[Asis-standards] FW: NISO Newsline April 2014
Mark Needleman-UF
mneedlem at ufl.edu
Wed Apr 2 12:45:15 EDT 2014
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Mark
From: newsline at list.niso.org [mailto:newsline at list.niso.org] On Behalf Of
Cynthia Hodgson
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Subject: NISO Newsline April 2014
Read this newsletter online at:
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April 2014
One of the misperceptions that NISO often faces is that we are strictly a
US-based organization. Obviously, our name beginning with "National" does
reinforce people's thoughts in this regard. However, NISO and our work are
deeply international and broadly applied around the world. Our membership is
not strictly American—in fact about 20% of our membership is based outside
of the US. Importantly, NISO is deeply engaged at a variety of international
levels on standardization and technological issues in our community. We
participate in more than 20 international groups and meetings per year, both
in person and virtually. These range from general industry meetings to
international standardization efforts and specific project meetings. These
activities help to tie together the important work taking place worldwide
and to advance the interoperability of our information landscape. I expect
that in the coming months some of the work incubating at the Research Data
Alliance <https://rd-alliance.org/> , JISC <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/> ,
Force11 <https://www.force11.org/> , and the Linked Content Coalition
<http://www.linkedcontentcoalition.org/> will move higher on the priority
lists of the NISO community.
One of the international roles NISO performs is to work via ANSI to
represent US interests on the ISO technical committee for Information and
Documentation (TC46)
<http://www.iso.org/iso/standards_development/technical_committees/list_of_i
so_technical_committees/iso_technical_committee.htm?commid=48750> . We also
serve the broader information community in the role of Secretariat of the
TC46 subcommittee on Identification and Description (SC9)
<http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards_development/list_of_iso_technical_com
mittees/iso_technical_committee.htm?commid=48836> . As I mentioned last
month, NISO will be hosting the international community at the plenary week
of TC46 meetings in Washington in partnership with the Library of Congress
on May 5-9, 2014—and with the generous support of our meeting sponsors:
Bowker <http://www.bowker.com/en-US/> (premier sponsor), CrossRef
<http://www.crossref.org> , OCLC <http://www.oclc.org> , and SAGE
<http://www.sagepub.com> . There are still a few days left to register
<http://www.niso.org/international/2014_tc46_meeting/> .
During that week, NISO will be hosting a gala reception at the National
Archives to welcome the ISO community. We are also taking the opportunity to
celebrate NISO's 75th Anniversary. When we were founded by a team of
visionaries back in 1939, I doubt any in the room could have foreseen the
information exchange community of today, where a significant portion of
content is created and distributed digitally and the collections of many
institutions have been scanned and are also accessible online. These
visionaries might have recognized the important role that standards would
play in that exchange, but it's doubtful they could have envisioned the
complexity and nuance of those developments. I do hope that we are honoring
that team of pioneers and their contributions through the work that we are
now engaged in.
Finally, yesterday brought some interesting news, and not just of the April
Fool's
<http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/01/april-fools-jokes-2014-best-we
b> variety. Innovative Interfaces, Inc. <http://www.iii.com/> , announced
on Tuesday that it had acquired Polaris Library Systems
<http://www.iii.com/pr-iii-polaris> . This trend of consolidation continues
to impact our community and while there likely will be synergies and
efficiencies under III's adept leadership, the potential options libraries
may have in terms of service offerings and management approaches is
dwindling. In the longer term, will the private equity firms that now
control the majority of the library systems market be interested in making
the significant development investments that will be needed in the coming
decade to advance efforts like BIBFRAME? Will that kind of investment and
service improvement (if they can be realized) be sufficient to maintain
their long-term investment goals in the library community? I don't know, but
we will have to wait and see how this and other consolidations impact those
development efforts.
I hope to see some of you as we celebrate hosting the ISO community along
with our own 75th Anniversary in Washington, DC next month.
Todd Carpenter’s Signature
<http://www.niso.org/publications/newsline/signature_todd_carpenter.jpg>
Todd A. Carpenter
Executive Director
NISO Reports
· Demand-Driven Acquisition of Monographs Draft Recommended Practice
Available for Public Comment
· Annual Year in Review Issue of Information Standards Quarterly
Published
· April Webinar: Back from Marrakesh: Implementing an Accessible
Content World
· April Virtual Conference: Dealing with the Data Deluge: Successful
Techniques for Scientific Data Management
· May Webinar: Getting to the Right Content: Link Resolvers and
Knowledgebases
· Joint NISO/NASIG May Webinar: Playing the Numbers: Best Practices
in Acquiring, Interpreting and Applying Usage Statistics
· New on the NISO Website
New Specs & Standards
· ARMA International Recruiting Volunteers for New Technical Report
Project on Retention Management for Records and Information
· ISO/TR 18128:2014, Information and documentation – Risk assessment
for records processes and systems
· OASIS Approves Data 4.0 Standards for an Open, Programmable Web
· W3C Recommendation, Metadata API for Media Resources 1.0
· W3C Working Group Note, Linked Data Platform Use Cases and
Requirements
· W3C First Public Working Draft, Annotation Use Cases
Media Stories
· International ISBN Agency New Database and Website
· DataCite, re3data.org, and Databib Announce Collaboration
· North American Working Group To Revise Model License
· Digital Preservation File Format Policies of ARL Member Libraries:
An Analysis
· Metadata Matters
· Name Identification Using the ISNI: An Interview with Laura Dawson
· Open Access: Progress, Possibilities, and the Changing Scholarly
Communications Ecosystem
NISO Reports
Demand-Driven Acquisition of Monographs Draft Recommended Practice Available
for Public Comment
NISO is seeking comments on the draft recommended practice Demand-Driven
Acquisition of Monographs (NISO RP 20 201x). Launched in June 2012, the NISO
Demand Driven Acquisition (DDA) Working Group was charged with developing a
flexible model for DDA (also referred to as patron-driven acquisition) that
works for publishers, vendors, aggregators, and libraries. The draft
Recommended Practice discusses and makes recommendations about key aspects
of DDA, goals and objectives of a DDA program, choosing parameters of the
program, profiling options, managing MARC records for DDA, removing
materials from the consideration pool, assessment of the program, providing
long-term access to un-owned content, consortial considerations for DDA, and
public library DDA.
