This presentation was provided by Judy Luther of Informed Strategies, during the NISO update of the ALA Midwinter Conference, held from June 23rd to June 26th, 2009.

1. NISO Thought Leader Meeting
Digital 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