In a broader sense, they represent the minimum professional reporting standards expected of a fully developed program. Each function is further subdivided one or more times and specific units to be measured are assigned to each subdivision. Committee Z39 prepared a revision that was approved by ANSI on 5 May 1983. NISO is in the process of revising the standard. Instructions are geared to make the basis for reporting materials in all formats comparable with that used for reporting books, and measurements relative to the size of collections are to be made in both physical and intellectual units.
Guidance is provided for using sampling methods to gather certain types of data.
The number of manuscript groups and archival record series shall be reported as the number of titles. Services measured and reported according to the guidelines include reference, database searches, bibliographic instruction, outreach, media services, as well as number of hours and of users of all facilities and services. Appendixes cover instructions for counting and estimating and preparation of personnel tables, among other topics. A RAMP Study . See Appendix A for information on availability of Unesco documents.