NISO @ ALA MIDWINTER MEETING 2019
NISO looks forward to seeing you at these 2019 ALA Midwinter sessions and in the Exhibits Hall at Table #600.
EXHIBIT FLOOR HOURS:
Friday, January 25 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm - Opening Reception on the Exhibit Floor
Saturday, January 26 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday, January 27 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
Monday, January 28 - 9:00am - 2:00pm - Exhibits Closing Events
Event Sessions
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Speakers
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
TCC Tahoma 2 (Level 3)
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NISO Standards Update
Moderator: Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO; Nettie Lagace, Associate Director, Programs, NISO
The NISO Update provides the latest news about NISO's current efforts, including standards, recommended practices and community meetings covering many areas of interest to the library community. Working group members will provide updates on projects newly underway or recently completed. The meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to participate.
Projects that will be discussed include:
- KBART & KBART Automation
- Open Discovery Initiative
- Z39.7 -
- Flexible API STandard for E-content NISO (FASTEN)
- RA21
- NISO New Projects
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Speaker
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 .m.
TCC Tahoma 2 (Level 3)
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NISO-STM Association Resource Access in the 21st Century (RA21) Project Outputs and Next Steps
Moderator: Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
NISO and the International Association of STM Publishers have been working to improve the user experience for single sign on system access to subscribed content. The Resource Access in the 21st Century Project conducted a detailed review of the technology and user experience of RA21 used to provide a frictionless environment for users and patrons to access content from anywhere, any time. The project is near to producing its final outputs and this session will discuss its progress and outputs. During this session, we will also cover how efficient and secure authentication can be a bridge for advanced features that users desire including personalization, recommendations; and gives libraries requested info including analytics, purchasing recommendations whilst building trust and maintain strong patron privacy.