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| Name |  Open Discovery Initiative - work item for ballot.pdf (228K) |
| Description | The goal of this work item is to create a working group to define standards and/or best practices for the new generation of library discovery services that are based on indexed search. These discovery services are primarily based upon indexes derived from journals, ebooks and other electronic information of a scholarly nature. Project goals include: provision of effective means for libraries to evaluate the breadth and depth of content indexed by discovery services and the degree of availability of content to different institutions and to different users; development of a set of best practices that can help streamline the process by which information providers work with discovery service vendors, including creation of a common vocabulary; streamlining of the interaction and communication between vendors and information providers, including activation of libraries' subscriptions; definition of models for fair linking from the discovery service to the publisher content; and determination of what usage statistics should be collected, for whom, and how these should be disseminated. The proposal was approved by the Discovery to Delivery Topic Committee on August 23, 2011, and is now being sent to the NISO voting membership for agreement to begin a new work project and to elicit expressions of interest in participating in the work. |
| Document State | Final (Released for distribution.) |
| Group / Folder | NISO Voting Members / Ballot Documents |
| Submitter | By Nettie Lagace on Friday, 02 September 2011 10:13am |
| Modified | By Nettie Lagace on Monday, 30 January 2012 07:38am |
| Public URL | http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/document.php?document_id=7175&wg_abbrev=nisovoting |
Referenced Items
| Name | Type | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Proposed New Work Item: Standards and Best Practices for Library Discovery Services Based on Indexed Search |
Ballot (Document) | 2011-10-03 | No Access |