<div dir="ltr">Baltimore, MD - January 20, 2016 - The National Information Standards Organization's (NISO) 2016 
series of Virtual Conferences offers useful six-hour programs featuring 
recognized professionals discussing topics of immediate and practical 
value:<br><p>
 <a href="http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/virtual_conference/feb17_virtualconf/">Using Open Source in Your Institution</a> (February 17)<br>
 <a href="http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/virtual_conference/apr20_virtualconf/">Justifying the Library: Using Assessment To Justify Library Investments</a> (April 20)<br>
 <a href="http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/virtual_conference/jun15_virtualconf/">BIBFRAME & Real World Applications of Linked Bibliographic Data</a> (June 15)<br>
 <a href="http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/virtual_conference/aug31_virtualconf/">Data Curation: Cultivating Past Research Data for Future Consumption</a> (August 31)<br>
 <a href="http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/virtual_conference/oct5_virtualconf/">E-Books</a> (October 5)<br>
 <a href="http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/virtual_conference/dec7_virtualconf/">Making Certain Digital Content is Preserved: Archiving Digital Resources</a> (December 7)<br>
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With a paid subscription to this package, access to a follow-up Training
 Thursday webinar is included for three of the six conferences. Included
 are: <br>
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 <a href="http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/training_thursday/feb25_tt/">GitHub: How To Use It to Greatest Effect</a> (Feb 25)<br>
 <a href="http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/training_thursday/apr28_tt/">Making Assessment Work: Using ORCIDs To Improve Your Institutional Assessments</a> (April 28)<br>
 <a href="http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/training_thursday/sept8_tt/">Emerging Tools To Improve Management of Data</a> (Sept 8)<br>
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Those Training Thursday events are FREE if an organization purchases one of the two available subscription package options:<br>
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NISO LSA and Voting members have the opportunity to purchase all six of this year's virtual conferences for the price of three: <strong>Buy 3, Get 3 Free</strong>. All others have the option of the <strong>Buy 4, Get 2 Free</strong> subscription. For specific payment and registration instructions, visit <a href="http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/virtual_conference/#subscription">NISO's website</a>. The first virtual conference is just weeks away—don't miss out!<br>
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<strong>About NISO</strong><br>
NISO, based in Baltimore, Maryland, fosters the development and 
maintenance of standards that facilitate the creation, persistent 
management, and effective interchange of information so that it can be 
trusted for use in research and learning. To fulfill this mission, NISO 
engages libraries, publishers, information aggregators, and other 
organizations that support learning, research, and scholarship through 
the creation, organization, management, and curation of knowledge. NISO 
works with intersecting communities of interest and across the entire 
lifecycle of information standards. NISO is a not-for-profit association
 accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). For 
more information, visit the <a href="http://www.niso.org/">NISO website</a>.
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            Jill O'Neill<br>            NISO<br>                        Phone: 301-654-2512<br>                                                                        <a href="http://www.niso.org/news/pr/contact?item_key=e0736a5a4ded31cbccb8b4c515f5263963684e02&pr_contact=1">Email Jill O'Neill</a>
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