Standards

Activities

National Library Standards Activities
A statement setting out the the Library’s current standards activities, and the directions and priorities which it wishes to pursue in the medium term. This document is updated two-three times per year.
Australian Committee on Cataloguing
The Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC) is a joint Australian Library and Information Association–National Library of Australia committee charged with monitoring and influencing developments in national and international cataloguing and classification.
Standards Australia/New Zealand Technical Committee IT/19
Technical Committee IT/19, Computer Applications - Information and Documentation, addresses standardization practices relating to libraries, information services and related tasks.

Projects and Products

 
 
Australian METS Profile
An open, extensible and standard way of packaging metadata for digital objects.
Digitisation of Traditional Format Library Materials - Guidelines
Guidelines developed by the National Library of Australia for the digitisation of its own collections.
Guidelines for the Creation of Content for Resource Discovery Metadata
A document prepared by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of Tasmania in 2002 to assist with the creation of quality, consistent descriptive metadata for online resources.
ISO 2146 Project
A project being led by the National Library of Australia to revise ISO 2146 : 1988 (E) Documentation -- Directories of libraries, archives, information and documentation centres in the form of a framework standard for a range of directory applications.
Lists of Standards and Standard Organisations
A page of links maintained by the National Library to lists of standards and standard organisations of interest to libraries.
Meta Matters
A subject gateway to metadata resources in Australia and New Zealand and subject related links overseas. Meta Matters was originally developed as part of the MetaWeb Project and is now maintained by the Dublin Core ANZ Group. [January 2007 - Meta Matters site appears to be no longer functioning, link removed]
Preservation Metadata for Digital Collections
An exposure draft issued by the National Library of Australia in October1999 outlining the information it believed would be needed to manage the preservation of its digital collections.
Z39.50 Union Catalogue Profile
An internationally registered profile intended to enable update of catalogues using the Z39.50 Extended Service for Update. The National Library of Australia is the maintenance agency for the profile.

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