NISO to Offer Webinars on SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting

Host: National Information Standards Organization (www.niso.org)

Times, Themes, Audiences:
May 17, 2006 - 11-12:00 EDT
Introduction to Librarians and Content Providers
Maximum registrations accepted: 100

May 24, 2006 - 11-12:00 EDT
The Technology Unveiled
Maximum registrations accepted: 100

Date to be determined - 11-12:00 EDT
Interactive sessions for developers implementing clients in JAVA
and/or .NET, and a server in JAVA and/or .NET

Cost:
Free to participants pre-registered by May 10 for the first webinar and May 17 for the second.

Free to participants pre-registered one week in advance of the third webinar, which will be announced at least three weeks in advance.

$25 for participants registering after those dates

**Each Webinar offers different content. Interested parties must register separately for each event**

Registration:
http://niso.webex.com

Please note: Maximum registrations accepted for the first two events is 100.

Background on SUSHI: The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative
(SUSHI) is a NISO working group that is developing an automated request and
response protocol for moving Project COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of
Networked Electronic Resources) Code of Practice usage statistics from
providers to library electronic repositories. SUSHI will help libraries make better decisions by reducing the administrative overhead of using Project
COUNTER statistics. Project COUNTER was launched in 2002 to help librarians
and publishers in the recording and exchange of usage statistics for
electronic resources, initially journals and databases. By following
COUNTER's Code of Practice, vendors can provide library customers with Excel
or CSV (comma delimited) files of usage data using COUNTER's standardized
formats and data elements. The result is a consistent, credible, and
compatible set of usage data from multiple content providers.

Cynthia Hodgson
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson@niso.org
Phone: 301-654-2512