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 BISGs 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 cant 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