MORE 'STANDARDS' POSTS
From the Book Industry Study Group: The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) announced today the publication of a new Policy Statement detailing best practices for assigning ISBNs to digital products. Developed over the past 18 months within BISG’s Identification Committee, BISG Policy Statement POL-1101 addresses the critical need to reduce product identification confusion in the […]
Video Presentation: Rebecca Guenther on "Change in the Digital Age: Metadata Trends for Libraries"
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, Resources
Here’s a video (it runs one hour) of Rebecca Guenther’s November 16, 2011 metadata trends presentation at the Metropolitan New York Library Council. The event was sponsored by METRO and ACRL/NY. Metadata has become a key piece in managing and discovering information resources in the digital environment. This event is intended for professionals and students […]
W3C Announces First Draft of Standard for Online Privacy
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Funding, Patrons and Users
From a WC3 Announcement: To address rising concerns about privacy on the Web, W3C publishes today two first drafts for standards that allow users to express preferences about online tracking: Tracking Preference Expression (DNT), which defines mechanisms for users to express cross-site tracking preferences and for sites to indicate whether they honor these preferences. Tracking […]
Now Online: Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Webcast Now Available
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries
From ACRL Insider: The archive recording of the November 9, 2011, introductory webcast on the newly revised Standards for Libraries in Higher Education (SLHE) is now freely available on the ACRL website. Presented by Patricia Iannuzzi, chair of the ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Task Force, the webcast provided an overview of the […]
NISO Launches New Open Discovery Initiative to Develop Standards and Recommended Practices for Library Discovery Services Based on Indexed Search
| Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Ex Libris, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Open Access, Patrons and Users
From a NISO Announcement: The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) voting members have approved a new Open Discovery Initiative work item to develop standards and recommended practices for next generation library discovery services. Using an aggregated index search of a wide range of resources, licensed and free, from multiple providers, these discovery services have the […]
NISO Launches New Initiative to Develop Standards for Digital Bookmarking and Annotation Sharing
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Patrons and Users, Resources
From a NISO Announcement: The National Information Standards Organization voting members have approved a new work item to develop a standard syntax for how bookmarks and notes should be located in digital texts and shared with others, especially in online environments that might be continually updated or mutable. The ability to accurately refer to a […]
The focus of this issue: standards. Kevin Hawkins, head of digital publishing production for MPublishing, Guest Editor Direct to Table of Contents (Vol. 14 No.1; Summer (August) 2011 Direct to Articles A Note from the Guest Editor by Kevin S. Hawkins The Value of Standards in Electronic Content Distribution: Reflections on the Adoption of NISO […]
The NISO: Mobile Technologies Forum is an all-day event taking place in Philadelphia today (May 20, 2011). Agenda Tweets available at #NISOmobile Slides from Keynote Speaker, Brian O’Leary, Founder and Principal, Magellan Media
From the NISO News Release: The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and its Architecture Committee are pleased to announce the creation of a Special Interest Group focused on E-books (the NISO E-book SIG). Simultaneous with the formation of the group, NISO is issuing a call for participation in the E-book SIG and its associated monitoring […]
