BISG’s identification of
digital book content

-- Jennifer Sutton (Independent Contractor for DAISY Consortium) on the
DAISY/NISO standard for digital talking books

Additional presentations are planned on the topics of digital rights
management (DRM), the role of digital content in libraries, and
e-content platforms.

Registration is now open
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/digresources08/#registration). The
early bird discount closes April 21. NISO members are eligible for
substantial discounts.

Visit the event webpage
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/digresources08/) for more
information or contact Karen Wetzel, NISO Standards Program Manager, at
kwetzel@niso.org.

Note: This announcement was cross-posted.

Swets Information Services is a major sponsor of the Digital Resources
forum.

Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson@niso.org <mailto:chodgson@niso.org>
Phone: 301-654-2512