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Revisiting NISO's "A Framework for Building Good Digital Collections"

by Mike Ashenfelder.
"The National Information Standards Organization provides standards to help libraries, developers and publishers work together. Their report, A Framework Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections, is still as helpful to organizations today as when it was published in 2007....In light of previous discussions on this blog concerning digital preservation initiatives, the framework guidance is still a significant resource for information professionals to consider. The identification of the four core elements associated with building a digital collection proves that the NISO framework guidance is as relevant and helpful today as when it was first published."

The Signal
22 Oct 2012
Applications of altmetrics allow for nuanced innovation in publishing

Interview of NISO executive director Todd Carpenter on data analysis and applications of alternative metrics in publishing by Jenn Webb.The digital transformation in publishing is bringing forth more than new reading platforms, gadgets and distribution options - it also brings a wealth of data publishers have never before had access to, data that can be applied to new marketing and production strategies, and used to help create more efficient business models.

As data becomes more and more central to publishing ecosystems, traditional methods of metric collection and analysis are proving insufficient. This need for new measurement techniques has given rise to a new metrics approach called "alternative metrics." I reached out to Todd Carpenter, Executive Director of NISO, to find out what's behind the changing data needs and more about how altmetric applications can benefit publishers. Carpenter will explore this topic further at TOC Frankfurt on October 9, 2012.

O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing
24 Sep 2012
An Interview with Todd Carpenter, Executive Director of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO)

Interview conducted by David Nicholson, Journals Publishing Director, Life Sciences and Alice Meadows, Director, Society Relations with Todd Carpenter, Executive Director of NISO about the organization and standards development.

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing News
28 Aug 2012
Creating NISO's Library Physical Delivery Recommended Practices

By Gregory Pronevitz and Valerie Horton
In July 2009, NISO formed a working group to develop a recommended practice on the physical delivery of library materials. Increased demand from library users for consortium and interlibrary loans has created corresponding costs for libraries to provide the services. Where libraries used outsourced courier services, their contractors were also impacted, often overwhelmed by the unplanned growth. Libraries also had difficulty in supplying the space and staff needed to process the materials. NISO's working group consisted of 11 members representing academic, public, and consortia libraries in the U.S. and Europe, and was co-chaired by Valerie Horton and Diana Sachs-Silveria. The diversity of libraries to be addressed by the recommended practice presented a challenge to the group but they established common principles to guide their work. A Physical Move section addressed issues related to labels, packaging, shipping containers, transportation, tracking, and reports. The growth in e-content raises the question of when and to what extent it will impact physical delivery needs. There is some speculation as to whether physical delivery has peaked. While libraries that instituted the capability for patron-placed holds continued to see some growth in delivery in recent years, the authors feel that the tipping point to declined physical delivery has begun, although the decline is forecast to be very slow.

Collaborative Librarianship, 2012, 4(2): 67-75
07 Aug 2012
PIE-J: A recipe for improved metadata about electronic journals

The purpose of PIE-J (Presentation and Identification of E-Journals) as a recommended practice is to encourage unification of how e-journals are described and identified in places like publishers' websites, databases, and citations, as well as making e-journals more easily discoverable by standardizing the presentation of information like historical titles and accurate ISSNs by format.

Insight & Outlook
20 Jun 2012
3M to Donate Copyright for SIP, a Key Library Communication Protocol, to NISO

In a move that could engender significant innovation for library self-service systems, 3M Library Systems will announce on Friday that it is donating its Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP) to the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), which will now have responsibility for future development and ongoing maintenance of SIP.

SIP is the de facto standard for communication between library self-service devices and the wide variety of integrated library systems (ILS) that libraries use. It provides the crucial common language that makes possible such widespread functions as self checkouts, automated materials handling systems, PC management systems, or fine and fee payment transactions.

"We're very pleased about the partnership with 3M, a long-term member of NISO," said Todd Carpenter, NISO's executive director, adding that the arrangement was a very important sign of the stability of the protocol.

Library Journal
06 Jun 2012
Will Editing Mix Machines With Humans? Dan Cohen Ponders the Future of Publishing

During the opening plenary of the SSP Annual Meeting Wednesday, Dan Cohen provided an interesting perspective on what might the world of scholarly publishing look like if it were a "digital native" - it was an interesting vision of new modes of scholarly communication that are based on social media, alternative metrics, and some examples of how scholars may navigate the onslaught of digitally distributed content.

The Scholarly Kitchen
01 Jun 2012
Navigating the Ebook Revolution

It seems safe to assume that by the end of 2012, public libraries may be directing as much as 20% of their collection budgets to digital content. By the end of three years, it may be closer to 50%. That shift of resources, at a time when the budget pie itself is shrinking, will have one unsurprising result: The circulation of print will decline if we offer fewer print materials. That, in turn, will accelerate the shifting of resources.

There are many players in the rapidly changing publishing environment, and many issues for them to sort through. We can expect things will be chaotic and awkward for a while.

Meanwhile, it may be helpful to consider the thoughts and concerns of some of those players. Below, I talk to a reader, a writer, an independent bookseller, and an independent publisher. All of them are real people grappling with real concerns.

American Libraries
23 May 2012
ISO Releases New Digital Object Identifier Standard

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released new International Standard that provides a system for assigning a unique international identification code to objects for use on digital networks. ISO 26324:2012, Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system, is an efficient means of identifying an entity over the Internet, used primarily for sharing with an interested user community or managing as intellectual property.

