NISO Milestone Timeline FromISQ

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A publication by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO)

1935First Z39 standard published: Z39.1,Reference Data for Periodicals

1939Committee Z39created by the AmericanStandards Association,led by the AmericanLibrary Association.

1947ISO TC46 on Informationand Documentation formed.Z39 provides ongoingfeedback on proposedstandards.

1951Council of National LibraryAssociations (CNLA) takes overleadership of the Z39 committee.

1955Z39 appoints its first U.S.delegate to ISO TC46:

Eileen R. Cunningham.

1959The second standard,

Z39.4, Basic Criteria forIndexes, is published.

First newsletter, Newsabout Z39, is issued.

1963Third standard, Z39.5, Periodical

Title Abbreviations, is published.

Abbreviated journal title example:Libr Inform Sci

1966National Clearinghousefor Periodical Title WordAbbreviations establishedas first Z39 Maintenance

Agency.

1965Z39 offices relocated to Universityof North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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1967Committee title becomes Z39on Library Work, Documentation,and Related Publishing Practices.

1968Z39.7, LibraryStatistics, ispublished.

1970News about Z39 newsletter

begins publication.

1971Z39.2, Bibliographic InformationInterchange on Magnetic Tape submitted to ISO and becomesISO 2709:1973.

1977CNLA Study Group appointedto review Z39 activities andrecommend future directions.

Z39.29, Bibliographic References,is published.

1972Z39’s work on a standardbook number contributesto ISO 2108: 1972,International StandardBook Number (ISBN).

ISBN example:0-83-896162-2

1973Z39.21, Book Numbering,is published.

1974Z39.9, IdentificationNumber for SerialPublications forms thebasis for ISO 2789:1974,International StandardSerial Number (ISSN).

ISSN example:0028-8942

Z39.19, Guidelines for theConstruction, Format,and Management ofMonolingual Thesauri ispublished.

1978First Z39 Executive Council meets.

Robert Frase named Z39 ExecutiveDirector.

U.S. Postal Service requires inclusionof ISSN on periodicals mailed under

second class postage.

1979Voice of Z39 newsletter launched.

Z39 Bylaws ratified by membership.

1980Participating membership feeestablished to provide fundingfor Z39.

Z39.42, Serials HoldingsStatements at the SummaryLevel , is published.

Holdings statement example:DLC -- 19931017 -- v.1(1983)

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1982American National StandardsCommittee Z39 isincorporated in the Districtof Columbia. Pat Harrisbecomes Executive Directorof NISO.

1984Z39’s name is officiallychanged to NationalInformation StandardsOrganization.

z39.48, Permanence ofPaper for Printed LibraryMaterials, is published.

1987NISO is accredited bythe American NationalStandards Institute asan “Accredited StandardsDeveloper.”

1988Z39.50, InformationRetrieval ServiceDefinition and Protocol

Specification, is published.

JANUARY

1989Information StandardsQuarterly replacesVoice of Z39.

NISO hosts 23rd plenarymeeting of ISO TC 46.

MARCH

1989NISO is appointed byANSI as the U.S. TechnicalAdvisory Group (TAG)Administrator for ISOTC 46, Information andDocumentation.

1986NISO archives areestablished at the

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OCTOBER

1990First NISO Fellowsnamed: HenrietteAvram, Patricia Berger,and Sandra K. Paul.

JANUARY 1990 ISQ Feature Article:Where Libraries andthe Internet Meet.

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1991Z30.56, Serial Item andContribution Identifier (SICI) is published.

OCTOBER 1991Pat Ensor becomesnew ISQ editor.

1995 First Technical Reportpublished, TR01,Environmental Guidelinesfor the Storage of PaperRecords.

1997 ISQ feature article:The First 50 years of ISOTC 46: 1947–1997.

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JANUARY

1999NISO standards and technicalreports made available as freeelectronic downloads.

SEPTEMBER

2001Z39.85, The Dublin Core

Metadata Element Set, ispublished in collaborationwith the Dublin CoreMetadata Initiative.

SEPTEMBER

2003NISO takes over management ofthe IMLS publication, A Frameworkof Guidance for Building GoodDigital Collections

OCTOBER

2004Newsline, NISO’se-newsletteris launched.

NISO hosts 31st TC46plenary meeting inWashington, D.C.

MAY

2006NISO holdsfirst webinar:Introductionto SUSHI

2000NISO collaborates with the Library BindingInstitute to develop Z39.78, Library Binding.

NISO collaborates with the InternationalDOI Foundation to publish Z39.84, Syntax for the Digital Object Identifier.

Example DOI:doi: 10.3789/isqv21n1.200904

2002Z39.86, Specifications for the DigitalTalking Book (DTB) is published.

JANUARY

2005The LibraryStatistics DataDictionary (Z39.7-2004) becomesNISO’s first onlinestandard.

APRIL

2005Z39.88, The OpenURL Framework forContext-Sensitive Services is published.

Recommended Practice series is launched

with three metasearch publications.

SEPTEMBER

2006Todd Carpenter becomesNISO’s Managing Director.

JANUARY

2007Karen Wetzel becomesNISO’s first Standards

Program Manager.

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JULY

2007NISO announces new governance structurewith Architecture and Topic Committees.

OCTOBER

2007Z39.93, The

Standardized UsageStatistics Harvesting

Initiative (SUSHI)Protocol is published.

JANUARY

2008ISQ becomes full-fledged magazineand an EditorialBoard is formed.

FEBRUARY

2008First Thought Leader meeting isheld, on Institutional Repositories

RP-7, SERU: A Shared ElectronicResource Understanding ispublished along with a registryof users.

APRIL

2008New website and newcollaboration tools for workinggroups are launched.

MAY

2008NISO becomesSecretariat for TC46/SC9, Identification anddescription.

NOVEMBER

2008Online community version of 3rd editionof A Framework of Guidance for Building

Good Digital Collections is created withsupport from IMLS.

JANUARY

2009Chairman’s Initiativeestablished; Board Chair,Oliver Pesch, selects SingleSign-on Authentication as

his initiative.

MARCH

2008NISO registers its firstcontinuous maintenancestandard with ANSI: Z39.7.

AUGUST

2008Release 3 of COUNTER Code ofPractice requires support for SUSHIin order to be compliant.

JUNE

2009Streamlining Book MetadataWorkflow white paper jointly

published with OCLC.

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