[Asis-l] NISO at ASIST 2003

[Thornburg,Gail]

ASIST attendees

Pat Harris, Executive Director of National Information Standards
Organization,  has asked me to remind you all that this year's NISO annual
meeting and program will be held in conjunction with the ASIST conference.
We hope you all will take this opportunity to attend.   Here is a brief
description from Pat:
		Tuesday, October 21 * NISO Annual Meeting and Program 
		NISO's 2003 Annual meeting and program will be held on
Tuesday October 21, 4:00pm-6:00pm at the Westin Hotel-Long Beach,
California. 
		The featured keynote speaker is Bruce Perens an outspoken
leader in the X3C and open source community. Perens is also a series editor
for Prentice Hall so knows publishing and has some thoughts to share on new
models for content delivery. Perens will focus his remarks on IPR and patent
issues impacting standards and the evolution of standards for digital rights
management. This meeting is free (no registration is required) and, it is
open to all -- invite your colleagues and staff to attend and get to know
more about NISO and standards. 
See you in Long Beach!
Gail Thornburg
Chair, ASIST Standards Committee