Data Movement and Management Forum: Pre-ACRL = Program in Seattle

NISO= will be holding an educational forum on Data Movement and = Management on March 11, 2009 in Seattle as a pre-ACRL = conference program.

Modern = libraries consist of a variety of complicated data systems, many = containing a portion of the data needed to address any specific = question. Often data needs to be extracted from one system and moved to = or compared with information in another. Frequently, these systems don't = communicate well. This in-person conference will explore a number of = ongoing data transfer and transformation consensus projects. Whether it = is collections or holdings information distributed via ONIX, pricing = data via CORE, or usage data via SUSHI, the community is working on = strategies and structures to easily transfer data from one system to = another. Each of these initiatives will contribute to saving librarians = time and eventually money in managing their operations.

Confirmed speakers and = topics for the program include:

-- Opening Keynote: The Landscape of data Movement and = Management in Libraries by Tim Jewell (Director, Information Resources = and Scholarly Communication, University of Washington = Libraries)

-- The Extensible = Catalog =96 Reusing Library Metadata by Jennifer Bowen (Director of = Metadata Management, River Campus Libraries)

-- CORE: Cost of Reuse Exchange=96 Combining Cost and Use = Data in Libraries by Jeff Aipperspach (Senior Product Manager, Serials = Solutions)

-- The OAI-ORE Project =96 What = It Is and How People Can Apply It by Michael L. Nelson (Dept of Computer = Science, Old Dominion University)

The forum will be held at the South Campus Center at the = University of Washington in Seattle.

Early bird registration, which ends on March 2, is $135 = for NISO members and $165 for non-members. After March 2 the rate goes = up to $165 for members and $200 for non-members. There is a special = student rate of $50. For more information and to register, visit the = event website:http://www.ni= so.org/news/events/2009/datamovement09.

Webinar of Event = Highlights

If you = can=92t come in person, sign up for the webinar on the same topic to be = held on March 18th, from 1-2:30 p.m. (EST). The webinar will provide = highlights of the in-person event. The webinar registration fee is $79 = for NISO and NASIG members and $99 for non-members. There is a separate = international rate and a discounted student rate. Visit the webinar = event website (http://www.ni= so.org/news/events/2009/datawebinar09/) for details and to register. = Attendees of the Seattle forum will automatically be enrolled in the = webinar at no additional = cost.