NISO Webinar: Embracing the Cloud: Real Life Examples of Library Cloud Implementation

DATE: February 8, 2012
TIME: 1:00pm – 2:30pm Eastern
INFORMATION & REGISTRATION:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/embracing_the_cloud/

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

Cloud computing, a concept that has leapt onto the scene in the last few years, is available to libraries in the form of hosted systems for an ILS or for e-resource access. These systems take advantage of cheaper computing power, increased availability of services such as Amazon Web Services, and new development strategies from library vendors. What does moving library information to a networked environment do to improve the overall management of the system? How can libraries leverage cloud-hosted and managed collections? Are there tradeoffs in terms of local control? Learn the answers to these and related issues at this webinar where speakers will discuss actual cloud implementations in library environments.

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

The Cloud and Libraries
Erik Mitchell, Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Maryland College Park

Pepperdine University Libraries’ Move to the Cloud Michael Dula, Director for Digital Initiatives & Technology Strategy, Pepperdine University Libraries

REGISTRATION

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on February 8, 2012. Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students.

NASIG Newsletter: Call for Content

You are cordially invited, should any of the following conditions apply to you, to submit something about yourself for the next issue of the Newsletter. Participation is completely voluntary, and is open to everyone who:

1. has a new job title (due to a change in position at your institution or company, a new position, promotion, retirement, etc.);

2. is new to NASIG (what brings you to serials librarianship/publishing/etc. and NASIG?);

3. has published an article, an essay, a book; written a review; led a workshop; presented a paper or poster.

Let me know!

Kurt
columns editor, NASIG Newsletter
kcblythe@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-2050, ext. 324

NASIG is accepting applications for its 2012 awards

The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) is accepting applications for its 2012 grants, awards, and scholarships to be awarded at the 2012 Annual Conference being held in Nashville, Tennessee, June 7-10, 2012.  Established in 1985, NASIG is an international organization committed to promoting communication and sharing of ideas among all people working with or concerned about serial publications.  More information about NASIG is available at http://www.nasig.org

John Riddick Student Grant

Grants for qualifying students to attend the NASIG annual conference, covering cost of registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America.  For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_studentgrant.cfm

Serials Specialist Award

Awards for promising paraprofessionals, covering cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America.
For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_specialist.cfm

Marcia Tuttle International Award

A $3,000 grant for an individual working in the serials information chain to fund appropriate activities in fostering international communication and education.  For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_tuttle.cfm

Horizon Award

Awards for promising new serials professionals, covering cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America.  Recipients will also be invited to serve on a NASIG committee. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_horizon.cfm

Fritz Schwartz Education Scholarship

A $3,000 scholarship and conference travel grant for a graduate student demonstrating excellence in scholarship and the potential for accomplishments in a serials career.  For more details, please visit the following page:  http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_schwartz.cfm

Rose Robischon Scholarship, underwritten by Swets Information Services

A scholarship awarded to a serials professional lacking funds for travel. The scholarship covers the cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_robischon2.cfm

John Merriman Joint NASIG/UKSG Award, UK delegate underwritten by Taylor & Francis

A $6,000 award supports two people, one from each association, and consists of travel to the sister conference, and accommodations for the duration of the conference. The purpose of this conference-swap is for people working at a practical level in e-resource management to learn and share experience at the UKSG and NASIG annual conferences. For more details, please visit the following page:
http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_merriman.cfm

The application deadline for the above-listed awards, except the John Merriman Joint NASIG/UKSG Award, is February 20, 2012; the deadline for the John Merriman Award is January 30, 2012.  For details about the awards offered by NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/about_awards.cfm

Call for NASIG Newsletter Reporters

NASIG Newsletter is currently seeking brief reports of conferences, meetings, seminars, and other serial and e-resources related events NASIG members have attended.

The best reports are informal, hitting the main points and piquing interest to know more. We will edit to NASIG style; just present the material as if you were informing a colleague about an interesting event — because that is just what you will be doing.

We are currently seeking reports for the following events:

• 2011 Charleston Conference
• ALA Midwinter Meeting @ Dallas
• UKSG 35th Annual Conference and Exhibition
• 21st Annual North Carolina Serials Conference
• Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L)

Please send your submission directly to Ning Han at nhan@library.msstate.edu by Mar. 15th, 2012 to be included in the next issue of the NASIG Newsletter. Word, OpenOffice, .rtf and plain text submissions are acceptable.

ER&L Conference Early Bird Registration Ending

The early bird registration for the 2012 Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference in Austin, Texas ends on 5 January 2012.

http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/registration

ER&L has sold out for the past six years, so register now to take advantage of the discounted price and to insure your attendance at the
conference!

If you’re unable to attend ER&L in person this year, you can take advantage of an online conference option. ER&L Online will offer
access to over 30 sessions including interaction by ER&L presenters in our simple online tools. To learn more about the online option, click
here: http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/online-conference

Call for NASIG Proceedings Editors

NASIG is seeking candidates to join the team of editors of the Conference Proceedings, to serve a term of two years, beginning late February 2012. This is a great opportunity for NASIG members who want to become actively involved in one of the best conferences in our field. We are seeking excellent writers who have editing experience and are able to work under tight deadlines. The editors will together form a team to prepare the print edition of the Proceedings. The Proceedings editors will recruit, select and organize volunteers who will take detailed notes at each program. A major responsibility will be communicating the requirements for the published Proceedings to conference speakers. Before the conference, speakers will be advised on submission formats, deadlines, and copyright requirements. After the conference, the editors will work with speakers on revisions. The editors must be diplomatic but firm about NASIG’s requirements.

