[Sigdl-l] NFAIS Guiding Principles on Reference Linking

[Richard Hill]

[Forwarded.  Dick Hill]

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NFAIS Releases Guiding Principles in Support of Industry-Wide Collaboration
on Reference Linking:

Upon unanimous vote of the Board of Directors and with strong support from
individual member organizations, NFAIS has released a set of Guiding
Principles to encourage widespread linking of bibliographic and full text
databases.  The ultimate objective is to support the flow of scholarly
communication and research through an acceleration of the information
discovery process - a process facilitated by the seamless navigation from
indexes and pointers to the complete documents.
The Reference Linking Guidelines were developed by the NFAIS Information
Linking Committee - a group comprised of both NFAIS members and non-members
who recognize the need for reference linking to become an information
industry norm.

A press release and a link to the Guidelines can be found at:
http://www.nfais.org

For more information on the Guidelines or on the NFAIS Information Linking
Committee contact Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director of Communication & Planning
at jilloneill at nfais.org or (215)-893-1561 Phone.

Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510
Silver Spring, MD  20910
FAX: (301) 495-0810
PHONE: (301) 495-0900

http://www.asis.org