[nfais-l] NISO Virtual Conference -- Web-Scale Discovery Services

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NISO Virtual Conference: Web-Scale Discovery Services: Transforming Access to Library Resources 

Virtual conferences are new type of educational event that NISO is offering this year. These 5-6 hour conferences are held online in webinar-like formats, with occasional breaks in the schedule for participants. The longer length allows the depth of coverage of a conference coupled with the convenience of a webinar.

Date: November 20, 2013

Time: 11:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Event webpage: [http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/virtual/discovery] 
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/virtual/discovery

ABOUT THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

Web-scale Discovery Services are becoming an integral part of libraries’ information gathering arsenal. These services are able to use a single interface to seamlessly integrate results from a wide range of online sources, emulating the experience patrons have come to expect from Internet search engines. But despite their ability to streamline searching, Discovery Services provide a wide set of challenges for libraries who implement them.

NISO’s third virtual conference, Web-Scale Discovery Services: Transforming Access to Library Resources, will touch on the potential of discovery services, how to select a product, as well as the issues and challenges involved.

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS
· Keynote Speaker – Lorcan Dempsey, Chief Strategist at OCLC and Vice President, OCLC Research
· Selecting a Web-scale Discovery Service – Speaker TBA
· Web-Scale Discovery Service: Making the Decision to Buy or Build – Speaker TBA
· Implementation: Delivering the Goods – Michael Kucsak, Director of Library Systems and Technology, University of North Florida
· Zen and the Art of Discovery Maintenance – Athena Hoeppner, Electronic Resources Librarian, University of Central Florida Libraries
· The Library with a Thousand Databases: Web Scale Discovery and The Hero's Journey – Matthew Reidsma, Web Services Librarian, Grand Valley State University Libraries
· Update on the NISO Open Discovery Initiative – Marshall Breeding, Independent Consultant and co-chair, NISO Open Discovery Initiative
· Conference Roundtable with all the speakers

REGISTRATION
Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on November 19, 2013 (the day before the virtual conference). Discounts are available for NISO members and students. All virtual conference registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year.

Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: [http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/virtual/discovery] http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/virtual/discovery