Standards for serials meeting (2 June 1997) and documentation

A meeting was held on Monday 2 June 1997 at University of London Computing Centre (ULCC), to present results of the eLib supporting studies on standards for serials, and discuss issues. Participation was by invitation. It was organised by UKOLN and BIC.

Report

The meeting report was published in the November 1997 issue of Serials, the UKSG journal.

Study Texts

Several study texts are available:

• Standards for serials metadata, and Terms of availability (combined report) - David Martin and Mark Bide (BIC). Final report, August 1997.
  [Word 6 format ] [RTF]
  
  
• Standards for serials holdings - Alan Hopkinson, Middlesex University [Word 6 format] [RTF]
  
  
• Contributions to document requesting study:
  • ISO ILL protocol - Ruth Moulton, Fretwell-Downing [Word 6 format] [RTF]
  • Z39.50 Item Order extended service - Denis Lynch, SilverPlatter [Word 6 format] [RTF]
  • EDIFACT: the international standard for EDI - David Martin [Word 6 format]

Also, there are a couple of recent documents on item identifiers:

• Unique Identifiers: a brief introduction by Brian Green and Mark Bide
  
  
• A seminar on unique identifiers in a digital world was organised by BIC and UKOLN in March 1997, and written up by Andy Powell.

Meeting Details

• Meeting programme and background
  
  
• Participants list
  
  
• Map showing location of University of London Computing Centre

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