The Boston Library Consortium (BLC) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have announced an agreement to provide NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) membership to all BLC members through December 31, 2026.
The agreement will extend full LSA membership benefits to BLC’s 25 member libraries, granting them free access to NISO’s educational webinars program, unlimited participation in NISO Working Groups and Standing Committees, and discounted registration for all non-webinar events, including the annual NISO Plus conference.
BLC also joins NISO as a Voting Member, which gives the lead consortium organization the opportunity to influence the direction of technological advances in information management through driving standards and best practices in the information community. As a Voting Member, BLC may comment and vote on proposed standards and recommended practice projects as well as vote in NISO Board elections.
The LSA membership allows colleagues across the entire membership network to benefit from a robust suite of professional development offerings and influence future directions in library practice. The efforts are based upon consistent, standards-based business processes among BLC member libraries.
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