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NISO Update: NCIP

Mike DicusChair

NISO NCIP Standing Committee

June 30, 2013

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

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

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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mike.dicus@exlibrisgroup.com

Thank You!