<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">NISO at ALA 2019</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>BISG-NISO Changing Standards Landscape</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Washington Convention Center (WCC), Room 140A</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Washington DC</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Friday, June 21, 2019, 12:00 Noon – 4:00pm (Eastern, US & Canada)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><a href="https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=565208" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><b><i>Add This Event to Your ALA Scheduler!</i></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">At the National Ebook Summit held during ALA’s 2018 Annual Meeting, a number of themes provided structure for participants’ discussion of how best to connect users with ebooks.  Suggested areas for cross-sector collaboration included licensing models, accessibility, metrics, support for systems interoperability and issues associated with unobtainable materials.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Where does the community stand today in furthering a robust strategy for e-books? Where are emerging opportunities for the various stakeholders? Attend the twelfth NISO-BISG <i>Changing Standards Landscape</i> forum to hear from experts regarding the collaborative efforts intended to ensure that your patrons get connected to the ebook content they want!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Confirmed Speakers (in alphabetical order) include:</p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Rachel Comerford,</b> Senior Director of Content Standards and Accessibility, Macmillan Learning</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Mitch Davis</b>, Chief Business Officer, BiblioLabs</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Kevin Hawkins</b>, Asst. Dean, Scholarly Comm. & Interim Head, LRSS, University of North Texas</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Kara Kroes</b>, Director of Product Management, Ebooks, EBSCO</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Hugh McGuire</b>, Executive Director, Rebus Foundation</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Peter Murray</b>, Open Source Community Advocate, Index Data</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Eric Swenson</b>, Independent Consultant</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Technology has the promise of improving the user’s reading experience in the digital age. Attend this event and engage with a spectrum of industry professionals and organizations, each deeply invested in the production, discovery, and use of ebook materials.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>NISO Annual Members Meeting & Standards Update</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Location: Marriott Marquis (MAR), Salon 13</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Saturday, June 22, 1:00 - 2:30pm</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><a href="https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=565745" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><b><i>Add This Event to Your ALA Scheduler!</i></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Join us for our Annual Meeting to learn about the status of the organization, all the work that has taken place in 2018 and what's happening now in 2019. The meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to participate. The NISO Update provides the latest news about NISO's current efforts, including standards, recommended practices, and community meetings covering many areas of interest to the library community. Working group members will provide updates on projects newly underway or recently completed. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Offering updates are the following confirmed speakers:</p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Open Discovery Initiative - <b>Laura Morse</b>, Director, Library Systems, Harvard University</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Transfer - <b>Linda Wobbe</b>, eJournal Relations Manager, SCELC</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">KBART Automation - <b>Stephanie Doellinger</b>, Senior Metadata Operations Manager, OCLC</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">RA21 - <b>Todd Carpenter<i>,</i></b> Executive Director, NISO</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Content Platform Migrations - <b>Nettie Lagace</b>, Associate Director for Programs, NISO</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>RA21 & the Coalition for Seamless Access</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Washington Convention Center (WCC), Room 204C</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Sunday, June 23, 2:30 - 3:30pm</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><a href="https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=565230" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><b><i>Add This Event to Your ALA Scheduler!</i></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Confirmed Speakers: <b>Todd Carpenter</b>, NISO; <b>Tim Lloyd</b>, LibLynx; Other TBA</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">The NISO Resource Access in the 21st Century (RA21) Recommended Practice outlines an improvement to the user-experience of SAML-based authentication. To implement this technology moving forward, a consortium of industry partners, including publishers, identity providers, and libraries is forming to support implementation and run the RA21-based service. The Coalition for Seamless Access will manage this service for publishers and libraries, while continuing to improve this user experience, provide governance on data policy issues, and maintain the web services. During this session there will be a demonstration of the services, and a discussion around privacy and policy issues surrounding the project.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Have questions? Get in touch:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">NISO</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">3600 Clipper Mill Road</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Suite 302</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Baltimore, MD 21211-1948</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Phone: +1.301.654.2512</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Email: <a href="mailto:nisohq@niso.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">nisohq@niso.org</a></p></div>