The editors work under the general direction of the NASIG Executive Board Liaison. Specific qualifications include, but are not limited to, the following:

• NASIG membership and previous conference attendance
• Attendance at the NASIG conference for each conference year editing
• Prior editing/publishing experience
• Demonstrated writing ability
• Expertise with standard word processing programs
• Ability to send and receive attachments via e-mail
• Ability to complete editorial work between July and January

Preference will be given to those applicants who address the specific qualifications listed above. Appointment is subject to approval by the NASIG Executive Board. To apply, send an e-mail outlining your specific qualifications and experience by Friday, January 27, 2012 to Allyson Zellner, Proceedings Board Liaison at: azellner@ebsco.com. Please include as attachments and/or links your current résumé and writing samples.

For further information, contact:

Allyson A. Zellner
azellner@ebsco.com
205-981-4074 phone
205-981-4087 fax

2012 ASA Conference: Early Bird Registration Is Open

Best Way to Predict the Future Is To Invent It
ASA Conference 27-28 February
Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London

An informative, thought-provoking, and educational experience for everyone attending, “Best Way to Predict the Future Is to Invent It” features presentations from information industry leaders who are serving the knowledge community by inventing new ways to transfer knowledge to a growing audience globally and sustain the knowledge economy.  Covering the hottest topics from publishing, intermediary, library, consortia, and emerging technologies, the conference is set to continue its unique and respected tradition of debating and shaping the future of our industry. 

NISO Issues COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile for Public Comment

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the availability of NISO SUSHI Protocol: COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile (NISO RP-14-201X) for a public comment period ending on January 20, 2012.  This Recommended Practice provides a practical implementation structure to be used in the creation of reports and services related to harvesting of COUNTER Release 4 reports using the NISO SUSHI Protocol.  

The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting (SUSHI) Protocol was issued as a standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.93) in 2007 to simplify and automate the harvesting of COUNTER usage reports by libraries from the growing number of information providers they work with. COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) is an international initiative that published their first Code of Practice in 2003 and issued Draft Release 4 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for e-Resources in October 2011. The comment period for the COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile and COUNTER Release 4 end on the same date. XML schemas supporting the draft Implementation Profile and draft Release 4 of the Counter Code of Practice have also been published by NISO for review during the comment period.  

The new draft Release 4 of the COUNTER Code of Practice is a single, integrated Code of Practice covering journals, databases and books, as well as multimedia content. This COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile supports the changes in Release 4 and was developed with the intention that it could be used by COUNTER auditors to verify compliance of a content provider’s SUSHI server. 

The NISO SUSHI Protocol: COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile, the referenced schemas and additional implementation guidance for SUSHI can be found on the SUSHI webpages at: www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi/. The draft Release 4 of the COUNTER Code of Practice is available on the COUNTER website at: www.projectcounter.org/code_practice.html.

SSP December Webinar

International Market Update: Global Business Opportunities and Challenges
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST

This compelling webinar will explore the benefits and recommended methods for doing business in international markets, specifically
Latin America and Asia. From the comfort of your office, you will gain valuable insight from publishers that have established international
business models in these new markets.

Join us for a 90-minute discussion on this important topic and gain valuable insight on the recommended methods and significant benefits
to be gained by doing business in selected international markets.

Our speakers are leading experts from major STM publishers and firms with extensive experience in international publishing. They will offer
you a roadmap to exploring new global markets as well as suggest strategies and opportunities for publishers with an existing presence
in these high growth, high revenue-generating regions.

Consider attending if you want to learn more about:
* Which international markets are getting the most attention from publishers
* How to assess particular market opportunities and challenges
* How to select partners who can best help you develop and implement an international strategy

Presenters will welcome contributions and questions from participants both before and after the webinar.

Presenters:
* Adrian Stanley, CEO, The Charlesworth Group
* Mauricio Rocha de Silva, Editor in Chief, Clinics journal, Brazil
* Bas Straub, Publishing Director, Journals, Elsevier

Organizers/Moderators:
* Gurvinder Batra, Founder & CTO of KiwiTech and former co-founder of Aptara
* Mary Anne Baynes, Director of Sales and Marketing, The Charlesworth Group
* Bill Silberg, Editor-at-Large, the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and Principal, Silberg Consulting

REGISTER today! http://bit.ly/v467zr

SSP Members: $99
Non-Members: $149

ALSO COMING SOON!

* 2012 Librarian Focus Group, January 31, 2012, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC
* SSP 34rd Annual Meeting, “Social, Mobile, Agile, Global: Are You Ready?” May 30 – June 1, 2012 at the Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington, VA.

ECC News

The Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) submitted some items of interest for the NASIG Executive Board’s fall meeting last month in Nashville.

The reconstitution of the NASIG-L discussion list several months back also came with additional spam. Spam filtering has been enhanced though a few things manage to seep in now and then. ECC monitors the lists more frequently now in an attempt to catch those items.

The Committee has been reviewing the entire website for outdated information and broken links. Did you notice we added links to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and LinkedIn on the NASIG homepage, too? NASIGers have multiple options for getting their NASIG fix!

Other notable items: our site stats are looking good! The NASIG homepage had almost 2,000 page views between October 7 and November 6. The Annual Conference page, with 828 views, is the second most popular page. The NASIG Blog has had 7,144 views since January 2011.