E-Book Bibliographic Metadata Requirements in the Sale, Publication, Discovery, and Preservation Supply Chain (E-Book Metadata) Working Group

NISO RP-29-2022, E-Book Metadata Recommended Practice, now Published!

The Recommended Practice, NISO RP-29-2022, E-Book Bibliographic Metadata Requirements in the Sale, Publication, Discovery, and Preservation Supply Chain, was approved January 29 and published February 10, 2022.

Overview

The format, transmission, and applications of book metadata are changing. Metadata workflows and data exchange are becoming ever more automated, massive in scale, and networked. In this fast-changing environment, it is crucial for the various producers and users of e-book metadata—publishers, retailers, libraries, service providers, and preservation agencies—to develop awareness and become conscious of one another’s standards, practices, and purposes. This document presents recommendations that identify best practices within existing standards and workflows.  

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Standard

ANSI/NISO Z39.14-1997 (R2015) Guidelines for Abstracts

Guidance is presented for authors and editors preparing abstracts that represent the content of texts reporting on the results of experimental work or descriptive or discursive studies. Suggestions for the placement of abstracts within publications or other media are given, along with recommendations for abstracting specific documents. Types of abstracts and their content are described. Also included are suggestions on the style of abstracts and a list of selected readings on the subject of abstracting. Examples of abstracts are appended.

ISBN: 978-1-937522-44-5
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Recommended Practice

NISO RP-24-2015 Transfer Code of Practice Version 3.0

The Transfer project was initiated by UKSG in 2006 in response to issues identified by the scholarly communications community when journal titles change platform providers or owners. In the first ten months of 2006, EBSCO logged over 5,000 titles that changed publishers. Such transfers can negatively impact libraries, intermediaries (such as serials subscription agents, link resolver administrators, and vendors of large-scale discovery systems), and readers. Often the journal would seem to disappear and links from existing information systems to the content would break, even though the title was still being published.

A Working Group was formed with representatives from libraries, publishers, intermediaries such as periodicals subscription agents and other parties relevant to the scholarly journal supply chain. The Transfer Working Group’s objective was to develop procedures and policies surrounding the transfer of journals between publishers so that the movement of journals causes the minimum disruption to stakeholders and adheres to an agreed-upon Code of Practice.

ISBN: 978-1-937522-40-7
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ANSI/NISO Z39.43-1993 (R2017) Standard Address Number (SAN) for the Publishing Industry

The Standard Address Number (SAN) is a seven-digit numeric identifier used to identify organizations and businesses interacting with the publishing industry (including book and serial manufacturers, libraries, publishers, etc.). Originally created to expedite paper-based transactions such as purchase orders and returns, the SAN has been designated as the organizational identifier for use in EDI transactions in the publishing industry.

ISBN: 978-1-937522-75-9
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Standard

ANSI/NISO Z39.41-1997 (S2015) Placement Guidelines for Information on Spines

ISBN: 978-1-937522-46-9
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Standard

ANSI/NISO Z39.23-1997 (S2015) Standard Technical Report Number Format and Creation

In order to improve access to technical reports and assist in bringing order and uniformity to that form of technical literature, this standard specifies the format for a Standard Technical Report Number (STRN). It describes how and where the number should be assigned and used, and calls for a central authority to coordinate and monitor such assignments. The STRN consists of two groups of characters: the first indicates the issuing organization and includes the optional subdivisions or series, and the second provides a sequential number. Provision has been made for the year of publication as a recommended part of the sequential number.

An American National Standard developed by the National Information Standards Organization

Approved October 8, 1996 by the American National Standards Institute
Converted to stabilized maintenance May 24, 2015

ISBN: 978-1-937522-45-2
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ANSI/NISO Z39.2-1994 (R2016) Information Interchange Format

The basis for the MARC (Machine Readable Catalog) record, this standard specifies the requirements for a generalized interchange format that can be used for the communication of records in any media.

ISBN: 978-1-937522-70-4
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Standard

ANSI/NISO Z39.29-2005 (R2010) Bibliographic References

This standard provides rules, guidelines, and examples for the creation of bibliographic references to numerous types of print, audiovisual, and electronic materials, both published and unpublished, arranged in fifteen broad categories. The bibliographic references should result in the unique identification of most print and non-print materials. This standard is intended for a broad audience, including the creators of bibliographic references, the processors who publish and otherwise display references, and the ultimate users of the references.

ISBN: 978-1-937522-26-1
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Standard

ANSI/NISO Z39.32-1996 (R2012) Information on Microfiche Headers

Defines the specific eye-legible information that should appear on the limited space available on microfiche so the fiche can be correctly identified and properly filed.The standard describes where to place the data, the order of the information, and a recommended type size and contrast to maximize readability. Many examples show how to use the standard.

ISBN: 978-1-937522-29-2
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Committee Roster

Approved by the NISO Content and Collections Management Topic Committee December 14, 2016

Co-chairs

Alistair Morrison

Manager of Library Applications
Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries

Ravit David

Distinctive Collections Librarian, Scholars Portal
University of Toronto Libraries

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