<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Upcoming NISO Educational Events, March 2019</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Tune in for these upcoming NISO educational events in March. A single registration allows you to gather an unlimited number of staff in a conference or classroom setting to listen in to leaders in the profession.  Even if staff is unable to attend the live broadcast due to scheduling conflicts or travel, links to the archived recording are sent within 24-48 hours of the event to maximize the value of your training dollars.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Here’s what’s in store for March:</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2019/03/defining-library-mission-role-and-community" target="_blank">Defining The Library: The Mission, Role and Community</a></span></span></u></b><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">NISO Webinar, Wednesday, March 13</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Confirmed Speakers include:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(66,66,60)">   </span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">Patti Brennan</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">, Director, National Library of Medicine</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(66,66,60)">   </span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">Stanley J. Wilder</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">, Dean of the Library, Louisiana State University</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">Roger Macdonald</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">, Director, Television Archive, Internet Archive</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><br>Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, how exactly do we define the word, <i>library</i>? This is hardly a frivolous question. Neither is it a settled one. If a library is less defined by its information resources or access services than by foot traffic or usage stats, then appropriate assessment of its contribution to the institution -- through either quantitative or qualitative metrics -- becomes demonstrably more difficult. The question has implications for administrators with budgetary concerns as much as for educators in the field. Should libraries be focused on decentralization in order to better serve specialized research communities? Or should they be more centralized as the central organ of an educational organism?</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Paying by credit card? Use <font color="#0000ff"><b><u><a href="https://www.cvent.com/events/niso-virt-conf-long-form-content-ebooks-print-volumes-and-the-concerns-of-those-who-use-both/registration-bade4e3cde3246f68468fb6bc14cbec9.aspx?fqp=true" target="_blank">this form.</a></u></b></font></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Need to use some other means of payment? Complete <b><a href="https://www.niso.org/sites/default/files/events/2018-11/2019%20Virtual%20Conference%20Registration%20Form_0.pdf" target="_blank">this form.</a></b></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2019/03/long-form-content-ebooks-print-volumes-and-concerns-those-who-use-both" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Long Form Content: Ebooks, Print Volumes and the Concerns of Those Who Use Both</a></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">NISO Virtual Conference, Wednesday, March 20</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Confirmed Speakers include:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(66,66,60)">   </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)"><b>Catherine Ahearn, </b>Senior Product Editor, PubPub, MIT Knowledge Futures Group<br></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(66,66,60)">   </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)"><b>Tziya Siegman, </b>Information Standards Lead, Wiley</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)"><b>Other Speakers</b> TBA<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">It’s a muddled area for libraries, content providers and readers. Long-form content has traditionally been contained in printed volumes both for reasons of consumption as well as convenient access. With the arrival of ebooks, some aspects of engaging with long-form content became a bit easier – searchability, mobility, etc. Still, neither form seems to fully satisfy. Each user learns his or her own best practices for reading and referencing book content. Is it any wonder then that those whose scholarship relies on long-form content are suspicious of proposed changes to book production, delivery and access?</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">This virtual conference will consider from a variety of perspectives issues associated with creation, publication, and distribution of The Book. Speakers may explore metrics of usage (downloads, duration of reading session, etc.) as well as questions of reader behavior, assignment of metadata, and long-term access to licensed digital content.   </span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Paying by credit card? Use <font color="#1155cc"><b><u><a href="https://www.cvent.com/events/niso-webinar-defining-the-library-the-mission-role-and-community/registration-234c61e0baeb4527be4084be91e58c1d.aspx?fqp=true" target="_blank">this form.</a></u></b></font></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Need to use some other means of payment? Complete <font color="#1155cc"><b><u><a href="https://www.niso.org/sites/default/files/events/2019-01/2019%20Webinar%20Registration%20Form_2.pdf" target="_blank">this form.</a></u></b></font></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Have questions? Get in touch:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" 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