[PADG:1270] New NISO Guidelines

["Barbara B. Eden" <beb1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Guidelines for Information About Preservation Products Published
Bethesda, Md., USA ­ (April 19, 2001) NISO, the National Information

Standards Organization, announces the release of Guidelines for
Information 
About Preservation Products (Z39.77-2001). This new standard identifies
the 
information vendors should feature in catalogs and promotional literature

describing products used to store, bind, or repair a variety of library

holdings including books, pamphlets, sound recordings, videos, films,
CDs, 
manuscripts, maps, and photographs. Librarians and archivists who use
these 
products will benefit from these guidelines as they compare and evaluate

products.
The purpose of this standard is to encourage and promote the use of 

consistent language and to help vendors provide accurate information
about 
preservation products used for storage, binding, and repair of library

materials. The impetus to create this standard came in response to
concerns 
expressed by librarians and archivists of the need for a qualitative
means 
of evaluating preservation products. To help the librarians and vendors
use 
the standard, there is a glossary is that defines technical terms and a
set 
of references to related standards.
NISO gratefully acknowledges the efforts of the following people who were

members of this committee at the time this standard was approved: Mark
Roosa 
(Chair), Library of Congress; Harry Campbell, Etherington Conservation

Center, a division of Information Conservation Inc.; Jesse Munn, Library
of 
Congress; Nancy Schrock, Harvard College Library; and Abby Shaw, 
Conservation Resources International.
This standard is available for free downloading or hardcopy purchase at

http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=879717.
About NISO: 
NISO is the only U.S. group accredited by the American National Standards

Institute to develop and promote technical standards for use in
information 
delivery services providing voluntary standards for libraries, publishers

and related information technology organizations. All NISO standards are

developed by consensus under the guidance of experts and practitioners in

the field to meet the needs of both the information user and the
producer. 
For information about NISO?s current standardization interests and 
membership possibilities, please visit the NISO website at 
http://www.niso.org.
For additional information contact NISO Headquarters at (301) 654-2512.

Email: nisohq@xxxxxxxx