The draft recommended practice is open for public comment through April 24,
2014. To download the draft or submit online comments, visit the
Demand-Driven Acquisition Working Group webpage.
Annual Year in Review Issue of Information Standards Quarterly Published
The Spring 2014 issue of Information Standards Quarterly magazine providing
a summary of the 2013 standards development work conducted by NISO and by
the international ISO Information and Documentation committee (TC46) has
been published in open access on the NISO website. NISO provides this Year
in Review issue on an annual basis to keep readers apprised of all the
accomplishments of our community in the past year.
In addition to the NISO and TC46 Year in Review articles and the annual
reference listing of all of NISO's published standards, recommended
practices, and technical reports, the issue includes a timeline with
milestones over the past five years in celebration of NISO's 75th
anniversary this summer.
Information Standards Quarterly is available electronically in open access
from the NISO website at: www.niso.org/publications/isq/. ISQ is also
available in print format by subscription or in print on demand.
April Webinar: Back from Marrakesh: Implementing an Accessible Content World
In the fall of 2013, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
agreed to a landmark treaty in Marrakesh, Morocco to
<http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/marrakesh/> Facilitate Access to
Published Works by Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled. This
treaty outlined for the first time a set of principles regarding the rights
of the print-disabled to have all content made equally accessible for them.
The opportunities afforded by digital content distribution to provide
accessibility functionality built-in from the start of a publisher's
production process and then be carried throughout the distribution process
are tremendous.
NISO's April 9 webinar Back from Marrakesh: Implementing an Accessible
Content World—to be held from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EDT—will provide an overview
of the treaty, discuss its potential implications, and describe how
standardized technology can facilitate access to the visually-impaired
community.
Topics and speakers are:
· Setting the Standards: Identifying Rights for Print-Disabled and
Visually Impaired – George Kerscher, Secretary General, DAISY Consortium,
and President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)
· Making History in Marrakesh: How the Blind Led Everyone Else – Thiru
Balasubramaniam, Geneva Representative, Knowledge Ecology International
(KEI)
· Walking the Walk: A Publisher's Perspective on Moving from Aspiration to
Reality in Making Content Accessible – Paul Belfanti, Director, Content
Architecture, Enterprise Architecture & Core Platforms, Pearson Education
Visit the event webpage
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/marrakesh/> to register and
for more information.
April Virtual Conference: Dealing with the Data Deluge: Successful
Techniques for Scientific Data Management
With the expansion of digital data collection and the increased expectations
of data sharing, researchers are turning to their libraries or institutional
repositories as a place to store and preserve that data. Many institutions
have created such data management services and see the data curation role as
a growing and important element of their service portfolio.
NISO's April 23 virtual conference Dealing with the Data Deluge: Successful
Techniques for Scientific Data Management—to be held from 11:00 am to 5:00
p.m. EDT— will explore some of the practical lessons from those who have
implemented data management and developed best practices, as well as provide
some insight into the evolving issues the community faces.
Topics and speakers are:
· Keynote Speaker – Jan Brase, Ph.D., German National Library of Science
and Technology
· Guidelines and Resources for Office of Science and Technology Policy
(OSTP) Data Access Plans – Jared Lyle, Director of Data Curation Services,
Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR),
University of Michigan
· Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles: Implementation and
Compliance in the Dataverse Repository – Merce Corsas, Ph.D., Director of
Data Science, Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS), Harvard
University
· Purdue University Research Repository (PURR): A Commitment to Supporting
Researchers – Michael Witt, Head, Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2);
Associate Professor of Library Science, Purdue University Research
Repository (PURR)
· The Roles of Data Citation in Data Management – Christine L. Borgman,
Professor & Presidential Chair in Information Studies, UCLA
· Is This Data Fit for My Use? The Challenges and Opportunities Data
Provenance Presents – Adriane Chapman, MITRE
· A Durable Space: Technologies for Accessing Our Collective Digital
Heritage – David Wilcox, Product Manager, DuraSpace
· The SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Project: A Joint Initiative
of ARL, AAU, and APLU – Judy Ruttenberg, Program Director for Transforming
Research Libraries, Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
For more information and to register, visit the event webpage
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/data_deluge/> .
May Webinar: Getting to the Right Content: Link Resolvers and Knowledgebases
Link resolvers have become an important element of providing access to
full-text electronic content and are now ubiquitous in both the library and
publishing community. These systems work well enough a majority of the time.
However, they are not entirely problem free and, as a result, users may not
always obtain access to information which their institutions have licensed
for them. The management of the large volumes of linking data necessary to
support these services is a problem in scale as well as in detail.
NISO's May 14 webinar Getting to the Right Content: Link Resolvers and
Knowledgebases—to be held 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EDT—will review several recent
projects that have worked to improve the reliability of these systems.
