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National Information Standards Organization
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<p>The National Information Standards Organization (NISO; /ˈnaɪsoʊ/) is a <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> non-profit <a href="/facts/Standards_organization/8o7wGeYg">standards organization</a> that develops, maintains and publishes technical standards related to publishing, bibliographic and <a href="/facts/Library/hvdQNTtS">library</a> applications. It was founded in 1939 as the Z39 Committee, chaired from 1963-1977 by Jerrold Orne, incorporated as a not-for-profit education association in 1983, and assumed its current name in 1984. </p>