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NISO
(National Information Standards Organization, Baltimore, MD, www.niso.org) A non-profit organization founded in 1939 that deals with bibliographic and related information standards. NISO represents the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) internationally in the International Organization for Standardization's technical committee for information and documentation, which is why NISO standards have ANSI/NISO designations. For example, OpenURL is the ANSI/NISO Z39.88 standard (see OpenURL). See ANSI and ISO.
NISO - National Information Standards Organisation (USA). NISO Standards cover many aspects of library science, publishing, and information services, and address the application of both traditional and new technologies to information services.


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The NISO Framework, together with the recent publication by RLG and NARA of guidelines for certifying trusted repositories (RLG-NARA Task Force on Digital Repository Certification, 2005), have pointed the way to reorganizing the entire agenda and presenting what most needs to be taught.
NISO president John O'Shaughnessy said urgent action was needed.
A standard that is developed and approved by NISO becomes an American National Standard once the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) verifies that the approval process has met the ANSI criteria (Council of Biology Editors, 1994; Ebel, Bliefert, & Russey, 1990).
 
 
 
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