Topics and speakers are:
· KBART: A Recommended Practice to Increase Accessibility and Discovery –
Christine Stohn, Product Manager, Ex Libris
· Building the Global Open Knowledgebase – Kristen Wilson, Associate Head
of Acquisitions & Discovery / GOKb Editor, North Carolina State University
Libraries
· What We Learned about OpenURL in NISO's IOTA Initiative – Adam Chandler,
Electronic Resources User Experience Librarian, Cornell University
For more information and to register, visit the event webpage
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/resolvers/> .
Joint NISO/NASIG May Webinar: Playing the Numbers: Best Practices in
Acquiring, Interpreting, and Applying Usage Statistics
In a time of shrinking budgets and growing reliance on electronic resources,
the collection and analysis of usage statistics has become a staple of the
library world. But while usage statistics may be ubiquitous, many librarians
still struggle with the best methods of interpreting the data. The ability
to effectively understand and apply usage data is an important skill for
librarians to master as they attempt to analyze their collections and
justify their expenses to administrations.
NISO and NASIG's joint webinar Playing the Numbers: Best Practices in
Acquiring, Interpreting, and Applying Usage Statistics—to be held on May 21
from 1:00 to 2:30 EDT—will highlight the ins and outs of the latest COUNTER
Code of Practice, as well as discuss the process of analyzing the data once
harvested.
Topics and speakers are:
· COUNTER Update: Release 4 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for
e-Resources – Peter Shepherd, Project Director, COUNTER
· Integrating COUNTER Statistics within the Information Workflow – Oliver
Pesch, Chief Product Strategist and Senior Vice President, EBSCO Information
Services
· TERMS: Techniques for Electronic Resources Management: Integrating Usage
Data – Jill Emery, Collection Development Librarian, Portland State
University Library
For more information and to register, visit the event webpage
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/nasig/> .
New on the NISO Website
· The Infrastructure of Open Access Part 1: Knowing What is Open, March 5
webinar presentation slides
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/what_is_open/#agenda>
· The Infrastructure of Open Access Part 2: Toward a Functioning Business
Ecosystem, March 12 webinar presentation slides
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/ecosystem/#agenda>
· Demand-Driven Acquisition Recommended Practice, March 10 open
teleconference recording
<http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/document.php?document_id=12540>
· International ISBN Agency report to TC46 for Washington, DC meeting
<http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/12585/sc9n741_Intl_ISBN_
Agency_Report.pdf>
· International ISMN Agency report to TC46 for Washington, DC meeting
<http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/12679/sc9N748_ISMN_repor
t_for_WashingtonDC_meeting.pdf>
· SERU Registry Updates <http://www.niso.org/workrooms/seru/registry/%20>
– New libraries/consortia (Grand Valley State University, Metropolitan
Museum of Art, Oberlin College Library, Seneca College of Applied Arts and
Technology, University of Wisconsin Colleges, University of Wisconsin
[multiple locations]); new publishers/content providers (Eleven
International Publishing, NA Publishing, Inc., Textiles Intelligence, Ltd.)
New Specs & Standards
<http://www.arma.org/r2/standards-amp-best-practices/project-procedures/rete
ntion-management-for-records-and-information> ARMA International Recruiting
Volunteers for New Technical Report Project on Retention Management for
Records and Information
This forthcoming ARMA International technical report will cover elements
essential to the structuring of a records and information management (RIM)
program's retention and disposition component including: authority and
responsibility; identifying and classifying records for retention purposes;
and methods for determining retention periods for all records. The existing
ARMA International publication, Retention Management for Records and
Information, was originally released in 2005 and is currently available as a
guideline. This project will allow a review of that publication and enable
revisions to be made as appropriate. Volunteers interested in joining this
project should e-mail standards at armaintl.org with the subject line "Join
Retention Management Workgroup."
ISO/TR 18128:2014,
<http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumbe
r=61521> Information and documentation – Risk assessment for records
processes and systems
This new technical report is intended to assist organizations in assessing
risks to records processes and systems so they can ensure records continue
to meet identified business needs as long as required. The report: a)
establishes a method of analysis for identifying risks related to records
processes and systems; b) provides a method of analyzing the potential
effects of adverse events on records processes and systems; and c) provides
guidelines for conducting an assessment of risks related to records
processes and systems, and) provides guidelines for documenting identified
and assessed risks in preparation for mitigation.
<https://www.oasis-open.org/news/pr/oasis-approves-odata-4-0-standards-for-a
n-open-programmable-web> OASIS Approves Data 4.0 Standards for an Open,
Programmable Web
The Open Data Protocol (OData) 4.0 and the OData JSON Format 4.0 are
REST-based standards that simplify the querying and sharing of data across
applications for re-use in the enterprise, cloud, and mobile devices. With
OData, information can be accessed from a variety of sources including
relational databases, file systems, content management systems, and
traditional web sites. OData 4.0 and the OData JSON Format 4.0 are now
official OASIS Standards, a status that signifies the highest level of
ratification.
W3C Recommendation,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/REC-mediaont-api-1.0-20140313/> Metadata API for
Media Resources 1.0
This specification defines an API to access metadata information related to
media resources on the Web. The overall purpose is to provide developers
with a convenient access to metadata information stored in different
metadata formats. The API provides means to access the set of metadata
properties defined in the Ontology for Media Resources 1.0 specification.
