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NISO Thought Leader Meeting Digital Libraries & Digital Collections

NISO Thought Leader Meeting Digital Libraries & Digital Collections. NISO Update Session ALA Midwinter Denver January 2009. Participants. Universities: Cornell, Columbia, UIUC Publishers: Sage, Nature, ProQuest Book vendors: Ingram Technology: Microsoft Grants: NSF, IMLS

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NISO Thought Leader Meeting Digital Libraries & Digital Collections

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  1. NISO Thought Leader MeetingDigital Libraries & Digital Collections NISO Update Session ALA Midwinter Denver January 2009

  2. Participants • Universities: Cornell, Columbia, UIUC • Publishers: Sage, Nature, ProQuest • Book vendors: Ingram • Technology: Microsoft • Grants: NSF, IMLS • Archiving: Portico • Organizations: BISG

  3. Preliminary Topics • Authentication • Interoperatbility/ERM • Identifiers • Embedded rights • Preservation

  4. 1. Evaluate metadata for accuracy • Issue Poorly formed OpenURLs and DOIs • Suggestions • Create set of rules for good quality metadata • Identify business case for the publisher • Develop a test suite • Consider BISG’s certification program

  5. 2. Establish guidelines for aggregating content • Issue Hurdles in text mining • Suggestions • Create rules for engagement • Establish protocols across databases • Develop method for machines to distinguish rights restrictions • Identify rights of the researcher • Provide a machine method to identify: object, formats, rights

  6. 3. Recommend authentication models • Issue Users encounter access walls when discovering content through Google • Suggestions • Review IP based authentications systems and make recommendations • Establish recommend practice for graceful error routing • Determine how to identify free content

  7. 4. Monitor/assess identifier initiatives • Issue What would be interoperability issues • Suggestions • Create working group to monitor area • Assess need for interoperability among identifiers

  8. 5. Add packaging to eJournal standards • Issue eJournal standards lack specs included in newer ebook standards • Suggestions • Review ePub standards for journal packaging • Recommend inclusion into standard

  9. 6. Identify format properties of PDF • Issue Users can’t determine what can be done with PDF • Suggestion • Create specs to provide visual code and metadata

  10. 7. Establish protocol to communicate system downtime • Issue Users raise questions about status of systems • Suggestion • Establish recommended practice for reporting and posting standard notifications

  11. 8. Address journal title changes • Issue Journal title changes create user confusion • Suggestion • Appoint Working Group to review pending NFAIS report and recommend next steps

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