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Discovery to Delivery
Topic Committee

Committee Description

The NISO Discovery to Delivery Topic Committee was formed in early 2007 in response to a strategic restructuring. As part of NISO's organizational structure, topic committees that bring together leaders in specific subjects have been created to provide direction to the organization for standards development in those umbrella topic areas. The Discovery to Delivery Topic Committee focuses on issues regarding the finding and distribution of information by and to users, including OpenURL, Metasearch, interface design, web services, etc.

The topic committee is charged with the following tasks:

  • Track standards development within NISO and in other standards organizations related to the topic.
  • Identify where new standards may provide solutions in their specific area.
  • Convene Thought Leader meetings to incubate new standards activities.
  • Create and provide guidance and oversight to standards working groups under their purview.
  • Manage the five-year reaffirmation process for approved standards.

The work of this group is complemented by NISO's Business Information Topic Committee, Content & Collection Management Topic Committee, and Architecture Committee.


Institutional Repositories Though Leader Meeting

Date: February 12, 2008

Location: Baltimore, MD

Facilitator: Greg Tanenbaum

Topic Committee: Discovery to Delivery

The final report from this event is now available. As of July 2008, the D2D Topic Committee was reviewing the report's recommendations and determining next steps forward.

Committee Roster

Committee Co-chairs

  • Anthony (Tony) O'Brien
    Cooperative Discovery Services Development Division
    OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
    obrient@oclc.org
    Term: 6/30/08-6/30/10
    (Joined the topic committee in 2007)
  • Timothy (Tim) Shearer
    Web Development Coordinator
    The University Library
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    sheat@ils.unc.edu
    Term: 6/30/08-6/30/10
    (Joined the topic committee in 2007)

Committee Members

Susan Campbell
Library Reports Coordinator
College Center for Library Automation (CCLA)
SCAMPBELL@CCLAFLORIDA.ORG
Term: 6/30/07-6/30/10

Larry E. Dixson
Senior Network Specialist
Network Development and MARC Standards Office,
Library of Congress
ldix@loc.gov
Term: 6/30/07-6/30/10

David Fiander
Digital Services Librarian
University of Western Ontario
dfiander@uwo.ca
Term: 6/30/07-6/30/10

Mary Jackson
Product Manager, Resource Sharing
Auto-Graphics, Inc.
mej@auto-graphics.com
Term: 6/30/07-6/30/10

John Law
Vice President, Discovery Services at Serials Solutions
Director, Strategic Alliances and Platform Development at ProQuest
John.Law@serialssolutions.com
Term: 6/30/09-6/30/11

Rob Walsh
President
EnvisionWare
rwalsh@envisionware.com
Term: 6/30/09-6/30/11

Ex Officio Members