Guide to Standards for Library Systems

RFID in U.S. Libraries ( This document which has been made public by NISO as a set of guidelines to be followed for implementing RFID technology in library industry. The same guidelines are going to take shape of few ISO standards in future.
http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/RP-6-2008.pdf
MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data (Concise Version)
http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdhome.html
MARC 21 Concise Format for Authority Data
http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html
MARC 21 Concise Format for Community Information
http://www.loc.gov/marc/community/eccihome.html
MARC 21 Concise Format for Holdings Data
http://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/echdhome.html
Frieda Rosenberg, Introduction to the Marc Format for Holdings Data, The Future of Serials Control, LITA Pre conference Institute, June 15, 2001.
http://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/litapres-fr/ppframe.htm

Holdings Statements for Bibliographic Items ANSI/NISO Z39.71, Holdings Statements for Bibliographic Items
http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-71.pdf

FFuture of Serials Control, LITA Preconference Institute, June 15, 2001.
http://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/litapres-rg/sld001.htm

MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media
http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/spechome.html
MARC 21 Record Structure
http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/specrecstruc.html
MARC 21 Character Sets
http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/speccharintro.html
Diffuse Guide to Character Sets
http://www.diffuse.org/charguide.html
Unicode: From Chinese to Cherokee; from Kana to Klingon
http://www.pla.org/publications/technotes/technotes_unicode.html
The Unicode Standard: A Technical Introduction.
http://www.unicode.org/unicode/standard/principles.html
Serial Item and Contribution Identifier (SICI) ANSI/NISO Z39.56, Serial Item and Contribution Identifier (SICI)
http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-56.pdf
Data Elements for Binding Library Materials ANSI/NISO Z39.76, http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-76.pdf
NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) ANSI/NISO Z39.83, NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP)
http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/z3983pt1.pdf
http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/z3983pt2.pdf
NISO NCIP website:
http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/NCIP_Resource_Page.html
Mark Needleman, The NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol: An Overview and Status
Report, Serials Review, v. 26, no. 4, 2000, pp. 42-45. Pat Stevens, NCIP—The Invisible Stitches, ALA Midwinter, January 21, 2002
http://www.niso.org/committees/at_jan_02/index.htm

Code 39 Specification [about]
http://www.barcodeman.com/info/c39_1.php3
Codabar Barcode Specification [about]
http://www.barcodeman.com/info/codabar.php
Barcode Technology
http://www.aimglobal.org/technologies/barcode/
Interlibrary Loan Application Standards Maintenance Agency (ILL ASMA) website:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/ill/
ILL Protocol Implementors Group (IPIG) website:
http://www.arl.org/access/naildd/ipig/ipig.shtml
IPIG Profile and Guideline Documentation
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/ill/ipigprfl.htm
Barbara Shuh, et al Tutorial on the ISO Interlibrary Loan Protocol
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/ill/readtut1.htm

The Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 website:http://www.x12.org/
Z39.50 ANSI/NISO Information Retrieval—Application Service Definition and Protocol Specification http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-50.pdf
Information Retrieval U.S. National Profile NISO Z39.89, The U.S. National Z39.50 Profile for Library Applications
http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-89.pdf
GILS (Global Information Locator Service) FIPS 192-1a, Application Profile for the Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
http://www.gils.net/prof_v2.html
Source: http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/RFP_Writers_Guide.pdf.
The RFP Writer’s Guide to Standards for Library Systems. This booklet is available for free download from the NISO website (http://www.niso.org/)