Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:15:14 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wonder-woman.cni.org ([192.100.21.33] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPS id 52054511 for cni-announce@cni.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:30:03 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: <54BC4B24-A0DE-480C-BCC8-AAB55419F67B@cni.org> From: "Joan K. Lippincott" X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-13-330834311 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v926) Subject: NISO Webinar on ONIX X-Original-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:30:02 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.926) --Apple-Mail-13-330834311 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable NISO Webinar on ONIX for Publications Licenses (ONIX-PL) NISO will be offering a webinar on September 10, 2008 from 1:00 - 2:30 =20= p.m. (eastern time) on ONIX for Publications Licenses (ONIX-PL). Description: ONIX for Publications Licenses is a family of standard XML messaging =20 protocols for exchanging licensing information that builds on the work =20= of the Digital Libraries Federation Electronic Resource Management =20 Initiative (ERMI) and NISO's License Expression Working Group (LEWG). NISO's License Expression Working Group (LEWG), begun in 2005, =20 initially focused on understanding the differences and mapping the =20 data elements between the ERMI and the ONIX approaches to licensing =20 information. Since then, much progress has been made and these two =20 areas have become more clearly and distinctly defined. The ONIX-PL =20 standard, developed to meet the needs of librarians and publishers on =20= both sides of the Atlantic, is now nearing its pilot phase and we are =20= poised to begin awareness raising campaigns. As a result, in mid-2008 =20= NISO restructured the LEWG, replacing it with a new Working Group to =20 focus specifically on development of the ONIX license messaging =20 specification, and a second, short-term sub-committee of the Business =20= Information Topic Committee that is tasked with conducting a survey of =20= the current and emerging place of "ERMI", thus defined within the =20 broader ERM landscape, to better determine how vendors are =20 implementing the ERMI data dictionary and related documents and how =20 libraries are making use of these systems and services. Alicia Wise will be assuming the role of Chair for the ONIX-PL Working =20= Group, while Ivy Anderson and Tim Jewell are spearheading the creation =20= and direction of the subcommittee that will be surveying re ERMI and =20 the broader ERM landscape. This webinar will discuss the progress that has been made with the =20 ONIX-PL standard, new implementations of the standard, and what you =20 need to know about how this might benefit and impact your organization. Intended Audience: This webinar is for librarians, publishers, and content providers who =20= are interested in how to express licenses in a machine-readable =20 format, load them into electronic resource management systems, link =20 them to digital resources, and communicate key usage terms to users. Speakers * Alicia Wise, Chief Executive, Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) and =20= Chair, NISO ONIX-PL Working Group * Second Speaker to be named shortly =96 check the event website. Information and Registration Please visit the event website = (http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/onixpl/=20 ) for more information and to register. ALCTS members may register at =20= the NISO member rate. This is the third webinar in the series on Demystifying Standards. The =20= slides and Q&A from the introductory webinar are available online = (http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/alcts08/=20 ) for those who wish to review them. The second webinar, OpenURL: Link =20= Resolution That Users Will Love = (http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/openurl/=20 ), will be held August 21, 2008 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (eastern time); =20= registration is open until noon on August 21. --Apple-Mail-13-330834311 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
NISO = Webinar on ONIX for Publications Licenses = (ONIX-PL)
 

NISO will be = offering a webinar on September 10, 2008 from 1:00 - 2:30 = p.m. (eastern time) on ONIX for Publications Licenses = (ONIX-PL).

Description:

ONIX for = Publications Licenses is a family of standard XML messaging protocols = for exchanging licensing information that builds on the work of the = Digital Libraries Federation Electronic Resource Management Initiative = (ERMI) and NISO's License Expression Working Group (LEWG).

NISO's License = Expression Working Group (LEWG), begun in 2005, initially focused on = understanding the differences and mapping the data elements between the = ERMI and the ONIX approaches to licensing information. Since then, much = progress has been made and these two areas have become more clearly and = distinctly defined. The ONIX-PL standard, developed to meet the needs of = librarians and publishers on both sides of the Atlantic, is now nearing = its pilot phase and we are poised to begin awareness raising campaigns. = As a result, in mid-2008 NISO restructured the LEWG, replacing it with a = new Working Group to focus specifically on development of the ONIX = license messaging specification, and a second, short-term sub-committee = of the Business Information Topic Committee that is tasked with = conducting a survey of the current and emerging place of "ERMI", thus = defined within the broader ERM landscape, to better determine how = vendors are implementing the ERMI data dictionary and related documents = and how libraries are making use of these systems and = services.

Alicia Wise will be assuming the role of Chair for the = ONIX-PL Working Group, while Ivy Anderson and Tim Jewell are = spearheading the creation and direction of the subcommittee that will be = surveying re ERMI and the broader ERM landscape.

This webinar = will discuss the progress that has been made with the ONIX-PL standard, = new implementations of the standard, and what you need to know about how = this might benefit and impact your organization.

Intended = Audience:

This webinar is for librarians, = publishers, and content providers who are interested in how to express = licenses in a machine-readable format, load them into electronic = resource management systems, link them to digital resources, and = communicate key usage terms to users.

Speakers

* Alicia Wise, = Chief Executive, Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) = and Chair, NISO ONIX-PL Working = Group

* Second Speaker = to be named shortly =96 check the event = website.

Information and = Registration

Please visit the event website (http://www.= niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/onixpl/) for more information and = to register. ALCTS members may register at the NISO member = rate.

This is the third webinar in the series on Demystifying = Standards. The slides and Q&A from the introductory webinar are = available online (http://www= .niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/alcts08/) for those who wish to = review them. The second webinar, OpenURL: Link Resolution That Users = Will Love (http://www= .niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/openurl/), will be held August = 21, 2008 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (eastern time); registration is open = until noon on August 21.


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