Herbert Van de Sompel receives ANSI Meritorious Service Award

Herbert Van de Sompel is one of four recipients of the American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) Meritorious Service Award. The Award is given in recognition of outstanding service in enabling ANSI to attain the objectives for which it was founded through significant contribution to the U.S. voluntary standardization system. Herbert was instrumental in the development of the ANSI/NISO OpenURL standard, which has transformed information services within the scholarly and bibliographic community.