[Sigdl-l] NISO Virtual Conference: EPUB3 and the Future of Interoperable E-books: What Libraries Need to Know

[Cynthia Hodgson]

Virtual conferences are new type of educational event that NISO is offering
this year. These 5-6 hour conferences are held online in webinar-like
formats, with occasional breaks in the schedule for participants. The longer
length allows the depth of coverage of a conference coupled with the
convenience of a webinar.

Date: April 17, 2013

Time: 11:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/virtual/epub3

ABOUT THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

EPUB3 is a standard for interoperable e-books that is rapidly being adopted
by the publishing and device manufacturing community. It has the promise of
allowing publishers to create a single file format that can be rendered on
any reading device, such as an e-reader, tablet, laptop, smartphone, etc.
This will be a critical component of a library's e-book services, since
libraries must be in a position to serve patrons who come in with a range of
devices, not simply from one particular supplier. Understanding the e-book
files and why EPUB will allow a broader range of fulfilling patron needs is
something that both publishers and librarians need to understand. Join us
for a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of EPUB3, suggested tools
for implementation, barrier issues on the horizon, and the significant
improvements in accessibility with EPUB.

SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

.	Keynote Speaker - Sue Polanka, Head, Reference & Instruction, Wright
State University Libraries

.	EPUB3: What, How, and Why
	o	NISO/DAISY Interchange Format - speaker TBA
	o	EPUB and Metadata - Bill Kasdorf, Vice President, Apex
	o	Annotation of E-books: A NISO standard in development - Dan
Whaley, Founder, hypothesis.is
	o	Identification of E-books - Laura Dawson, Product Manager,
Bowker

.	Implementation and Implications
	o	BISG EPUB 3 Support Grid - Angela Bole, Deputy Executive
Director, BISG
	o	Implementing an E-book System - Joanne M. Budler, State
Librarian, State Library of Kansas
	o	Digital Rights Management (DRM) - Jim Dovey, Digital Content
Formats Evangelist, Kobo

.	Future of EPUB - George Kerscher, Secretary General DAISY
Consortium, and President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)

.	Roundtable Discussion - Moderated by Todd Carpenter, Executive
Director, NISO

REGISTRATION

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm
Eastern on April 16 (the day before the virtual conference). Discounts are
available for NISO members and students. All virtual conference registrants
receive access to the recorded version for one year.

Visit the event webpage to register and for more information:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/virtual/epub3



Cynthia Hodgson
Technical Editor / Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
chodgson at niso.org
301-654-2512