These properties are used as a pivot vocabulary in this API. The core of
this specification is the definition of API interfaces for retrieving
metadata information in synchronous and asynchronous modes. It also defines
interfaces for structured return types along with the specification of the
behavior of an API implementation.
W3C Working Group Note, <http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/NOTE-ldp-ucr-20140313/>
Linked Data Platform Use Cases and Requirements
To foster the development of the Linked Data Platform specification, this
document includes a set of user stories, use cases, scenarios, and
requirements that motivate a simple read-write Linked Data architecture,
based on HTTP access to web resources that describe their state using RDF.
The starting point for the development of these use cases is a collection of
user stories that provide realistic examples describing how people may use
read-write Linked Data. The use cases themselves are captured in a narrative
style that describes a behavior, or set of behaviors, based on and using
scenarios from these user stories.
W3C First Public Working Draft,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-dpub-annotation-uc-20140313/> Annotation Use
Cases
This document was published by the W3C Digital Publishing Interest Group, in
coordination with the Open Annotation Community Group, as a First Working
Draft describing the set of use cases generated for Annotation and Social
Reading. The initial version of this document focuses on books and, at this
time, does not include requirements specific to magazines or newspapers.
Comments regarding this document should be sent to public- digipub at w3.org
<mailto:public-digipub at w3.org> (subscribe
<mailto:public-digipub-request at w3.org?subject=subscribe> , archives
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-digipub/> ).
Media Stories
International ISBN Agency New Database and Website
EDItEUR Newsletter, March 2014
The International ISBN Agency announced the release of its brand new
modernized website. The web portal is more informative and intuitive than
the previous site, and the accompanying database and ISBN management system
available to the 150 national ISBN agencies around the world have also been
overhauled with improved functionality and greater ease of use. (Read the
full story.
<http://www.editeur.org/files/about/EDItEUR%20March%202014%20Newsletter.html
#isbn> )
NISO Note: NISO is the Secretariat for ISO TC46/SC9
<http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards_development/list_of_iso_technical_com
mittees/iso_technical_committee.htm?commid=48836> , the committee with
responsibility for the ISBN standard.
DataCite, re3data.org, and Databib Announce Collaboration
re3data.org press release, March 25, 2014
"Databib and "re3data.org – Registry of Research Data Repositories" are
pleased to announce their plan to merge their two projects into one service
that will be managed under the auspices of DataCite by the end of 2015. The
aim of this merger is to reduce duplication of effort and to better serve
the research community with a single, sustainable registry of research data
repositories that incorporates the best features of both projects." (Read
the full story.
<http://www.re3data.org/2014/03/datacite-re3data-org-databib-collaboration/>
)
NISO Note: To learn more about data management, attend NISO's April 23
virtual conference Dealing with the Data Deluge: Successful Techniques for
Scientific Data Management
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/data_deluge/> .
North American Working Group To Revise Model License
Center for Research Libraries news release, March 13, 2014
"Libraries today must be strongly proactive in shaping the licenses that
govern their campuses' electronic information resources. A multi-
organizational effort is now underway to strengthen libraries' negotiating
position in the e-resources marketplace. In 1997, the LIBLICENSE project
(then at Yale Library and since 2011 at the Center for Research Libraries)
cleared a path for librarians by creating the LIBLICENSE Model License.
Now, with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a vigorous overhaul
of the Model License is in progress under the auspices of the Center for
Research Libraries." (Read the full story. <http://www.crl.edu/news/10459> )
NISO Note: For an alternative to a license, see NISO's Shared Electronic
Resource Understanding (SERU) recommended practice
<http://www.niso.org/workrooms/seru> (NISO RP-7-2012). Association of
Research Libraries, California Digital Library, Council on Library and
Information Resources, Emory University Library, and Yale University Library
are NISO members.
Digital Preservation File Format Policies of ARL Member Libraries: An
Analysis
D-Lib Magazine, March/April 2014, 20 (3/4); by Kyle Rimkus, Thomas Padilla,
Tracy Popp and Greer Martin
"While concerted efforts have been made in the library community to
encourage common standards, digital preservation policies regularly vary
from one digital library service to another. In the interest of gaining a
broad view of contemporary digital preservation practice in North American
research libraries, this paper presents the findings of a study of file
format policies at Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member
institutions. It is intended to present the digital preservation community
with an assessment of the level of trust currently placed in common file
formats in digital library collections and institutional repositories."
(Read the full story.
<http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march14/rimkus/03rimkus.html> )
NISO Note: NISO members mentioned in this article: Association of Research
Libraries, Cornell University Library, Florida Virtual Campus, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), OCLC, and University of Michigan Library.
Metadata Matters
IPG Blog, March 7, 2014; by Graham Bell
"With online sales becoming yet more dominant, and sales through the high
street shrinking further, data about your product—as opposed to the product
itself—becomes your primary contact with the customer and reader. And yet,
when judging a recent set of entries to an industry award, I noted that only
one out of 14 otherwise excellent submissions specifically mentioned
metadata quality. This is odd, and it shows that comprehensive, accurate,
timely metadata still isn't a given." (Read the full story.
<http://www.ipg.uk.com/?id=4815> )
NISO Note: A number of NISO initiatives are focused on improvements to
metadata including Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics
<http://www.niso.org/workrooms/openurlquality> , Knowledge Base and Related
Tools <http://www.niso.org/workrooms/kbart> , Open Access Metadata and
Indicators <http://www.niso.org/workrooms/oami/> , and the Open Discovery
Initiative <http://www.niso.org/workrooms/odi/> .
