[nfais-l] NFAIS ISNI Webinar Registration Closes Soon

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Registration Closing Soon for An Overview of ISNI: The International Standard Name Identifier


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Registration will close at noon (EST) on Monday, January 13th for the NFAIS Webinar, An Overview of ISNI:  The International Name Identifier. This 90-minute webinar (11:00am - 12:30pm EST) will provide an overview of ISNI by featured speaker Laura Dawson, Product Manager, Identifiers at Bowker, an affiliated business of ProQuest.  Laura who will discuss the following:
 
 
 
 
 

 The mission and objectives of ISNI

The differences between ISNI and ORCID and their interoperability

The ISNI business model

What ISNI does and who should use it

Its benefits to the research and publishing communities

Current acceptance - who is actually getting and using ISNIs

The current size of the ISNI database

ISNI Links and linked data applications

Issues related to identity presentation and cross-domain linking

Process of assigning ISNIs and the quality control efforts

The relationship with the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)

Future directions
 
 
 
 
If you or your staff want to learn more about this initiative and how it can benefit your organization, register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS members pay $125, Sister Society members pay $150 and non-members pay $195. Three or more staff from NFAIS member organizations can participate for a group fee of $295. The group fee for three or more staff from any Sister Society is $350, and from a non-member organization is $450. The registration form can be accessed at: [http://nfais.org/event?eventID=540] http://nfais.org/event?eventID=540
 
 
 
You can still register to view the archived recording of the overview of ORCID given by Laurel L. Haak, ORCID Executive Director, on October 23, 2013. That separate registration form may be accessed at: [http://nfais.org/event?eventID=529] http://nfais.org/event?eventID=529
 
 
 
For more information contact Jill O’Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); [mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org] mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to [http://www.nfais.org/] http://www.nfais.org/.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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