What's a Standard?
A NISO standard developed through consensus, identifies model
methods, materials, or practices for libraries, bibliographic
and information services, and publishers.
NISO Board Appoints Todd Carpenter to Lead Organization
Todd Carpenter will take over as NISO's Managing Director, effective September 1, 2006. Carpenter steps into NISO's leadership position after a successful tenure as Director of Business Development with BioOne.
Featured Working Group: Web Services and Practices
The NISO Web Services and Practices working group was chartered in 2005 to develop a best practices document for using web services in library work. Web services are seen as an alternative to fully developed application programming interfaces (APIs) for circumstances in which the additional overhead is not warranted. The group has completed their work with the issuance of NISO RP 2006-01, Best Practices for Designing Web Services in the Library Context. Read the whole story.
NISO standards are available in hardcopy and as free downloadable pdf
files. Link here to NISO's newest standards:
ANSI/NISO Z39.19 - 2005 Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies
