NISO Webinar on OpenURL Implementation

[Cynthia Hodgson <chodgson@niso.org>]

NISO will be offering a webinar on August 21, 2008 from 1:00 - 
2:30 p.m. (eastern time) entitled "OpenURL Implementation: Link 
Resolution That Users Will Love."

This follow-up to to introductory webinar on "Demystifying 
Standards" will take a look at implementing the NISO standard for 
link resolvers, OpenURL (ANSI/NISO Z39.88), from an end user 
perspective. You do not need to have attended the previous 
webinar to participate, however the slides and Q&A from that 
webinar are available online 
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/alcts08/> for 
those who wish to review them.

Description:

OpenURL link resolving addresses a core issue: how we can help 
our users find and get the content that they want and have access 
to. But without successfully implementing OpenURLs, we are at 
risk of having content that can't be found or used, and patrons 
who do not know about the information they have access to. In 
this webinar, learn about some of the real ways that you can make 
certain that your link resolvers work effectively, about the 
practical steps that you can take to implement OpenURLs, and 
learn about some of the projects underway focused on improving 
OpenURLs so that your users can benefit.

Speakers include:

Joanna White, Product Manager, WorldCat Registry, OCLC, and 
member of the OCLC Maintenance Advisory Group for the OpenURL 
standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.88 - 2004 / 
<http://www.niso.org/standards/z39-88-2004/>

Joanna will provide a practical view of OpenURL implementation, 
including the process of registering OpenURLs with OCLC's 
WorldCat Registry and OpenURL Gateway, as well as discuss some of 
the ways that the OpenURL framework can be applied to best take 
advantage of this tool.

Peter McCracken, co-founder and Director of Research, Serials 
Solutions, and Co-Chair of the NISO/UKSG KBART Working Group

Peter will provide an update of the work of the NISO/UKSG KBART 
(Knowledge Bases and Related Tools) Working Group, sharing with 
the audience how the work of this group will be applied to 
improve the transfer of information found in knowledge bases, as 
well as speak to how their work will affect publishes, content 
providers, and libraries, and, more importantly, how the best 
practice will provide benefits to your end users.

Audience:

This webinar is for librarians, publishers, and content providers 
who are interested in how to best take advantage of OpenURL to 
provide users with simple, accurate access to the content they 
have rights to. It is expected that attendees will have an 
understanding of what OpenURLs are and what they do, but would 
like to learn more about best practices to improve the 
implementation and use of link resolvers so that patrons can find 
the information that they want.

Please visit the event website 
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/openurl/> for more 
information, including online registration, background resources, 
and webinar FAQs and technical requirements. ALCTS members may 
register at the NISO member rate.

Note: This announcement was cross-posted.

Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson@niso.org
Phone: 301-654-2512