ISO 26324:2012 was developed by ISO technical committee ISO Technical Committee (TC) 46, Information and documentation, subcommittee (SC) 9, Identification and description. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) holds the Secretariat for ISO TC 46 SC9, with the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) serving as Secretary. NISO has also been designated by ANSI as the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Administrator for TC 46.

ANSI Press Release
16 May 2012
NISO and Collaboration: A Place at the Table for all Players

This article continues a series of interviews with the Advisory Board for Collaborative Librarian-ship. Todd Carpenter, the Managing Director of NISO, the National Information Standards Organization, is a leading player in promoting research through the creation of standard and best practices related to in-formation exchange and management. NISO provides the environment for bringing key organizations together to reach complex and often difficult agreements. As Carpenter says, "One of NISO's most im-portant principles is ensuring all the relevant players have an opportunity to sit at the table, in an open and fostering environment that is supported by participatory and well-established rules for engagement."

Collaborative Librarianship
01 Apr 2012
Digital Transition Questions Examined at Books in Browsers Conference

By Charlotte Abbott. Summary of the 2011 Books in Browsers conference in San Francisco. "The tension between utility and design in e-book standards was a recurring theme....Todd Carpenter, executive director of the National Information Standards Organization, called for standards in social bookmarking and annotation sharing, while Hadrien Gardeur of Feedbooks, highlighted OPDS, a catalog framework for discovering, lending, and selling books and other digital content on the web....[T]he program also introduced several promising social reading and library-oriented startups."

Publishers Weekly
01 Nov 2011
W3C Launches Agile Track to Speed Web Innovation

To support the rapid evolution of Web technology, W3C announced today an agile track for developers and businesses to create Web technology within W3C's international community of experts. Because innovation can come from organizations as well as individuals, W3C has designed W3C Community Groups to promote diverse participation: anyone may propose a group, and groups start quickly as soon as there is a small measure of peer support.

W3C Press Release
16 Aug 2011
The Value of Standards in Electronic Content Distribution: Reflections on the Adoption of NISO Standards

Article by Todd Carpenter describes some NISO standards that impact electronic resource management and reasons why some have been successful and why others have faced challenges in adoption.

The Journal of Electronic Publishing
01 Aug 2011
EPUB 3: Exciting Possibilities

Michael Weinstein recommends Bill Kasdorf's article in Information Standards Quarterly (http://www.niso.org/publications/isq/2011/v23no2/kasdorf) on EPUB 3 and highlights some key points from the article about the new version of the specification.

Book Business
14 Jul 2011
The Three S's of Electronic Resource Management: Systems, Standards and Subscriptions

Valerie Ryder, Director of Information Strategy, Wolper Subscription Services, provides a report of the NISO January 12, 2011 webinar that covered the basic building blocks of Electronic Resource Management (ERM) - standards, systems and subscriptions. She concludes that the webinar "provides a high-level overview that would be useful for libraries that might be considering ERM solutions and is an informative update on current developments for libraries with existing ERM systems."

NASIG Newsletter: Vol. 26: No. 2, Article 4.
27 Apr 2011
New SERU logo

SERU, a NISO Best Practice, is an easy way for libraries and publishers to streamline ordering electronic resources - without the time and labor required to negotiate a license. And SERU now has a new logo available for use! Publishers and libraries can use the logo to advertize their use of SERU.

NASIG Blog
19 Apr 2011
JUSP in time: a partnership approach to developing a journal usage statistics portal

Discusses the implementation of the the implementation of the Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) protocol (ANSI/NISO Z39.93) for the Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP) service.

Learned Publishing, Volume 24, Number 2, April 2011 , pp. 109-114(6)
01 Apr 2011
KBART - How It Will Benefit Libraries and Users

by Liz Stevenson and Chad Hutchens
Describes the goals of the NISO/UKSG KBART working group to improve the knowledge bases used in OpenURL linking and how these improvements will benefit libraries and their patrons.

Against the Grain
28 Mar 2011
Building and Maintaining Knowledge Bases for OpenURL Link Resolvers - Processes, Procedures, and Challenges

by Christine Stohn, Sherrard Ewing, Sheri Meares, and Paul Moss.
A key task for any maintainer of a knowledge base is managing the relationship with content providers - agreeing on and organizing the data supply, formats, and frequency of updates. In addition, a knowledge base team works with content providers to identify and resolve any problems that might arise. The recommendations provided by the Knowledge Bases And Related Tools (KBART) working group are the answer to a clear need for a common format for this data supply.

Against the Grain
28 Mar 2011
KBART - Providing Standardized, Accurate and Timely Metadata: Methods and Challenges

by Julie Zhu, Gary Pollack, Ruth Wells, and Matthew Llewellin.
While publishers fully understand the benefits of providing standardized, accurate, and timely metadata, they face practical challenges. What may not be obvious to librarians and educators are the vast sums of money and time that publishers must spend on systems with flexible metadata schemas, metadata schema views, metadata policies and processes, quality controls, collaborative metadata editing and authoring tools, and user-friendly interface components. Despite the challenges, many publishers understand the ultimate benefits of quality metadata and are willing to make the commitment to provide improved metadata to the library community.

Against the Grain
28 Mar 2011

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