Name Identification Using the ISNI: An Interview with Laura Dawson
The Scholarly Kitchen, March 12, 2014; by Todd A. Carpenter
"As online systems for discovering and distributing content have grown, so
too has the need for unambiguous identification of people and the parties
exchanging that content. Several systems have been in development in the
past couple of years, notably the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
and the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) system. How these two
systems relate, engage each other, and serve community needs isn't always
clear. In hopes of alleviating some of the confusion, I sat down with Laura
Dawson from Bowker to discuss the International Standard Name Identifier,
how it relates to ORCID, and other issues surrounding identity management
systems. This is a summary of that conversation." (Read the full story.
<http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2014/03/12/name-identification-using-the
-isni/> )
NISO Note: NISO is the Secretariat for ISO TC46/SC9
<http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards_development/list_of_iso_technical_com
mittees/iso_technical_committee.htm?commid=48836> , the committee with
responsibility for the ISNI standard. The I² (Institutional Identifiers)
recommended practice (NISO RP-7-2013) is available from the NISO website
<http://www.niso.org/workrooms/i2> . NISO members mentioned in this article
are: Bowker, ProQuest, OCLC, Jisc Collections, Ringgold, and the British
Library.
Open Access: Progress, Possibilities, and the Changing Scholarly
Communications Ecosystem
Online Searcher, March/April 2014; by Abby Clobridge
"By all accounts, we're past the tipping point with open access (OA). During
the past 10 years, open access has moved from the domain of disruptive
technology to an increasingly adopted approach to research dissemination.
Within the publishing world, OA journals are becoming so widely accepted,
even some long- established players are moving OA from the sidelines to the
heart of their strategies for the future. Universities in countries around
the world have passed open access policies and are incorporating OA into the
way in which they capture, collect, and disseminate researcher output.
Increasing numbers of research funding organizations and national
governments are pushing for public access, open access, and open data.
But
even with policies springing up all over the world, a growing number of
high-quality open access journals and an increasingly mature repository
infrastructure, misconceptions about open access still abound." (Read the
full story.
<http://www.infotoday.com/OnlineSearcher/Articles/InDepth-Reports/Open-Acces
s-Progress-Possibilities-and-the-Changing-Scholarly-Communications-Ecosystem
-95162.shtml> )
NISO Note: NISO's two-part March webinar on Open Access Infrastructure
discussed many of the issues and developments in OA. View the slide
presentations for Part 1: Knowing What is Open
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/what_is_open/#agenda> and
Part 2: Toward a Functioning Business Ecosystem
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/ecosystem/#agenda> .
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April 9
Back from Marrakesh: Implementing an Accessible Content World
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/marrakesh/>
NISO Webinar
April 14
KBART: KnowledgeBases and Related Tools
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/telecon/>
NISO Open Teleconference
April 23
Dealing with the Data Deluge: Successful Techniques for Scientific Data
Management <http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/data_deluge/>
NISO Virtual Conference
May 14
Getting to the Right Content: Link Resolvers and Knowledgebases
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/resolvers/>
NISO Webinar
May 21
Playing the Numbers: Best Practices in Acquiring, Interpreting, and Applying
Usage Statistics <http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/nasig/>
NISO/NASIG Webinar
June 11
Fragmented Publishing: The Implications of Self-Publishing
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/fragmented/>
NISO Webinar
June 16
Recap of ISO TC46 Meeting in Washington, DC, May 5-9, 2014
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/telecon/>
NISO Open Teleconference
June 18
Transforming Assessment: Alternative Metrics and Other Trends
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/assessment/>
NISO Virtual Conference
June 26 - July 1
NISO @ ALA Annual 2014 <http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/alaannual/>
Las Vegas
June 27
NISO/BISG 8th Annual Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/alaannual/2014nisobisgforum/>
Las Vegas
Other Events of Interest
April 4 - 6
UKSG Annual Meeting <http://www.uksg.org/event/conference14>
Harrogate, London, UK
April 7 - 9
Computers in Libraries <http://www.infotoday.com/cil2014/>
Washington, DC
April 7 - 11
23rd International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2014) <http://www2014.kr/>
Seoul, Korea
April 8 - 10
London Book Fair
<http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx?id=16413>
Earl's Court, London, UK
May 1 - 2
American Society for Indexing 2014 Conference
<http://www.asindexing.org/conference-2014/>
Charleston, SC
May 1 - 4
NASIG Annual Conference
<http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700&pk_assoc
iation_webpage=1228>
Ft. Worth, TX
May 2 - 5
Council of Science Editors Annual Meeting
<http://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi07.dll/4DCGI/events/406.html?Act
ion=Conference_Detail&ConfID_W=406&>
San Antonio, TX
May 5 - 9
41st ISO TC46 Meeting Week
<http://www.niso.org/international/2014_tc46_meeting/>
Washington, DC
News from NISO Members:
Events & Education
