Audio and video assets are growing in popularity and volume in the information arena. This Recommended Practice, targeted to producers and consumers of audiovisual content, establishes a vocabulary and guidelines...
The white paper was commissioned by NISO and OCLC as a follow-up to the Symposium for Publishers and Librarians held by OCLC on March 18-19, 2009 to discuss book metadata...
This 2002 study was undertaken: (1) to identify current and potential applications in which serials subscription data are exchanged, (2) to identify the formats currently in use for such exchange...
Libraries have a strategic interest in the tools and technologies that facilitate the discovery of and access to the resources for the communities that they serve. These tools have seen...
Understanding Metadata is a revision and expansion of Metadata Made Simpler: a guide for libraries published by NISO Press in 2001. NISO extends its thanks and appreciation to Rebecca Guenther...
Metadata, the information we create, store, and share to describe things, allows us to interact with these things to obtain the knowledge we need. This primer by Jenn Riley of...
Leaders in the development and implementation of Z39.50 report on where NISO's networking standard is headed and give their views on strengths and benefits of Z39.50. Also includes a summary...
Eleven contributing authors each describe implementation experiences from a different user perspective. Originally published as NIST Special Publication 500-229.
This primer is an overview of the Z39.50 standard. This guide explains what Z39.50 is and how it works, identifies the benefits of using Z39.50 implementations, offers a brief history...
