NETWORKED DIGITAL REFERENCE SERVICES WORKSHOP

On April 25-26, 2001, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) held the Networked Digital Reference Services Workshop at the Library of Congress. "Digital reference allows a user to submit questions to library staff to be answered by el

On April 25-26, 2001, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) held the Networked Digital Reference Services Workshop at the Library of Congress. "Digital reference allows a user to submit questions to library staff to be answered by electronic means… Often it is possible for the librarian to push web pages and filled-out forms to the user, and for the questioner and answerer to exchange screens… Networked Digital Reference takes this process one-step-further by involving multiple institutions". The workshop explored what standards are needed to fully develop and implement this type of service. The report from this workshop is now available on the web at http://www.niso.org/netref-report.html

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 more information, contact

NISO, 4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA

tel:301-654-2512; fax: 301-654-1721

email: nisohq@niso.org

Web: http://www.niso.org/

– from CIT INFOBITS, June, 2001

Copyright 2001, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Instructional Technology. All rights reserved. May be reproduced in any medium for non-commercial purposes.

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