NISO's 2009 webinar series will kick-off on January 14 (1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time) with "Digital Preservation: Current Efforts". Preservation of digital content is an ongoing and iterative process. The actions we take now could have profound implications for the availability of digital content for future generations. This webinar will show three projects -- an international, a national, and a local preservation initiative -- that will highlight for attendees some of the opportunities and challenges particular to digital content preservation. Speakers and topics are: Introduction by Mary Alice Baish, Director, Government Relations Office, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). Digital Preservation: The Stanford Digital Repository by Keith Johnson, Stanford Digital Repository Preservation Architect CLOCKSS, A Global Archive: Libraries and Publishers Preserving the Past for the Future by Victoria Reich, CLOCKSS Board member and Director, LOCKSS Program, Stanford University Libraries Going from Zero to Live with an Automated Digital Preservation System: Planning, Process and Results Based on the New Zealand Experience by Carl Grant, President, Ex Libris North America A Q&A period will conclude the webinar. Visit the event webpage (http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/digpres09) for more information and to register. NISO member rate is $79. NASIG members may register at the NISO rate. Non-member rate is $99 and students may register at $39. International rates (outside US and Canada) include a call-in number. ExLibris is generously sponsoring this webinar. The complete 2009 schedule of NISO in-person education events and webinars is listed on the NISO website at: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/. Included in 2009 is a regular monthly webinar to be held on the second Wednesday of each month. Attendees can register for individual sessions or can purchase a subscription package for the webinar series. Those who have plans to participate in multiple webinars have the benefit of pre-paying for three and receiving admission to a fourth at no charge. Registration for the entire 2009 webinar schedule enables the participant to receive 50% off the registration price for the entire scheduled series of 12. Visit http://www.niso.org/news/events/2009/ to subscribe to a webinar series. [This message has been cross-posted.] Cynthia Hodgson NISO Technical Editor Consultant National Information Standards Organization Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Phone: 301-654-2512 lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn