NIST CO-SPONSORS THIRD ANNUAL ELECTRONIC BOOK CONFERENCE.

In September 2000, NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. and the National Information Standards Organization The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is a United States non-profit standards organization that develops, maintains and publishes technical standards related to bibliographic and library applications. co-sponsored the Electronic Book 2000 Conference in Washington, DC. Attended by more than 850 representatives of all segments of the emerging e-book industry, the comprehensive conference and trade show included an overview of new e-book technologies and a forum for e-book authors. This years conference theme was Electronic Book 2000: Changing the Fundamentals of Reading.

Presentations focused on the impact e-books are having on everyone from publishers to librarians This is a list of people who have practised as a librarian and are well-known, either for their contributions to the library profession or primarily in some other field. . Topics included e-book applications, international e-book activities, e-book and government, the digital divide and accessibility, standards and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. , digital rights management, and business models. ITL ITL

The ISO 4217 currency code for the Italian Lira. also exhibited the latest version of its Braille reader, which transforms the text of e-books into Braille for the blind and visually impaired.

NIST held the worlds first e-book conference in 1998. More information about the conference is available at www.nist.gov/ebook2000.html.

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