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Dear friends, NISO's Networked Reference standards committee invites you to attend the AVIAC meeting at Midwinter to learn more about NISO's Networked Reference Protocol. Details on the agenda follow. This meeting is open and no registration is required. Pat Harris Midwinter Meeting Announcement AVIAC will meet on: Friday, January 9, 2004 Time: 4:30pm-5:30pm Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 17A/B This meeting will focus on the new NISO Networked Reference Protocol and the trial implementations to be launched in first quarter 2004. Come to this session to find out how this new standard can be the cornerstone of expanding your company's services and keeping you competitive. This standard enables diverse networked and digital reference systems to interoperate between each other by using standardized messages and protocols. Members of the NISO standards committee developing the protocol will present a brief overview of the standard and its current status. The remainder of the meeting will be open for questions, comments, and discussion of what the standard will mean for the library automation field and for companies and organizations that are developing and deploying networked based digital reference systems. The committee's draft documents are available at http://www.loc.gov/standards/netref/ I encourage you to review these documents in preparation for the meeting so you will be familiar with the developing standard and can contribute to the discussions. -- ************************************ Pat Harris Executive Director National Information Standards Organization (NISO) 4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20814 USA T: 301-654-2512 ** Mobile: 202-258-3296 Fax: 301-654-1721 Email: [log in to unmask] url: http://www.niso.org