AIIM Webinar: The CIO's Perspective: Aligning IT, Records Management, and
Legal for Successful Information Governance
<http://www.aiim.org/Events/Webinars#sthash.Q1BdSaYf.dpuf>
PLA Offering Three Preconferences for Public Library Staff at ALA Annual
Conference
<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/03/pla-offering-three-preconfer
ences-public-library-staff-ala-annual-conference>
Copyright Discussed on Next American Libraries Live Episode
<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/03/copyright-discussed-next-ame
rican-libraries-live-episode>
ALCTS Virtual Preconferences Coming in June
<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/03/alcts-virtual-preconferences
-coming-june>
ALA President Barbara Stripling's Free Webinar Series to Continue with
'Strategic Library Partnerships'
<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/03/ala-president-barbara-stripl
ing-s-free-webinar-series-continue-strategic>
LITA Preconferences to be held at ALA Annual
<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/03/lita-preconferences-held-ala
-annual>
LITA Web Course Available: Getting Started with GIS
<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/03/lita-web-course-available-ge
tting-started-gis>
ASIS <http://www.asis.org/rdap/> &T Researching Data Access and Preservation
Summit, March 26-28, 2014, San Diego, California
ARL Membership to Convene May 6-8 in Columbus, Ohio
<http://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/3170-arl-membership-to-convene-may-6-8-in-
columbus-ohio>
ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at U Alberta: Early-Bird
Deadline Approaching
<http://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/3160-arl-saa-digital-archives-specialist-c
ourses-at-u-alberta-early-bird-deadline-approaching>
Emerging Trends in Digital Stewardship to be Explored in Library of
Congress, National Library of Medicine, IMLS Sponsor Symposium
<http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2014/14-049.html>
Music Library Association April 17 Webinar: RDA for Music: Popular Music,
Jazz, <http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/events/event_details.asp?id=416744>
& World Music Audio Recordings
National Archives Office of the Federal Register Hosts First PKI Conference:
Conference Promotes Digitization of Federal Register Submissions
<http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2014/nr14-44.html>
Webinars discussing Swets and Ex Libris Partnership to Offer Streamlined
Acquisitions to be held on April 8
<https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/491030106> , April 23
<https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/828931906> , and May 1
<https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/835773314>
VTLS-Sponsored American Libraries Live Episode Available Online
<http://www.vtls.com/news/vtls-sponsored-american-libraries-live-episode-ava
ilable-online>
Information Resources
<http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=4033> Library and Information
Science: A Guide to Key Literature and Sources published by ALA Editions
New E-Book Examines Tablet Computers in the Academic Library
<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/03/new-e-book-examines-tablet-c
omputers-academic-library>
Web Metrics for Library and Information Professionals Published by Facet
Publishing <http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=4262>
El-Sherbini for her book
<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/03/el-sherbini-book-wins-alcts-
outstanding-publication-award> RDA: Strategies for Implementation wins ALCTS
Outstanding Publication Award
<http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=10746> Delivering Research Data
Management Services: Fundamentals of Good Practice Published by Facet
Publishing
Strategies to Sustain Digitized Special Collections: Ithaka S+R/ARL Web
Seminar Video and Q
<http://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/3176-strategies-to-sustain-digitized-speci
al-collections-ithaka-s-r-arl-web-seminar-video-and-q-a-online> &A Online
ARL Library Assessment Forum Highlights Value of Library Spaces
<http://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/3163-arl-library-assessment-forum-highligh
ts-value-of-library-spacesslides-online> – Slides Online
Using ARL Statistics in Budget Justification Analysis: An Example from U
Florida
<http://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/3162-using-arl-statistics-in-budget-justif
ication-analysis-an-example-from-u-florida>
Linked Open Data in the Cultural Heritage World: Issues for Information
Creators and Users
<http://connect.clir.org/blogs/patricia-harpring/2014/03/20/linked-open-data
-in-the-cultural-heritage-world-issues-for-information-creators-and-users>
The Ithaka S+R 2013 US Library Survey is Now Available
<http://www.sr.ithaka.org/news/ithaka-sr-2013-us-library-survey-now-availabl
e>
Jisc Collections Project Report: Who Are the winners? E-book Consortial
Purchasing
<http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/e-book-consortia-pilot-project/>
NARA's FY 2014-2018 Strategic Plan
<http://www.archives.gov/about/plans-reports/strategic-plan/>
Awards & Grants
American Library Association Presents Madison Award to NSA Oversight Group
<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/03/american-library-association
-presents-madison-award-nsa-oversight-group>
<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/03/maxwell-s-complete-handbook-
rda-wins-2014-abc-clio-library-publishing-award> Maxwell's Complete Handbook
for RDA wins 2014 ABC-CLIO Library Publishing Award
IMLS, Sloan Foundation Jointly Award SHARE $1 Million to Develop
Notification Service
<http://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/3189-imls-sloan-foundation-jointly-award-s
