Joan = Lippincott

NISO Forum on = Discovery to Delivery: OpenURL, sign-on authentication, cross-device = accessibility and more!

OpenURL --- = Knowledgebase quality --- Sign-on authentication --- Scholarly linking = recommendations --- Usability metrics --- Cross-device = accessibility

If you=92re dealing = with any of these issues in providing services to your users, then = you=92ll want to attend NISO=92s one-day forum on DISCOVERY TO DELIVERY: = CREATING A FIRST-CLASS USER EXPERIENCE on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at the = Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, Atlanta, GA. NISO educational = forums are routinely praised for their excellent selection of speakers = representing a diversity of viewpoints across the scholarly information = community and the small size which provides opportunities to network = with speakers and other attendees.

ABOUT THE = FORUM

There is information = everywhere today and access to it relies on a seamless discovery process = that offers all appropriate options to the unassisted information = seeker. The journey between discovery and delivery is accomplished with = a variety of differing technologies and processes, many of which depend = on a reliable and accurate knowledge base of coverage information. As = demands on these technologies change and expand, NISO supports a variety = of efforts to strengthen and improve them. This forum will explore new = and innovative ways to meet user=92s needs and expectations for = discovery and delivery of content in the networked = world.

SPEAKERS AND = TOPICS

Keynote Address -- = Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director, Coalition for Networked = Information

Maintaining the = OpenURL Registry -- Phil Norman, Director Reference and Resource Sharing = Development, OCLC

Seamless Access to = Resources -- Adam Chandler, Database Management and E- Resources = Librarian, Cornell University Library

Usability in Georgia = -- Ameet Doshi, User Engagement & Assessment Coordinator, Georgia = Institute of Technology

bX=99 = Recommender Service -- Nettie Lagace, Product Director, Ex Libris, = Inc.

Improving Single Sign = On (SSO): Perfecting a Seamless, Item-Level Linking through SSO = Authentication -- Harry Kaplanian, Director, Product Management, Serials = Solutions

The BookServer = Project -- Peter Brantley, Director BookServer Project, Internet = Archive

Early bird discounts = are available through March 12, 2010. A student discount is also = available. For more information and to register, visit the event = webpage: