[Eril-l] Four Additional Publishers Adopt NISO’s KBART Guidelines

[NISO Announce]

**Apologies for cross posting**

Baltimore, MD, January 11, 2021: The National Information Standards
Organization (NISO) is pleased to announce that four more publishers have
recently started supplying metadata that conforms to the NISO recommended
practice, KBART: Knowledge Bases And Related Tools (NISO RP-9-2014). A
total of 62 publishers have now achieved KBART compliance since the
recommended practice was originally published in 2010.

An estimated 40% of full text usage on publisher sites is driven by library
databases (including Google Scholar and Next Generation Discovery Tools).
Much of this access flows through OpenURL link resolvers that rely on
detailed knowledge base title data provided by publishers and other content
providers, making accurate, up-to-date information essential to maximize
usage. By adopting the universally-accepted KBART metadata structure,
publishers ensure a timely exchange of standardized information and updated
product availability details across the whole supply chain.

The newest KBART-endorsed organizations are:


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   Scientific.net <https://www.scientific.net/> (endorsed December 4, 2019)
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   University of Chicago Press <https://press.uchicago.edu/> (endorsed
   April 27, 2020)
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   Mark Allen Group <https://markallengroup.com/> (endorsed August 5, 2020)
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   Canadian Electronic Library <https://my.canadianelectroniclibrary.ca/>
   (endorsed November 10, 2020)


A full list of publishers that have implemented the KBART recommended
practice can be found in the Registry (
https://sites.google.com/site/kbartregistry/). The KBART Standing Committee
is now working on its Phase III recommendations, which will be shared for
public comment in 2021.

“We are delighted to have added four more organizations to the list of
KBART-endorsed content providers,” said Noah Levin, KBART Standing
Committee Co-chair. “With over 60 KBART-compliant content providers,
librarians and readers around the world have access to the accurate,
up-to-date information they need.”

“It’s encouraging to see global adoption of KBART continuing to increase
with these new endorsed content providers from Canada, Switzerland, the UK,
and the US,” added Andrée Rathemacher, the Committee’s other Co-chair. “We
encourage other content providers to implement our guidelines, which are
developed by and for the whole information community, and to submit their
files for KBART endorsement.”

Nettie Lagace, Associate Executive Director of NISO echoed these
sentiments, saying, “We are grateful to all organizations that have
implemented the KBART guidelines and helped improve information flow for
libraries, publishers, and users alike. NISO appreciates  Noah, Andrée, and
all their colleagues on the KBART Standing Committee for their hard work
developing and maintaining this recommended practice.”

About KBART

The NISO KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Standing Committee
manages and supports Knowledge Bases and Related Tools (KBART) Recommended
Practice (NISO RP-9-2014). This publication provides all parties in the
information supply chain with straightforward guidance about metadata
formatting to ensure the exchange of accurate metadata between content
providers and knowledge base developers. Phase II of the Recommendations,
published in 2014 builds on the original 2010 publication by supporting
consortia-specific metadata and metadata transfer for open access
publications, e-books, and conference proceedings. For more information,
visit www.niso.org/workrooms/kbart.
About NISO
NISO, based in Baltimore, MD, USA, aims to build knowledge, foster
discussion, and advance authoritative standards development through
collaboration among the cultural, scholarly, scientific, and professional
communities. To fulfill this mission, NISO engages libraries, publishers,
information aggregators, and other organizations that support learning,
research, and scholarship through the creation, organization, management,
and curation of knowledge. NISO works with intersecting communities of
interest and across the entire lifecycle of information standards, and is a
not-for-profit association accredited by the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI). For more information, visit the NISO website (
https://niso.org) or contact us at nisohq at niso.org
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