NISO – Access

NISO publishes e-book metadata recommended practice

eBooks, MetadataFebruary 23, 2022

(10 Feb 2022) Today sees the publication of the NISO Recommended Practice, E-Book Bibliographic Metadata Requirements in the Sale, Publication, Discovery, Delivery, and Preservation Supply Chain (NISO RP-29-2022). This document, prepared by the E-Book Metadata Working Group and approved by the NISO Information Creation & Curation Topic Committee, incorporates feedback received from publishers, retailers, libraries, service providers, preservation agencies, and…

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Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) formalized as ANSI/NISO standard

Research SupportFebruary 21, 2022

(8 Feb 2022) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) today announces its publication of the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) as an ANSI/NISO standard, Z39.104-2022. The taxonomy, which was originally developed in 2014, describes 14 roles that represent the typical range of contributors to scientific scholarly outputs, and that can be used to enable recognition and facilitate transparency to…

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NISO announces publication of updated standard on criteria for indexes (ANSI/NISO Z39.4)

MetadataJuly 20, 2021

(14 Jul 2021) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces today the publication of its updated ANSI/NISO Z39.4, Criteria for Indexes, incorporating feedback from the public comment period earlier this year. It replaces the original ANSI/NISO Z39.4 standard (Guidelines for Indexes and Related Information Retrieval Devices), last updated in 1984, and is an updated and expanded…

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NISO’s Z39.4 Criteria for Indexes Working Group releases its draft standard for public comment

MetadataDecember 24, 2020

(15 Dec 2020) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced that the Z39.4 Criteria for Indexes Working Group has released its draft standard for public comment. It replaces the original ANSI/NISO Z39.4 standard (Guidelines for Indexes and Related Information Retrieval Devices) and is an updated and expanded version of NISO’s Guidelines for Indexes and Related Information Retrieval Devices. …

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NISOs Manuscript Exchange Common Approach Recommendations now published

Research SupportJuly 14, 2020

(6 Jul 2020) Today sees the publication of NISO RP-30-2020, Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA) Recommended Practice — an open protocol for the transfer of manuscripts within and between manuscript systems. As well as developing a common vocabulary, the MECA Working Group has also made specific recommendations for transmitting, identifying, and packaging the content being transferred.…

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NISO releases draft FASTEN Recommended Practice for public comment

TechnologyNovember 4, 2019

(31 Oct 2019) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) seeks comments on a new draft Recommended Practice pertaining to the modernization of library-vendor technical interoperability using RESTful web service application programming interfaces (APIs) and standard mobile application intent calls. In the interest of streamlining information transfer between vendor and library systems, the scope of the draft…

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NISO Publishes recommended practice on improved access to institutionally-provided information resources

Libraries, Research SupportJuly 7, 2019

(2 Jul 2019) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has published a new Recommended Practice on Improved Access to Institutionally-Provided Information Resources. This NISO Recommended Practice provides recommendations for using federated identity as an access model and improving the federated authentication user experience, arising from the Resource Access for the 21st Century (RA21) initiative. Ralph Youngen,…

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Merger of major information industry associations finalized

LibrariesJuly 4, 2019

(1 Jul 2019) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) are pleased to announce that efforts to merge the two organizations have been successfully completed. The fully-integrated entity consists of more than 250 libraries, government agencies, associations, and content and technology providers. Working together, those stakeholders will…

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NISO and NFAIS announce plans to merge

UncategorizedFebruary 15, 2019

(14 February 2019) NISO (National Information Standards Organization) and NFAIS (National Federation of Advanced Information Services) will merge this summer. The merger, which is contingent on NFAIS member approval, will consolidate two organizations that have a long history of success in bringing the community together to work toward improved distribution of content to scholars and researchers. The combined association…

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HighWire co-founder leads industry initiative on manuscript exchange

Publishers, ToolsJune 10, 2018

(5 June 2018, Los Gatos, CA) Members of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved the ‘Manuscript Exchange Common Approach’ (MECA) – a major new academic publishing initiative co-led by HighWire Founding Director John Sack. The project will see the industry’s leading technology providers work together on a more standardized approach to the transfer…

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