<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b>Register Today for these Upcoming NISO events</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b>NISO Webinar</b>, <a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2019/02/wrestling-access-and-authentication-control" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><b><i>Wrestling with Access and Authentication Control</i></b></a> <br>Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">This session will examine various aspects of access and authentication controls in the context of digital information resources. Is there a scalable approach that can satisfy the needs of both corporate as well as academic environments?  If not, how can technology be engineered or leveraged such that the nuanced needs of all may be met? What trade-offs might need to be recognized and negotiated? Are there satisfactory answers to the questions that have arisen with regard to privacy and data exchange?  This session will bring together a number of industry experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b>Confirmed speakers: Heather Flanagan</b>, Pilot Coordinator Academic Pilots, RA21; <b>Tim Lloyd</b>, CEO, Liblynx; <b>Jessica Bowdoin</b>, Head, Resource Licensing and Delivery, and <b>Lara Bushallow</b>, Director of Digital Technologies and Services, George Mason University Libraries. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">Details on pricing are available on the NISO <a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2019/02/wrestling-access-and-authentication-control" target="_blank" style="color:blue">event page</a>. Paying by Credit Card? Use <a href="https://www.cvent.com/events/niso-webinar-wrestling-with-access-and-authentication-control/registration-88cd1e841a124a38b1d6c48d353e4530.aspx?fqp=true" target="_blank" style="color:blue">this form. </a> Other Means of Payment? Complete <a href="https://www.niso.org/sites/default/files/events/2019-01/2019%20Webinar%20Registration%20Form_1.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:blue">this form.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b>NISO Virtual Conference</b>, <a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2019/02/still-working-incentives-publish-metrics-and-new-reward-systems" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><b><i>Is This Still Working? Incentives to Publish Metrics and New Reward Systems</i></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">Wednesday, February 20, 2019</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">The primary selling point of metrics for the academic researcher was the promise that the proof provided by such metrics of the value of one’s work would be the increased and long-term funding needed to <i>do</i> such work. Prestige, tenure, influence, even celebrity -- these have been stepping stones to securing significant (and much-needed) grants to educational institutions of all sizes and types. But have these incentives been subverted over time or in specific ways? Is the drive to publish-or-perish the best mechanism for encouraging substantive study? The integrity of the publishing process and perhaps the integrity of the funding model for higher education itself is at stake. This session will look at some of the troubling questions surrounding the incentives offered to the working scholar, researcher, and scientist.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">Presenters in this virtual conference will consider the following questions:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">·      How might institutions and research facilities best weld available indicators of use or influence into a meaningful metric?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">·      If individual scholarship is best gauged by the value assigned to it by the larger community, then what collection of metrics should be gathered for purposes of determining appropriate rewards in the context of academia?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">·      How might institutions better address this challenge and reward faculty appropriately?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">Details on pricing are available on the NISO <a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2019/02/still-working-incentives-publish-metrics-and-new-reward-systems" target="_blank" style="color:blue">event page</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">NOTE:  The NISO registration model allows you to gather an unlimited number of staff together to participate in the virtual event and includes access to an archived recording of the day’s proceedings. No need for <i><u>anyone</u></i> to miss out on the event.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b>Looking to Save on Training?</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Remember that you can save money by subscribing to one of our event packages! Save by subscribing to one or more of these event packages: </span><span style="color:blue;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://www.niso.org/node/20056" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Buy 3, Get 3</a> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">(includes all six Virtual Conferences), </span><a href="https://www.niso.org/node/20051" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Buy 9, Get 5</span></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> (includes all 14 NISO webinars), or the customizable </span><a href="https://www.niso.org/node/20051" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Buy 5, Get 4</span></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">  package (select 9 of the 14 NISO webinars offered in 2019). Everything you need to register is available online!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Of course, if you’re one of our LSA members, you get all of those webinars automatically as a benefit of membership!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Have questions? Get in Touch:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">NISO</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria">3600 Clipper Mill Road</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.000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