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NISO Update: NCIP
Mike DicusChair
NISO NCIP Standing Committee
June 30, 2013
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Background
• NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP)
• ANSI/NISO z39.83• Version 1.0 approved in 2002• Version 2.0 approved in 2008• Version 2.02 approved in 2012• Now operates under ‘continuous
maintenance’• http://www.ncip.info for more information
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NCIP Standing Committee• Purpose is to facilitate
communication among implementers and generally promote use of the NCIP standard
• Members are individuals and organizations who are interested in implementing NCIP for resource sharing, ILL, and self-service interoperability 3
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Membership Roster
• 3M• Auto-Graphics• Borrow Direct• EnvisionWare, Inc.• Ex Libris (USA), Inc.• eXtensible Catalog
(XC)• Florida Virtual
Campus
• Galecia Group• OCLC, Inc.• Polaris Library
Systems• RapidRadio• Relais International,
Inc.• The Library
Corporation• VTLS, Inc.
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Recent Activities
• Promoting implementations of NCIP• Continuously review recommendations for
changes to the standard• Publication of implementer profiles• Cooperation with the NISO SIP working
group regarding NCIP/SIP• Offering support for the Library
Communications Framework (LCF) initiative and new ISO ILL standard
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Implementations
• Most members report recent and ongoing activity
• Some projects involve 3 or more vendors
• Seeing new uses for NCIP• Sometimes requires only a single
NCIP service• Usually involves messages from the
“Core” message set6
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Revisions of the Standard• ANSI/NISO z39.83 – 2012
– Version 2.02– Last approved August 2012
• Next round of changes will be considered at the in-person meeting in late 2013
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Future Plans
• Continuous maintenance of the standard
• Promote implementations• Expand participation in the NCIP SC• Coordination of activity with NISO SIP
working group• Monitor progress on LCF and new ISO
ILL standard with potential for future involvement
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