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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 16:36:39 -0500
From: Marilyn Geller <marilyn.geller@mindspring.com>
Subject: Serials Solutions Joins NISO

Bethesda, Md., USA – (March 4, 2002) NISO, the National Information
Standards Organization, is pleased to welcome a new member, Serials
Solutions, to its voting roster.  Serials Solutions is dedicated to
improving the visibility of full-text electronic-format journals by
providing client institutions of all types and sizes with comprehensive
reports that show all the full-text electronic journals available at their
institutions.  The organization partners with a variety of aggregators to
provide visibility for journals within collections making these aggregated
databases increasingly useful to library patrons.

In welcoming Serials Solutions to NISO, Pat Harris, Executive Director said:
“Internet development has spurred tremendous growth in the information
intermediary arena.  We are pleased to have Serials Solutions, a new kind of
information service vendor, join NISO and help us shape standards that will
be useful to all players in the information industry.”

Serials Solutions will be represented by Mike McCracken, Co-Founder and
Director of Technology.  More information about the Seattle-based company
can be found on their website at http://www.serialssolutions.com.

About NISO:
NISO is the only U.S. group accredited by the American National Standards
Institute to develop and promote technical standards for use in information
delivery services providing voluntary standards for libraries, publishers
and related information technology organizations.  All NISO standards are
developed by consensus under the guidance of experts and practitioners in
the field to meet the needs of both the information user and the producer.
For information about NISO’s current standardization interests and
membership possibilities, please visit the NISO website at
http://www.niso.org.

For additional information contact NISO Headquarters at (301) 654-2512.
Email: nisohq@niso.org