Making Sense of the Alphabet Soup of Standards: Practical Support for Managing Electronic Resources

Abstract

Standardization of both publishing and electronic resources management practices has become increasingly important to support the work of library staff and to better serve our users. This session reviewed three recommended practices from the National Information Standards Organization (NISO): KBART (Knowledge Bases and Related Tools); DDA (Demand Driven Acquisition of Monographs); and Transfer (when titles transfer from one publisher to another).