NISO Announces 2016 Virtual Conference Series

NISO's 2016 series of Virtual Conferences offers useful six-hour programs featuring recognized professionals discussing topics of immediate and practical value:

• Using Open Source in Your Institution (February 17)
• Justifying the Library: Using Assessment To Justify Library Investments (April 20)
• BIBFRAME & Real World Applications of Linked Bibliographic Data (June 15)
• Data Curation: Cultivating Past Research Data for Future Consumption(August 31)
• E-Books (October 5)
• Making Certain Digital Content is Preserved: Archiving Digital Resources(December 7)

With a paid subscription to this package, access to a follow-up Training Thursday webinar is included for three of the six conferences. Included are:

• GitHub: How To Use It to Greatest Effect (February 25)
• Making Assessment Work: Using ORCIDs To Improve Your Institutional Assessments (April 28)
• Emerging Tools To Improve Management of Data (September 8)

Those Training Thursday events are FREE if an organization purchases one of the two available subscription package options:

NISO LSA and Voting members have the opportunity to purchase all six of this year's virtual conferences for the price of three: Buy 3, Get 3 Free. All others have the option of the Buy 4, Get 2 Free subscription. For specific payment and registration instructions, visit NISO's website.
The first virtual conference is just weeks away; don't miss out!