[Asis-standards] One More Upcoming NISO Vote

[Mark Needleman]

Folks

there is one more NISO standard Coming up for review in March:

  NISO Z39.7-201x, Information Services and Use: metrics & statistics 
for libraries and information providers -- Data Dictionary

This is a ballot to approve NISO Z39.7-201x, Information Services and 
Use: metrics & statistics for libraries and information providers -- 
Data Dictionary.

This is a revision to the 2004 edition of the standard. This standard is 
now continuously maintained by the Z39.7 Standing Committee. That means 
that comments and change requests can be sent continuously to the 
committee, which considers them at least twice per year. When a 
sufficient number of changes have been accepted (and/or the standard 
reaches its regular review period), the proposed revision is balloted.

In general, the changes to the standard are:

The accepted comments and additional changes made by the Z39.7 Standing 
Committee to reflect changes in cited statistics surveys and new 
statistics to reflect changes for electronic documents and related 
services were added. One notable change is the integration of the former 
Appendix regarding Methods of Measurement into the body of the standard. 
The 2012 version is an aggregation of all the changes made since the 
standard was transferred to continuous maintenance. After using the 
online data dictionary, it became more apparent that document layout and 
organization were not fully complete. Some sections have been cleaned 
up, reformatted, and better organized (resulting in many very small 
changes made throughout the document). Also, the e-metrics have been 
integrated to make them easier to use.

Your voting options are:
Yes - approve the revision (comments are optional)
No - do not approve the revision (comments are required)
Abstain from voting (comments are required)

Comments and a recommendation for a vote needed by 3/15

I have attached the draft standard document to this note

Mark

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