Are you arranging your schedule for ALA later this month? Want to make sure you get NISO updates while there? We will be heading to Orlando, FL, for the American Library Association Annual Meeting from June 24-June 27. Visit us in the Exhibit Hall—we’ll be in the 1500 aisle at Booth #1544. But there’s *so much more*! Take a look at these opportunities and RSVP now! *NISO/BISG 10th Annual Forum at the American Library Association 2016 Annual Meeting* *The Changing Standards Landscape: The User Experience* *Friday, June 24, 2016, 12:00 P.M.–4:00 P.M., EDT* https://www.eventscribe.com/2016/ala-annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=143815 Sponsored by Bowker and by CrossRef The user experience with ebooks encompasses far more than just an interface or an application, and influences patron attitudes towards more than a device or an author—it influences attitudes towards the library itself. At the tenth annual Changing Standards Landscape event, we'll examine the full spectrum of the user experience, including patron attitudes toward digital borrowing and reading; privacy and security of patron data; and the increasingly important area of digital-book accessibility standards and best practices. The Forum will open with a discussion on the findings of a recent joint ALA/BISG (Book Industry Study Group) survey illuminating patron attitudes on digital library usage. Among those issues to be explored are the formats library patrons, from adults to children, prefer when borrowing and reading books; how often patrons visit the physical and online versions of their local public library; and the differences in patron attitudes and behaviors depending on age, gender, geography and other demographic factors. During the Forum, we will also take a closer look at those less immediately visible elements of the user experience—user-data collection, storage, and use. In a conversation inspired by the NISO Patron Privacy Principles <http://www.niso.org/topics/tl/patron_privacy/>, participants will discuss: What user data is being gathered, and by whom? What protections are possible for the behavioral and usage data associated with reader interactions with digital systems? What might be the next steps for the community? We'll end the day with an overview of BISG's "Quick Start Guide to Accessibility," focusing on the digital publishing issues that pertain most directly to libraries and patrons. Confirmed speakers include *Todd Carpenter*, Executive Director, NISO; *Mark Kuyper*, Executive Director, BISG; *Daniel Ayala*, Proquest; *Michael C. Robinson*, University of Alaska-Anchorage; *Nettie Lagace*, NISO; *Theresa Hunt*, Elsevier; *Becky Brasington Clark*, Library of Congress; and *Lettie Conrad*, Sage For more about this event, please visit the event page <http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/ala_annual/nisobisgforum2016/>. We request the favor of an RSVP: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J36GDSJ Other NISO Events at ALA include: *NISO Altmetrics Initiative: Supporting Altmetrics in the Community* Saturday, June 25, 2016, 2:00-3:30 P.M Hyatt Regency Orlando Room: Bayhill 22 https://www.eventscribe.com/2016/ala-annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=143844 The National Information Standard Organization (NISO) Altmetrics Initiative is now in its final stages with several community-crafted documents nearly at publication stage. This session will discuss the creation of recommended practices intended to support further uptake of so-called “alternative” metrics and measurements for electronic publications: definitions and use cases describing altmetrics in general, recommendations for the use of data metrics, tools for supporting persistent identifiers, and a Code of Conduct for data providers. Panelists have been participants in the working groups and will detail perspectives and considerations that have provided input for the published documents, which are NISO Recommended Practices intended for consumption and use across the industry by any user or entity wishing to further explore and exploit the area of alternative assessment metrics. Speakers: Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO and Nettie Lagace, Associate Director, Programs, NISO *NISO Standards Update Meeting *Sunday, June 26, 2016, 1:00-2:30 P.M. Hyatt Regency Orlando Room: Celebration 04 https://www.eventscribe.com/2016/ala-annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=143840 You won’t want to miss this opportunity to hear the latest news about NISO's current efforts, including standards, recommended practices and community meetings covering many areas of interest to the library community. NISO Working group and Standing committee members will provide updates on these projects: · Updating on the Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) will be: Elise Sassine, Manager, Discovery & Discovery Services, Springer Nature. · Updating on the NISO Bibliographic Roadmap will be: Diane Hillmann, Partner, Metadata Management Associates LLC More to come! Questions for NISO? Get in touch at: NISO 3600 Clipper Mill Road Suite 302 Baltimore, MD 21211-1948 Phone: +1.301.654.2512 Email: [log in to unmask] Email secured by Check Point