National Information Standards Organization (NISO)

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that develops and promotes standards for information-related industries, such as libraries, archives, and publishers. Its goal is to improve the way information is created, stored, and shared, ensuring that users can access and understand it easily. NISO works with various stakeholders to create guidelines that help in areas like metadata, digital content, and discovery tools, enabling more effective communication and interoperability among different systems and platforms in the information ecosystem.