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Metadata Practices on the Cutting Edge is a NISO sponsored workshop held May 20, 2004 in Washington, DC.
Get the guidance you need on the growing variety of metadata standards and explore issues of interoperability. Topics in the spotlight -- from both theoretical and practical perspectives -- include metadata syndication, digital archiving, metadata quality assurance, the NISO/EDItEUR Joint Working Party initiative on serials and subscription metadata, METS, MODS, and more. Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC, will keynote; confirmed speakers include: Rebecca Guenther, Library of Congress; Chuck Koscher, CrossRef, Evan Owens, JSTOR, Howard Ratner, Nature Publishing Group; and Bruce Rosenblum, Inera, Inc. In addition, members of the NISO Standards Development Committee will discuss plans to support metadata interoperability through the development and coordination of standards and will share information about NISO's strategic planning initiative.




- Niso Newsletter
The latest issue of the NISO Newsline is available. Some of the topics include: NISO and NFAIS Publish Recommended Practices for Online Supplemental Journal Article MaterialsNISO Launches New Initiative to Develop Standard for Open Access Metadata and...

- Niso Newsletter
The Nov. issue of the NISO Newsletter is now available. Topics include:RFID Institute HighlightsMetasearch Initiative Reaches Major MilestoneControlled Vocabulary Standard PublishedNISO, DLF, and EDItEUR Form Joint Working GroupStandards...

- Metadata For Digital Still Images
The Library of Congress is involved in creating metadata for digital still images.The Library of Congress' Network Development and MARC Standards Office, in partnership with the NISO Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images Standards Committee...

- Serials
NISO and EDItEUR to Set Serials Exchange Standard. The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and EDItEUR are establishing a Joint Working Party (JWP) to explore the development of a common standard format for the exchange of serials subscription...

- Serial Subscriptions
"Recently, NISO, the National Information Standards Organization and DLF, the Digital Library Federation announced the undertaking of a two month study to evaluate the current use and potential of standards to facilitate the exchange of serials subscription...



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