4.2: Functionality
Fundamental focus on functionality Other Information:
In the largely static print world, libraries were the primary providers of access to the information used in research and
learning. In focusing its standards development around libraries and the tightly knit community of information and service
providers who supported them, NISO had a logical and cost-effective means of developing useful information standards. In the
increasingly chaotic digital world, researchers and learners acquire information from a wide variety of providers − only some
of which are libraries. Libraries themselves are increasingly managers of a wide variety of information much of which they
do not own in the way that they own their traditional print collections. To continue to fulfill its historic mission, NISO
must focus on standards that support the greatest use and reuse of digital information and that allow users to trust the authenticity
of that information − regardless of who creates or owns it A focus on functionality calls for NISO to provide leadership in
addressing the fundamental issues of providing access to trusted information in today's environment, both to its dues-paying
membership and to the wider community that engages with NISO on selected projects. NISO must shape a view of the information
landscape and facilitate discussion amongst all the stake holders, members and the wider community in order to build the support
necessary to ensure that the standards it helps to develop and maintain are adopted and implemented effectively by the broadest
possible community.
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