Andree Rathemacher Proposal Accepted for ERMIG / ITIG Conference Wentz, Erin Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 10:51 AM To: Andree Rathemacher Cc: "Cruze, Eric" , "D'Amato, Kristin (Library)" , Teresa Maceira Good morning, Andrée, Thank you for submitting your proposal "KBART Phase III Update" to the conference ERMIG and ITIG are co-sponsoring in March on the theme "Transitions." The conference will be held on March 27th at Lesley University's Brattle Campus We would love to have this lightning talk! I am including a copy of the proposal you submitted below this message Are you still both interested and available? Have a wonderful week, Erin "KBART is one of the most successful NISO recommendations today Formally supported by over 80 organizations across all stakeholder groups, it enables a standardized transfer of data between content providers and knowledge bases Recently KBART added an automated process to transfer institution-specific holdings data to knowledge bases Now, the KBART Standing Committee is beginning work on Phase III of the KBART Recommended Practice, which has not been updated since 2014 While KBART was originally designed to deliver journal and book holdings information in support of OpenURL link resolvers, KBART files are now used in multiple systems and by various stakeholders throughout the e-resource supply chain In addition, content providers have moved beyond journals and books to deliver multimedia and non-book/non-journal content from around the globe In this lightning talk, in my role as Co-Chair of the KBART Standing Committee, I will provide a brief overview of our plans around KBART Phase III (i.e clarifying current recommendations, revising the KBART endorsement process, adding support for additional content types, improving the usefulness of KBART for non-English/European language content, and ensuring that the KBART mission accurately reflects modern usage of KBART along with the needs of KBART Automation) I will also invite participation in the KBART Standing Committee by attendees interested in helping us with our work " Erin Wentz Electronic Resources Librarian, Assistant Professor Library and Learning Resources MCPHS University 179 Longwood Avenue | Boston MA 02115 erin.wentz@mcphs.edu