The document provides an introduction to information standards organizations, specifically the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). It discusses NISO's history beginning in 1939 and outlines its mission to develop and maintain technical standards to help manage information. Key details are provided on NISO's founding, standards development process, and related organizations like ANSI, ISO, and W3C.

1. Introduction to Information Standards
Organization (ISO) and National
Information Standards Organization
(NISO)
07-23-2017
Lectured by Annaliza Q. Aviles

2. OBJECTIVE:
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The participants should be able to know
the works of Information Standards
Organization specifically the National
Information Standards Organization (NISO) in
the development and maintenance of
standards of information.

3. PRE TEST:
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1. Do you know when was the formal
standardization work in librarianship
began?
2. Have you experienced standardization in
your library?

4. PRE TEST:
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3. Are you familiar with the ISO, Information
Standards Organization?
4. Do you know what NISO, National
Information Standards Organization is?
5. Do you have an idea when was the NISO
founded?

5. STANDARDS ORGANIZATION
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A standards organization, sometimes
referred to as a standards body, is an
organization with authority to endorse
official standards for given applications.

6. HISTORICAL NOTE
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1935
Formal standardization work in
librarianship began…
Z29.1-1935, a standard relating to the arrangement of
periodicals was produced under the chairmanship of
Miss Carolyn F. Ulrich of the New York Public Library.

7. HISTORICAL NOTE
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1937
The International Standards Association (ISA) invited the
American Standards Association (ASA) to participate in
the work of an international committee on documentation
under the authority of ISA.
With prompting from various library associations, ASA
appointed Miss Ulrich to represent ASA on ISA's
Committee 46 on Documentation. This action led the
various library associations to petition ASA to organize a
committee on library standards.

8. HISTORICAL NOTE
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1939
Approval for such a committee was granted in
June 1939.
Its scope was limited to "Standards for [library] concepts,
definitions, terminology, letters and signs, practices, methods,
supplies and equipment." The American Library Association
(ALA) accepted sponsorship on June 22, 1939, and the
committee became known as Z39.

9. HISTORICAL NOTE
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1950
Z39's progress was slow; new committees
were organized or reconstituted, but most
were inactive.
In December, 1959, Z39 took the initiative in a drive to
create a new ASA Sectional Committee, which became Z85.

10. HISTORICAL NOTE
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1960
Library Equipment and Supplies; the new
Committee came into existence on March 21,
1960
Also in March of 1960, Z39 authorized its International
Subcommittee, composed of all subcommittee chairmen, to
take responsibility for international actions that were
referred to Z39 from the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO).

11. HISTORICAL NOTE
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1965
In February 1965 Kingery and Von Geyer resigned their Z39
positions. Anne Richter, vice-chairman since 1958, agreed to
act as chairman until April 10, 1965.
Dr. Jerrold Orne of the University of North Carolina
Libraries had been appointed chairman. Under his
leadership Z39's title and scope were broadened. Its title
became [Committee on] "Standardization in the Field of
Library Work, Documentation, and Related Publishing
Practice."

12. HISTORICAL NOTE
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1982
Robert Frase retired as Z39's executive director in 1982
and was replaced by Patricia R. Harris. During her first
two years at Z39, a number of changes were made in the
organization. The Committee revised its bylaws again;
applied for ANSI accreditation as an independent
standards developing organization; and requested 501 (c)
(3) not-for-profit status from the Internal Revenue
Service. These activities were all realized, and the
Committee changed its name to the National Information
Standards Organization (NISO).

13. N
NATIONAL INFORMATION
STANDARDS
ORGANIZATION (NISO)

14. NISO
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NISO, the National Information Standards
Organization, a non-profit association accredited by the
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), identifies, develops,
maintains, and publishes technical standards to manage
information in today's continually changing digital environment.
NISO standards apply to both traditional and new technologies
and to information across its whole lifecycle, from creation
through documentation, use, repurposing, storage, metadata, and
preservation.

15. IMPORTANT DETAILS
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 Founded in 1939, incorporated as a not-
for-profit education association in 1983.
All NISO standards are protected by
copyright.
All NISO standards undergo a review and
maintenance cycle.

16. IMPORTANT DETAILS
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 Throughout the year NISO offers cutting-edge
programs on standards issues and exploratory
workshops on emerging topics.
NISO has a long history of organizing the
community to remove barriers to discovery,
retrieval, management and preservation of
published content.

17. IMPORTANT DETAILS
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 NISO is a vigorous standards developing
entity. It has developed and maintains over
fifty voluntary technical standards relating
to the library, information and publishing
fields.

18. MISSION STATEMENT
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NISO fosters the development and
maintenance of standards that facilitate the
creation, persistent management, and effective
interchange of information so that it can be
trusted for use in research and learning.

19. CORE VALUE STATEMENT
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ENGAGEMENT
• NISO enables
libraries,
publishers, and
vendors to
collaborate and
solve problems of
mutual interest by
providing a
neutral forum in
which they can
engage and build
consensus.
INTEROPERABILITY
• NISO supports
choice and
efficiency across
our community by
promoting
interoperability of
information
products and
services through
standards and
best practices
EDUCATION
• NISO keeps our
community up to
date by publishing
news, running
educational
programs, and
providing thought
leadership

20. RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
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ANSI
The principal national federation of standards developers in the
U.S., ANSI accredits some 400 organizations as national
standards developers; NISO is accredited by ANSI.
ASTM International
American Society for Testing and Materials sponsors 128 standards
committees serving a variety of industry and service sectors including
paint, ball bearings, property management, paper, and adhesives.
BISG
The Book Industry Study Group monitors and reports on book industry
trends. BASIC, the BISG's standards forum, administers
publisher/customer and publisher/manufacturer EDI formats for books
and serials.

21. RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
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EDItEUR
The European group for electronic commerce in the book and serials
sectors. EDItEUR has developed and maintains ONIX an international
standard for representing and communicating book industry product
information in electronic form.
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a leading authority in
technical areas ranging from computer engineering, biomedical
technology and telecommunications, to electric power, aerospace and
consumer electronics.
IETF
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an international
community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers
concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth
operation of the Internet.

22. RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
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ISO
The major international standards organization is
headquartered in Geneva Switzerland. NISO participates in
ISO Technical Committee 46 and is secretariat for TC46/SC9.
NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, a non-regulatory federal agency
within the U.S. Commerce Department, develops and promotes measurement, standards,
and technology to enhance productivity, enable trade, and improve the quality of life. NIST
activities include the Baldridge Quality Award, the Standard Reference materials program,
and maintaining the standards for weights and measures in the U.S.
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
Known popularly as the W3C, the World Wide Web Consortium
creates and maintains the standards for the Web, such as XML,
SMIL, CSS.

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www.niso.org
http://digital.lib.u
md.edu/archives

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