[SigLT-L] New issue of ISQ focuses on the Future of Library Systems - available in open access on NISO website

[Cynthia Hodgson]

NISO has published a new issue of Information Standards Quarterly with a
theme of The Future of Library Systems. Guest Content Editor Marshall
Breeding has assembled a group of contributing authors that provide an
overview of the new Library Services Platforms and share implementation
experiences with specific vendors’ products.

The complete Table of Contents is below. Visit the NISO website to download
the full issue or individual articles in PDF:
http://www.niso.org/publications/isq/2012/v24no4/

Cynthia Hodgson
ISQ Managing Editor
National Information Standards Organization
chodgson at niso.org
301-654-2512
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Information Standards Quarterly (ISQ)
Fall 2012 Volume 24, no. 4
Topic: Future of Library Systems

Table of Contents

Letter from the Guest Content Editor
by Marshall Breeding

FEATURE
• The Future of Library Systems: Library Services Platforms
by Carl Grant

IN PRACTICE
• Alma at Purdue: The Development Partnership Experience 
by Paul J. Bracke

• OCLC’s WorldShare Management: Early adopter experience at a small liberal
arts institution
by Gentry Holbert

• The Orange County Library System Environment: Connecting Sierra with
Custom Applications
by William Eric Atkinson

• Kuali OLE: A Community Collaboration in Software for and by Libraries 
by Michael Winkler and Robert H. McDonald

STANDARD SPOTLIGHT
• Hard CORE: Not All Useful Standards Catch On
by Ted Koppel 

NISO REPORTS
• New Version Published of NCIP – NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol 

• COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile Published as a Recommended Practice

• NISO Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Assess the Current State and
Future Needs of a New Bibliographic Framework

NOTEWORTHY
• ORCID Registry Launched

• Leading Global Standards Organizations Endorse “OpenStand” Principles that
Drive Innovation and Borderless Commerce

• ALCTS/LITA Metadata Standards Committee Formed

• Second Edition of Open Archival Information System Reference Model
Published

• New Global Subject Codes Standard Launches at Frankfurt BookFair

• New Services Provide Growing Access to Research Datasets

• Correspondence between ISO 25964 and SKOS/SKOS-XL Models Developed

STANDARDS in DEVELOPMENT, November 15, 2012