hare-1-million-dollars-to-develop-notification-service>
Library Journal and NoveList Announce the LibraryAware Community Award
Recipients
<http://www.ebscohost.com/newsroom/stories/library-journal-and-novelist-anno
unce-the-libraryaware-community-award1>
Modern Language Association and Columbia University Libraries Awarded Grant
for the Development of Humanities CORE
<http://news.commons.mla.org/2014/03/27/grant-awarded-for-the-development-of
-humanities-core/>
Organization Announcements
ATLA Board Members Elected for 2014-2017
<https://www.atla.com/about/pressroom/Pages/ATLA-Board-Members-Elected-for-2
014-2017.aspx>
CLIR Appoints New Members to Digital Library Federation Advisory Committee
<http://www.clir.org/about/news/pressrelease/dlf-advisorycommittee>
SAA Council Creates Committee on Public Awareness
<http://www2.archivists.org/news/2014/council-creates-committee-on-public-aw
areness>
Policy & Legislation
American Library Association, Internet Archive Support Civil Liberties in
Amicus Brief
<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/03/american-library-association
-internet-archive-support-civil-liberties-amicus>
Library Copyright Alliance Comments on EU Consultation on Copyright Rules
<http://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/3173-library-copyright-alliance-comments-o
n-eu-consultation-on-copyright-rules>
Product & Project Announcements
McGraw-Hill Professional Delivers Premier Content to Public and School
Libraries Worldwide via the 3M Cloud Library
<http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mcgraw-hill-professional-delivers-p
remier-content-to-public-and-school-libraries-worldwide-via-the-3m-cloud-lib
rary-251918331.html>
ProQuest Completes Digitization of NAACP Papers
<http://www.proquest.com/about/news/2014/ProQuest-Completes--Digitization-of
-NAACP-Papers.html>
Vienna Academy Improves Research Outcomes for Arts Scholars
<http://www.proquest.com/blog/2014/Vienna-academy-improves-research-outcomes
-for-arts-scholars.html>
EBL Unveils the New LibCentral
<http://www.proquest.com/about/news/2014/EBL-Unveils-the-New-LibCentral.html
>
The Summon® Service Goes Responsive
<http://www.proquest.com/blog/2014/The-Summon-Service-Goes-Responsive.html>
The Historical Irish Times
<http://www.proquest.com/blog/2014/The-Historical-Irish-Times--and-a-lot-of-
other-Irish-research-options-at-your-fingertips.html> – and a lot of Other
Irish Research Options at Your Fingertips
Gale Connects Customers with Rare Pieces of History with the Launch of
Several New Collections
<http://news.cengage.com/library-research/gale-connects-customers-with-rare-
pieces-of-history-with-the-launch-of-several-new-collections/>
Gale Expands Product Strategy and Bolsters Publishing Program to Address
Critical Library Needs
<http://news.cengage.com/library-research/gale-expands-product-strategy-and-
bolsters-publishing-program-to-address-critical-library-needs/>
Wiley Participating in Copyright Clearance Center's Republication Service
<http://www.copyright.com/content/cc3/en/toolbar/aboutUs/newsRoom/pressRelea
ses/press_2014/press-release-14-03-26.html>
Copyright Clearance Center Launches MOOC Content Licensing Solution
<http://www.copyright.com/content/cc3/en/toolbar/aboutUs/newsRoom/pressRelea
ses/press_2014/press-release-14-03-04.html>
Research Solutions Licenses Data from CrossRef.org, Bolsters Efficiency in
Systems and Business Processes
<http://researchsolutions.investorroom.com/2014-03-27-Research-Solutions-Lic
enses-Data-from-CrossRef-org-Bolsters-Efficiency-in-Systems-and-Business-Pro
cesses%20>
Document Delivery Performance Bolstered with Reprints Desk's Completed
CrossRef Digital Object Identifier Project
<http://www2.reprintsdesk.com/News/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?prid=130%20>
EBSCO and ER
<http://www.ebscohost.com/newsroom/stories/ebsco-and-erl-partner-to-provide-
library-research-fellowship> &L Partner to Provide Library Research
Fellowship
EBSCO Information Services to Provide Rosetta Stone Language-Learning
Resources to Libraries
<http://www.ebscohost.com/newsroom/stories/ebsco-information-services-to-pro
vide-rosetta-stone>
Emerald Supports Free Access to Research for UK Public
<http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/about/news/story.htm?id=5256&PHPSESSI
D=1gttnuqtlsm1c4nbp7j0qiegt0>
Emerald Collaborates with Kudos to Boost Research Impact
<http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/about/news/story.htm?id=5256&PHPSESSI
D=1gttnuqtlsm1c4nbp7j0qiegt0>
Ex Libris Releases Version 9 of Voyager
<http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/default.asp?catid=%7B916AFF5B-CA4A-48FD-AD54-9
AD2ADADEB88%7D&details_type=1&itemid=%7BD35F9050-9A00-4382-AC96-D6AE51BAE4E3
%7D>
For Libraries: Index Data's MasterKey Express
<http://www.indexdata.com/news/2014/03/libraries-masterkey-express-putting-f
ree-open-content-work> – putting Free Open Content to Work
Innovative Acquires Polaris Library Systems <http://iii.com/polaris>
Innovative and Bibliotheca Announce Strategic Alliance Focused on
Integration of Technology Solutions for Libraries
<http://www.iii.com/iii-bibliotheca>
JSTOR Launches Hebrew-Language Journal Collection
<http://about.jstor.org/news/jstor-launches-hebrew-language-journal-collecti
on>
Jisc Collections Pilot Projects for Extending Licences to Scholarly Content
<http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Extensions-to-licensing-models/>
Latest News on Knowledge Unlatched Pilot
<http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Latest-News-on-Knowledge-Unlatched-P
ilot/>
World Digital Library Reaches Milestone as 10,000 Items Now Accessible
<http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2014/14-035.html>
NetAdvance and OCLC to add Japanese-Language Content to WorldCat
