FYI, especially for those in the southern California area. Caroline
Caroline R. Miller Head, Monographic Cataloging and Authority Sections UCLA Library Cataloging Center Young Research Library [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ Forwarded Message ------------ Date: Friday, October 03, 2003 6:25 PM -0400 From: Pat Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NISO Voting Members <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: NISO events in October Dear members, I hope to see many of you at the NISO events in October: First up: October 21 * NISO Annual Meeting and Program NISO's 2003 Annual meeting and program will be held on Tuesday October 21, 4:00pm-6:00pm at the Westin Hotel-Long Beach, California. Our keynote speaker is Bruce Perens an outspoken leader in the W3C and open source community. Bruce is also a series editor for Prentice Hall so knows publishing and has some thoughts to share on new models for content delivery. Perens will focus his remarks on IPR and patent issues impacting standards and the evolution of standards for digital rights management. This NISO meeting is free - no registration is required. And, it is open to all -- invite your colleagues and staff to attend and get to know more about NISO and standards. You do not need to register for the ASIST meeting to attend the NISO program. However, the ASIST program has a lot to offer this year: You'll find schedules and registration information for the ASIS&T conference are on the ASIST website at: <http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM03/index.html>. If you decide to attend the ASIST conference you can register at the ASIST-member rates; simply identify yourself as a NISO member. October 29 & October 30: NISO's 2 workshops on OpenURL and Metasearch, Washington, DC The workshops are filling up fast! The final agendas are now on the website -- there's lots of muscle in these events. On both days our workshop sponsors will exhibit and provide information about their services. The one day NISO member registration fee is $199; the two day registration fee is $359 for members. The workshops will be held in Washington, DC at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) located at 2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC Let October be your month for Standards! Pat -- ************************************ Pat Harris Executive Director National Information Standards Organization (NISO) 4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20814 USA T: 301-654-2512 ** Mobile: 202-258-3296 Fax: 301-654-1721 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] url: http://www.niso.org ---------- End Forwarded Message ---------- ========================================================================== HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
