[nfais-l] NISO Webinar on OpenURL

[Bonnie Lawlor]

Below is an Information on a NISO Webinar on OpenURL: Note that if you
already planned to attend the NFAIS all day Workshop on October 13th,  NISO
webinar registrants will have access to the recorded version for one year -
so you can attend both!

 

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NISO October Webinar: It's Only as Good as the Metadata: Improving OpenURL
and Knowledgebase Quality

 

 

Date: October 13, 2010

Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern time)

 

ABOUT THE WEBINAR:

 

OpenURL is inextricably entwined with modern information services supplied
by, among others, libraries, resource providers, and system vendors. All of
these constituents and the end users whom they serve rely on the accuracy
and dependability of OpenURLs to bring information within easy reach;
ideally, within two mouse clicks. But the services powered by OpenURLs can
be brought low quickly by one or more errors within the citation data and/or
the OpenURL encoding itself. Such errors can leave librarians mystified,
resource providers puzzled, and users unhappy at a service's failure to
deliver, yet they are all too common.

 

NISO's October webinar--It's Only as Good as the Metadata: Improving OpenURL
and Knowledgebase Quality-discusses several efforts in place or underway to
ensure the quality of OpenURL data and the knowledgebases that OpenURL links
depend on. Is anyone keeping watch over the accuracy and dependability of
OpenURLs? Are resource providers and system vendors held accountable for
their applications of the OpenURL standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.88)? What can
librarians do to bring these problems to the attention of their suppliers?
This webinar will address these and other issues of OpenURL accuracy in both
theory and practice.

 

SPEAKERS AND TOPICS:

 

*	 <http://www.niso.org/workrooms/openurlquality> IOTA: Improving
OpenURLs Through Analytics
Elizabeth Winter, Electronic Resources Coordinator, Georgia Tech Library
Adam Chandler, Database Management and E- Resources Librarian, Cornell
University Library will join Elizabeth during the Q&A portion of this event.

 

*	 <http://www.niso.org/workrooms/kbart/> KBART: Knowledge Bases and
Related Tools 
Sarah Pearson, E-Resources & Serials Coordinator, University of Birmingham

 

*	OpenURLs and Knowledge Base Quality: Collecting and Improving
Knowledge Base Data
Maria Stanton, Director of Content Operations, Serials Solutions

 

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/metadataquality/>
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/metadataquality/.

 

 

 

Cynthia Hodgson

NISO Technical Editor Consultant

National Information Standards Organization

Email:  <mailto:chodgson at niso.org> chodgson at niso.org

Phone: 301-654-2512

 

 

 

Bonnie Lawlor

Executive Director

National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS)

1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004

Philadelphia, PA 19102

 

1-215-893-1561 Phone

1-215-893-1564 Fax

blawlor at nfais.org

www.nfais.org

 

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