NISO February 11 Webinar: Authority Control: Are You Who We Say You Are?
Date: February 11, 2015 Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern time Event webpage: <http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/webinars/authority_control/> http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/webinars/authority_control/ ABOUT THE WEBINAR In the world of authority control, it is a bit of an alphabet soup of acronyms. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), which is a system to uniquely identify scientific and other academic authors; ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier), which identifies the public identities of contributors to media content such as books, television programs, and newspaper articles; and VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) a system that combines multiple name authority files into a single authority service, hosted by OCLC, all have their place when discussing identifiers for authority control. Identity issues and disambiguating authors, researchers, other content creators, and their institutional affiliations are crucial as we move into a world of linked data. In this webinar, presenters will cover the implications and differences between ORCID, ISNI, and VIAF, what is the proper use of each, and some of the benefits that come with using authority files and making that information available on the Web. Topics and speakers are: * ORCID – Simeon Warner, Director of Repository Development, Cornell University Library * ISNI – Laura Dawson, Product Manager for Identifiers, Bowker * VIAF – Thomas Hickey, Chief Scientist, OCLC REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on February 11, 2015 (the day of the webinar). Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) members receive one free connection as part of membership and do not need to register. (The LSA member webinar contact will automatically receive the login information. Members are listed here: <http://www.niso.org/about/roster/%23library_standards_alliance> http://www.niso.org/about/roster/#library_standards_alliance. If you would like to become an LSA member and receive the entire year’s webinars as part of membership, information on joining is listed here: <http://www.niso.org/about/join/alliance/> http://www.niso.org/about/join/alliance/.) All webinar registrants and LSA webinar contacts receive access to the recorded version for one year. Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/webinars/authority_control/ Be sure to check out NISO’s discounted subscription packages for webinars ( <http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/webinars/#packages> http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/webinars/#packages) and virtual conferences ( <http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/virtual_conferences/%23subscription> http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/virtual_conferences/#subscription) for 2015. New in 2015: NISO Training Thursdays. Three technical webinar training sessions directly related to the previous weeks’ virtual conference. Registrants to the related virtual conference receive a free login to the Training Thursday. You can also register separately for just the training session. More information is available at: <http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/training_Thursdays/> http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/training_Thursdays/ # # # Juliana Wood, Educational Programs Manager National Information Standards Organization (NISO) 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 302 Baltimore, Maryland 21211 E: [email protected] P: 301.654.2512 F: 410.685.5278
