[nfais-l] NISO Two-Part Webinar, March 2012

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NISO Two-Part March Webinar: Understanding Critical Elements of E-books: Standards for Formatting and Metadata 
Each part is independent; you can register for either one or both. Get a 25% discount if you register for both parts.
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PART 1: EPUB3: Putting Electronic Books into a Package
DATE: March 14, 2012
TIME: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Eastern
ABOUT THE WEBINAR
A critical element of the e-book marketplace is a common file structure that is agreed upon between content creators and the supply chain, and works with multiple reader technologies. The newly released EPUB 3 specification offers a number of major innovations over the previous version, including support for rich media, interactivity, global language support), and styling and layout enhancements. EPUB 3 is also tightly integrated to web standards. This includes HTML 5, which is still in draft. Yet HTML5 is already in use for app development on the iPad and other mobile devices. This webinar will provide a discussion of both of these standards and their use for creating rich, cross-platform e-books.
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS
· EPUB 3 Overview, Evolution, and Benefits – Bill Kasdorf, Vice President, Apex Content Solutions; Metadata Subgroup Lead, IDPF EPUB 3 Working Group
· Adding Interactivity to E-books with HTML5 – Sanders Kleinfeld, Publishing Technologies Specialist, O'Reilly Media
 
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PART 2: Find That E-book - or Not: How Metadata Matters
DATE: March 21, 2012
TIME: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Eastern
ABOUT THE WEBINAR
2011 will likely be seen as the tipping point year for e-books. With more and more publications being issued in electronic format, how do users find what is available? How are identifiers such as the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and the new International Standard Text Code (ISTC) being applied to e-books and used in the supply chain? What metadata is crucial for making e-books discoverable? Without quality metadata, e-books will be invisible online. This webinar will discuss the key standards in the metadata supply chain and describe what can be done to ensure the discovery and delivery of the titles users will want to buy and read.
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS
· Metadata: Without You I'm Nothing (Metadata Quality and its Importance in E-Book Discovery) – Laura Dawson, Communications Chief, Firebrand Technologies
· ISTC, ISBN, and E-book Assignment – Pat Payton, Senior Director, Publisher Relations and Content Development, Bowker
· ONIX for E-books – Graham Bell, Chief Data Architect at EDItEUR
 
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REGISTRATION
Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on March 14, 2012 for Part 1 and March 21, 2012 for Part 2. Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. All registrants to both parts receive a 25% discount.
Can’t make it on the webinar date/time? Register now and gain access to the recorded archive for one year.
Visit the event webpages to register and for more information: 
Part 1: [http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/ebooks_epub3/] http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/ebooks_epub3/
Part 2: [http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/ebooks_metadata/] http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/ebooks_metadata/
 
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