NISO November Webinar: The Case of the Disappearing Journal Cynthia Hodgson 28 Sep 2010 14:42 UTC
NISO will be holding a webinar on November 10, 2010 (1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern time) on The Case of the Disappearing Journal: Solving the Title Transfer and Online Display Mystery ABOUT THE WEBINAR Have you ever searched the Web for a journal that you thought ought to be available online but not found it, only to learn later that it was available all along? Perhaps you've linked out from your librarys online catalog or A-Z e-journal list only to find that the title you expected was no longer available at the site linked to. Or maybe you have had occasion to search a database for a journal using an ISSN and ended up surprised with and confused by the results. How journals are presented online, how they are identified, and how they are transferred from one publisher or platform provider to another can leave researchers, students -- and even librarians -- confused and frustrated. This webinar will discuss several initiatives that are designed to alleviate this problem. SPEAKERS AND TOPICS E-Journal Presentation & Identification: Developing Recommended Practices Regina Reynolds, ISSN Coordinator, Library of Congress The NISO Working Group on Recommended Practices for the Presentation and Identification of E-Journals is creating guidelines to help publishers, providers, and others in the journal supply chain offer consistent and proper identification of journal content that is mounted online. For pre-reading about this initiative, read the article "In Search of Best Practices for Presentation of E-Journals." <http://www.niso.org/publications/isq/2009/v21n2/> by Regina Reynolds and Cindy Hepfer (ISQ 21.1 [Spring 2009): 18-24). ISSN-L: The Linking ISSN Françoise Pelle, Director, ISSN International Center The revised ISSN standard issued in 2007 launched the concept of the Linking ISSN (ISSN-L), which collocates or links among different media versions of a continuing resource. For more information, see What is an ISSN-L. <http://www.issn.org/2-22637-What-is-an-ISSN-L.php> xISSN Web Service: Exposing Serials Identifiers, Relationships, and Metadata Karen Coombs, Product Manager, OCLC Developer Network Biography xISSN is a web service provide by OCLC which provides developers and librarians with new ways to use and examine serials metadata from WorldCat and other sources. xISSN can help with tracing a changing title of a journal, knowing which form of a serial an ISSN represented, seeing all the ISSN associated with a journal, determining the peer review status of a journal, or knowing the feed for a journal Table of Contents and more. See xISSN, OCLC Web Service for an overview. <http://www.oclc.org/xissn/default.htm> Project Transfer: Publisher Guidelines for the Transfer of Journal Content Ed Pentz, Executive Director, CrossRef The UKSG Transfer Code of Practice, now on version 2, provides guidelines to help publishers ensure that journal content remains easily accessible when it is moved between two parties. For more information see the Project Transfer webpage. <http://www.uksg.org/transfer> REGISTRATION Registration is per site (defined as access for one computer). NISO and NASIG members may register at a discounted rate. A student discount is also available. Can't make it on the scheduled date or time? Registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year, which can be viewed at your convenience. For more information or to register, visit the event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/journal/ Cynthia Hodgson NISO Technical Editor Consultant National Information Standards Organization Email: chodgson@niso.org Phone: 301-654-2512