Demystifying Library Standards

The speakers address why standards are important to libraries and not just in the traditional technical services areas. As libraries are changing and evolving in an increasingly digital world, so are standards. This webinar explains how standards are critical to the developments in such areas as e resources, user access, description and metadata, licensing and preservation. Some specific standards, both published and forthcoming, are given as examples. Future webinars in the series discuss those and other standards in more depth.

Presented June 18, 2008

Learning Outcomes

Participants learn:

  • how they can become actively involved in standards development
  • how standards can provide benefits to organizations, their users, and individuals who are involved with library technical services, the acquisition and management of e-resources, library systems implementation including ILS, ERMS, link resolvers, and web interfaces, cooperative electronic arrangements with other libraries, consortia, content providers or long-term preservation activities

Who Should Attend

Anyone with an interest in the topic or need for the information.

Presenters

Trisha Davis, Ohio State University; Julia Gammon, University of Akron; Karen Wetzel, NISO; and Pamela Bluh, University of Maryland Law School and current ALCTS President.

Registration

Cost

free

How to Register

No registration is required. Access the presentation slides now.

Credits

None

Contact

For questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or jreese@ala.org.

Sponsors

National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS).