[Moving Mountains] NISO May Webinar: It's in the Mail: Improving the Physical Delivery of Library Resources

[Valerie Horton]

Forward...

Tired of all the focus on electronic resources when you're still dealing
every day with delivering those physical resources--like books? Then NISO's
May webinar on "It's in the Mail: Improving the Physical Delivery of Library
Resources" is for you.

Resource sharing of physical formats--whether books, DVDs, CDs, or
audiocassettes--continues to play an important role in library service, as
does moving those materials between libraries and from a library directly to
a patron's home or office. The issues around how to deliver library
materials quickly, securely, and cost-effectively can be immense. So what
are the best ways to provide physical delivery of library materials?

Join us on May 12, 2010 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern) and hear about the
current state of library delivery services, the work being done by NISO's
Physical Delivery of Library Resources Working Group to improve resource
sharing workflow and practices, and about efforts to provide a delivery
service directly to library patrons. Can't make it on May 12? Register and
receive access to the recorded version for one year; then watch at your
convenience. 

Speakers and topics for the webinar are: 

-- Keynote Presentation: An Overview of Library Delivery Services Today --
Lori Bowen Ayre, Library Technology Consultant and Project Manager, The
Galecia Group

-- NISO's Physical Delivery of Library Resources Working Group -- Diana
Sachs-Silveira, Virtual Reference Manager, Tampa Bay Library Consortium

-- Direct to Patron Delivery: Case Study -- Speaker TBA


For more information and to register, visit the event webpage:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/resourcesharing/. Registration is per
site (access for one computer). NISO and NASIG members receive a discounted
member rate. A student discount is also available. 


Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson at niso.org
Phone: 301-654-2512