National Information Standards Organization (U.S.)

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Central body with responsibility for developing standards which affect various aspects of librarianship, documentation, publishing practices, and information science.

Founded in 1939 as the Z39 Committee. Name changed in 1984 to National Information Standards Organization Z39.

From the description of Archives of the National Information Standards Organization, 1949-1990. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22535419

Relation Name
associatedWith American National Standards Institute. corporateBody
associatedWith Avram, Henriette D. person
associatedWith Clapp, Verner W. 1901-1972. person
associatedWith Downs, Robert B. 1903-1991. person
associatedWith Frase, Robert W. 1912- person
associatedWith International Organization for Standardization. corporateBody
associatedWith Kingery, Robert E. 1913- person
associatedWith McCallum, Sally H. person
associatedWith National Information Standards Organization (NISO) corporateBody
associatedWith Orne, Jerrold, 1911-2008. person
associatedWith Von Geyer, Marquerite. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
United States
Subject
Computer network protocols
Information storage and retrieval systems
International Standard Serial Numbers
International Standard Book Numbers
Libraries
Libraries
Library circulation and loans
Library information networks
Machine-readable bibliographic data
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Active 1949

Active 1990

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