NISO Thought Leader Meeting

Digital Libraries & Digital Collections

NISO Update SessionALA Midwinter Denver

January 2009

Participants

Universities: Cornell, Columbia, UIUCPublishers: Sage, Nature, ProQuestBook vendors: Ingram Technology: MicrosoftGrants: NSF, IMLS Archiving: PorticoOrganizations: BISG

Preliminary Topics

AuthenticationInteroperatbility/ERMIdentifiersEmbedded rightsPreservation

1. Evaluate metadata for accuracy

IssuePoorly formed OpenURLs and DOIs

SuggestionsCreate set of rules for good quality

metadataIdentify business case for the publisherDevelop a test suite Consider BISG’s certification program

2. Establish guidelines for aggregating content

Issue

Hurdles in text mining Suggestions

Create rules for engagementEstablish protocols across databasesDevelop method for machines to distinguish rights

restrictionsIdentify rights of the researcherProvide a machine method to identify: object,

formats, rights

3. Recommend authentication models

Issue

Users encounter access walls when discovering content through Google

SuggestionsReview IP based authentications systems and

make recommendationsEstablish recommend practice for graceful error

routingDetermine how to identify free content

4. Monitor/assess identifier initiatives

IssueWhat would be interoperability issues

SuggestionsCreate working group to monitor areaAssess need for interoperability among

identifiers

5. Add packaging to eJournal standards

Issue eJournal standards lack specs included in

newer ebook standardsSuggestions

Review ePub standards for journal packaging

Recommend inclusion into standard

6. Identify format properties of PDF

IssueUsers can’t determine what can be done with

PDFSuggestion

Create specs to provide visual code and metadata

7. Establish protocol to communicate system downtime

IssueUsers raise questions about status of

systemsSuggestion

Establish recommended practice for reporting and posting standard notifications

8. Address journal title changes

IssueJournal title changes create user confusion

SuggestionAppoint Working Group to review pending

NFAIS report and recommend next steps