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Subject: ALA meeting announcement
   Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:36:37 -0600
   From: S.Neville@epixtech.com

Ejournals and the Web: Standards for tomorrow
A NISO/BASIC Program at ALA San Francisco

Time: Sunday, June 17, 2001, 4:30pm-6:00pm
Location: Moscone Convention Center, Room # 224/226

It ought to be easy to build seamless links from web pages to ejournals,
but
it just isn't that simple yet.  NISO, (National Standards Information
Organization) and BASIC, (Book and Serial Industry Communications), are
presenting a forum on the challenges of integrating electronic journals
into
library collections and the standards now in development that will
enable
publishers and librarians to deliver better access and more information
about these resources. Join us to learn more about the Onix and OpenURL
standards that will dramatically change the way we connect to
information.

Speakers:
       Deborah Loeding, VP Sales & Marketing for the H.W. Wilson Company
will
provide an overview and introduction to the challenges and opportunities

that electronic journals bring by allowing us to connect to content and
a
variety of supporting information about that content.
       Brian Green, Managing Agent BIC/EDItEUR (Book Industry
Communication) will
report onOnix, an international standard for communicating a variety of
metadata elements including comprehensive product description and
bibliographic detail, reviews, author biographies, extractspricing and
availability in different marketsand more as it relates to e-serials.
       Eric Van de Velde, Director of Library Information Technology,
California
Institute of Technology and Chair of NISO's OpenURL Standards Committee
will
explain how the OpenURL can connect information seekers to the
appropriate
copy of any chosen resource by passing along bibliographic or
descriptive
information about the resource.

Shelley Neville                                          voice
(801)223-5365
Library Systems Analyst                                 fax
(801)223-5265
epixtech, inc.
s.neville@epixtech.com