<http://www.oclc.org/en-US/news/releases/2014/201412dublin.html>
New WorldShare Interlibrary Loan features Include IFM Indicator, Changes to
Batch Processing and Renewal Workflows
<http://www.oclc.org/en-US/news/announcements/2014/worldshare-ill-03-14.html
>
Version Tracking
<http://www.plos.org/version-tracking-plos-participates-in-the-crossmark-pro
gram/> – PLOS Participates in the CrossMark Program From CrossRef
PLOS' New Data Policy: Part Two
<http://www.plos.org/plos-new-data-policy-part-two/>
Elsevier Announces Launch of Program to Include Cited References for
Archival Content in Scopus
<http://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/science-and-technology/elsevie
r-announces-launch-of-program-to-include-cited-references-for-archival-conte
nt-in-scopus>
Elsevier Publishes Five New Immunology Books
<http://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/science-and-technology/elsevie
r-publishes-five-new-immunology-books>
Elsevier Publishes Five New Books on Toxicology
<http://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/science-and-technology/elsevie
r-publishes-five-new-books-on-toxicology>
Mendeley Readership Statistics Available in Scopus
<http://blog.scopus.com/posts/mendeley-readership-statistics-available-in-sc
opus?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scopus%2Fblo
g+%28Scopus+Blog+|+All+Posts%29>
SAGE and CQ Press Launch the Ultimate Political Database and Data
Manipulation Tool, U.S. Political Stats
<http://www.sagepub.com/press/2014/march/12.sp>
New Sage 100 ERP 2014 Enables Businesses to Increase Revenue and Improve
Customer Service <http://na.sage.com/us/our-news/press-releases/03/erp>
SAA Publications Board Announces Next Nineteen Titles in the Series Trends
in Archives Practice
<http://www2.archivists.org/news/2014/get-ready-to-bloom-with-trends-in-arch
ives-practice>
Reuters Launches Reuters Access, Making Its Best Archival Photos and Footage
Available Through a New E-commerce Website
<http://thomsonreuters.com/press-releases/032014/reuters-launches-reuters-ac
cess>
Reuters to Roll Out RLO Streaming Video Coverage
<http://thomsonreuters.com/press-releases/032014/reuters-to-roll-out-rlo-str
eaming-video-coverage-of-news-and-events>
VTLS Enjoys Success and Growth in 2013
<http://www.vtls.com/news/vtls-enjoys-success-and-growth-2013>
Customer Announcements
CLIC Selects ProQuest Intota Library Services Platform as its Next Shared
System
<http://www.proquest.com/about/news/2014/CLIC-Selects-ProQuest-Intota-Librar
y-Services-Platform-as-its-Next-Shared-System.html>
Georgia Public Library Service to Offer NoveList Select
<http://www.ebscohost.com/newsroom/stories/georgia-public-library-service-to
-offer-novelist-select>
University of Western Australia Selects Ex Libris Alma
<http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/default.asp?catid=%7B916AFF5B-CA4A-48FD-AD54-9
AD2ADADEB88%7D&details_type=1&itemid=%7B0F633829-3DEC-4538-A869-B9AE98676478
%7D>
University of Oklahoma Selects Ex Libris Alma
<http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/default.asp?catid=%7B916AFF5B-CA4A-48FD-AD54-9
AD2ADADEB88%7D&details_type=1&itemid=%7B6355F338-816B-484B-B18A-7B445644C0E1
%7D>
The Tor Vergata University of Rome Joins the Italian Alma Early Adopter
programme
<http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/default.asp?catid=%7B916AFF5B-CA4A-48FD-AD54-9
AD2ADADEB88%7D&details_type=1&itemid=%7B67140BE2-7FFF-47FC-81B0-6F091F1FBD56
%7D>
Durham University Selects Ex Libris Primo for the University Library and
Heritage Collections
<http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/default.asp?catid=%7B916AFF5B-CA4A-48FD-AD54-9
AD2ADADEB88%7D&details_type=1&itemid=%7B3ABBCAC3-0B83-4A5F-8972-F26CE28D640D
%7D>
The Institute of Education (University of London) Chooses Ex Libris Primo
<http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/default.asp?catid=%7b916AFF5B-CA4A-48FD-AD54-9
AD2ADADEB88%7d&details_type=1&itemid=%7b8E8287FC-D1A9-4C28-BBF7-8B4E4AD70387
%7d>
Four Institutions Join the Alma Early-Adopter Program in Italy
<http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/default.asp?catid=%7B916AFF5B-CA4A-48FD-AD54-9
AD2ADADEB88%7D&details_type=1&itemid=%7B13CD8F81-64A2-4FD0-B4F0-F3C04042EAD9
%7D>
Missouri's MOBIUS and Colorado's Prospector Announce Library Materials
Sharing Agreement Using Innovative's INN-Reach
<http://www.iii.com/news-events/pr/missouris-mobius-and-colorados-prospector
-announce-library-materials-sharing>
Four County Library System (NY) Selects SkyRiver Cataloging Utility
<http://www.iii.com/four-county-skyriver>
Escondido Public Library and Technology Center Selects Sierra Library
Services Platform <http://www.iii.com/iii-escondido>
Ohio University Libraries Upgrade to Sierra Library Services Platform
<http://www.iii.com/news-events/pr/ohio-university-libraries-upgrade-sierra-
library-services-platform>
Duquesne University Libraries Select Sierra Library Services Platform
<http://www.iii.com/duquenese>
Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) Upgrades to Sierra Library Services
Platform
<http://www.iii.com/news-events/pr/trinity-college-dublin-ireland-upgrades-s
ierra-library-services-platform>
Library Support for Portico Expands Across Europe
<http://www.portico.org/digital-preservation/news-events/news/library-suppor
t-for-portico-expands-across-europe>
Scottsdale Public Library Chooses Polaris Library Systems as New ILS Vendor
<http://www.polarislibrary.com/news/scottsdale-public-library-chooses-polari
s-library-systems-new-ils-vendor/>
CARL
<http://www.tlcdelivers.com/2014/03/carlx-selected-as-the-next-generation-il
s-by-metropolitan-library-system/> •X Selected as the Next Generation ILS by
Metropolitan Library System
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