by Beth Staats
Quick Summary
All 2019 NISO events will be held in the Minitex River Room, Room 60 Wilson Library. These offer an opportunity to enjoy some light refreshments and the chance to chat with colleagues.
All 2019 NISO events will be held in the Minitex River Room, Room 60 Wilson Library. These offer an opportunity to enjoy some light refreshments and the chance to chat with colleagues.
Click here for a full list of the 2019 NISO events.
Registration is now open for these on-site NISO events.
Enabling Discovery, Part One: Publishers and Libraries Talk Metadata & Monographs
NISO Webinar
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
(light refreshments provided)
Register here
Enabling Discovery, Part Two: Publishers and Libraries Talk Metadata & Monographs
NISO Webinar
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
(light refreshments provided)
Register here
Wrestling with Access and Authentication Control
NISO Webinar
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
(light refreshments provided)
Register here
Is This Still Working? Incentives to Publish, Metrics, and New Reward Systems
NISO Virtual Conference
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
(light refreshments provided)
Register here
About the January 9, 2019, NISO Webinar - Enabling Discovery, Part One: Publishers and Libraries Talk Metadata & Monographs
For purposes of discovery, the metadata supplied to libraries for e-book content must be complete, explicit and accurate. APIs have been constructed. Best practices have been identified. What are the gaps that still affect the user experience in identifying and navigating to needed content? What might be needed to bridge those gaps? Why are we still wrestling with this issue? This two-part webinar will bring together a cross-section of content providers and libraries to discuss the challenges faced.
About the January 16, 2019, NISO Webinar - Enabling Discovery, Part Two: Publishers and Libraries Talk Metadata & Monographs
For purposes of discovery, the metadata supplied to libraries for e-book content must be complete, explicit and accurate. APIs have been constructed. Best practices have been identified. What are the gaps that still affect the user experience in identifying and navigating to needed content? Why might be needed to bridge those gaps? This session will bring together a cross-section of content providers and libraries to discuss the challenges faced.
About the February 6, 2019, NISO Webinar - Wrestling with Access and Authentication Control
This session will examine various aspects of access and authentication controls in the context of digital information resources. Is there a scalable approach that can satisfy the needs of both corporate as well as academic environments? If not, how can technology be engineered or leveraged such that the nuanced needs of all may be met? What trade-offs might need to be recognized and negotiated? Are there satisfactory answers to the questions that have arisen with regard to privacy and data exchange? This session will bring together a number of industry experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities.
About the February 20, 2019, NISO Virtual Conference - Is This Still Working? Incentives to Publish, Metrics, and New Reward Systems
The primary selling point of metrics for the academic researcher was the promise that the proof provided by such metrics of the value of one’s work would be the increased and long-term funding needed to do such work. Prestige, tenure, influence, even celebrity -- these have been stepping stones to securing significant (and much-needed) grants to educational institutions of all sizes and types. But have these incentives been subverted over time or in specific ways? Is the drive to publish-or-perish the best mechanism for encouraging substantive study? The integrity of the publishing process and perhaps the integrity of the funding model for higher education itself is at stake. This session will look at some of the troubling questions surrounding the incentives offered to the working scholar, researcher, and scientist.
