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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Where will you find

NISO at ALA 2018 in New Orleans? <span></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>2018 NISO Annual

Meeting and Standards Update<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Room 209 Ernest N.

Morial Convention Center<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Saturday, June 23,

2018, 1:00pm – 2:30pm<span></span></b></p>

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Scheduler</a>)<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Featured Speakers:

Gaëlle Béquet, Director, ISSN International Center; Nettie Lagace, Associate Director, Programs, NISO; Jennifer Bazeley, Coordinator,

Collection Access and Acquisitions, Miami University; <b>Todd Carpenter</b>, Executive Director, NISO <span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">NISO's annual members meeting will be held in New Orleans

this June as part of the American Library Association Annual conference. The

meeting, <b>which is open to everyone</b>,

will be held as a part of the traditional NISO Update on Saturday, June 23,

2018 at 1:00-1:30 pm in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 209. This

half-hour discussion about the status of the organizations will be prepended to

the regular NISO Update that takes place at every ALA conference which will run

from 1:30-2:30 pm. We will cover a number of organizational topics, such as

NISO's strategic planning process, organizational finances, and standards

program plans for the coming year. This is also an opportunity for the

membership to provide feedback and have their questions answered about any NISO

topic.<span>  </span><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">The NISO Update will include presenters from current working

groups, providing the latest news on active projects impacting the library and

information community.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>NISO FASTEN (Flexible

API Standard for E-content NISO)<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Room 214, Ernest N.

Morial Convention Center<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Sunday, June 24,

2018,<span>  </span>10:30am -- 11:30am<span></span></b></p>

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Scheduler</a>)<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Featured Speakers</b>:

<b>Christopher Carvey</b>, Director of

Interactive Customer Experience, Queens College; <b>Christine Peterson</b>, Amigos eShelf(SM) Service Manager, Amigos

Library Services; <b>Jane Plass</b>, Associate

Executive Director, RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System); <b>Michael Porter</b>, Electronic Resources

Manager, Maricopa County Library District; <b>Nettie

Lagace</b>, Associate Director, Programs, NISO<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">This NISO Working Group is modernizing library-vendor

technical interoperability using RESTful Web service APIs and standard mobile

application intent calls, to establish community, vendor, and developer needs

in transmitting library-related information related to serving licensed

electronic content such as login/authentication, account information,

availability, item status, item check-out, audio/video/online recording

streaming, patron registration with vendor, etc. <span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Working Group members will describe the project and its

forthcoming draft for public comment. <span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Improving Access

Control in a Privacy-protecting Way: An update on the RA21 Initiative and how

it aligns with privacy goals<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Room 208, Ernest N.

Morial Convention Center<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Sunday, June 24,

2018, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Local Time)<span></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Featured Speakers:</b>

<b>Peter Brantley</b>, UC-Davis; <b>Daniel Ayala</b>, Proquest; Moderated by Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">The Resource Access in the 21st Century (RA21) project has

been developing pilot technology to improve the user experience of SAML-based

authentication. The solutions aims to improve the user experience and do so in

a privacy-protecting way. This session will report out the progress of the

pilot technology developments and the movement toward an industry recommended

practice. Two RA21 pilot technologies will be demonstrated and discussions will

also center on how the resulting efforts have been built around the library

community values of protecting privacy.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">For more information, visit our <a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2018/06/american-library-association-2018-annual-meeting" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">ALA

event page</a> on the NISO website. As always, there will be plenty of

information at the NISO Booth #2923 in the Exhibitors Hall!<span>  </span><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Questions? Get in Touch:<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">NISO<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Phone: +1.301.654.2512<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Email: <a href="mailto:nisohq@niso.org">nisohq@niso.org</a></p><p></p>

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