# /research/announcements/2004-09-16.xml

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        Blue Ribbon Panel to strategize NISO's future
        Eleven experts from industry, academia, and the library community will evaluate the progress, challenges, and opportunities of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO).
        dempseyL@oclc.org

        http://www.oclc.org/research/announcements/
        http://www.oclc.org/research/announcements/oclc_research_news.rdf
        September 16, 2003
        OCLC Vice President (Research) and Chief Strategist Lorcan Dempsey is a member of the panel.
        <P>The Blue Ribbon Panel will play a central role in a year-long strategic planning activity NISO's Board of Directors launched last May. The Panel's formal report will be open for public review and comment later this year.</P>
    <P>Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), will chair the Panel, which has funding support from the Mellon Foundation.</P>
    <P>In addition to Lynch, NISO's Blue Ribbon Panel includes (in alphabetical order) Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President of Research, OCLC, Inc.; Karen Hunter, Senior Vice President, Elsevier Science, New York, NY; Ron Larsen, Dean, School of Information Services, University of Pittsburgh; Sarah Ann Long, Director of the North Suburban Library System, Wheeling, Illinois; Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services, Library of Congress; Eric Miller, Semantic Web Activity Lead, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C); Kent Smith, Retired, former Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine; Diana Oblinger, Vice President for EDUCAUSE; Jenny Walker, Vice President Marketing and Business Development, Information Services Division, Ex Libris (USA), Newton, MA; and Ann Wolpert, Director of Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.</P>
        <P>NISO<BR><A href="http://www.niso.org">http://www.niso.org</A></P>
    <P>Lorcan Dempsey<BR><A href="../staff/dempsey.xml">http://www.oclc.org/research/staff/dempsey.htm</A></P>
    <P>Clifford A.&nbsp;Lynch<BR><A href="http://www.cni.org/staff/clifford_index.html">http://www.cni.org/staff/clifford_index.html</A></P>
    <P>Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)<BR><A href="http://www.cni.org">http://www.cni.org</A></P>

        Lorcan Dempsey
        +1-614-761-5335

        Bob Bolander
        bolander@oclc.org
        +1-614-761-5207

        Vice President (Research) &amp; Chief Strategist
        OCLC
        Communications &amp; Programs Manager
        OCLC Research