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Using technical standards documents in your courses

UNLV Libraries provides access to a variety of standards documents to our researchers and students. Some sets are available to the public, and some Standards Developing Organizations make copies free for instructional use in courses. If you have questions, please email Sue Wainscott, Engineering Librarian, at Sue.Wainscott@unlv.edu.

Request a standards document through UNLV's Library
UNLV students and employees may request the full text of standards documents through the UNLV Libraries using the process on this page.
In-course access to selected ISO and other standards
ANSI, in support of the United States Standards Strategy, can make certain ISO, IEC, and ADA standards documents available for free for in-course use. See this website for the instructor request form and the most up to date information about participating standards developing organizations.
Dental Standards University Outreach Program
"Through the University Outreach Program, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), with permission from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and American Dental Association (ADA), have made dental standards available to enrolled dental university faculty and students at no cost for use in curricula. All ISO international dental standards are available. Please note that the national program includes only non-ISO adoption ANSI/ADA standards developed by the ADA Standards Committee on Dental Products (SCDP) and ADA Standards Committee on Dental Informatics (SCDI). "
FileOpen for standards and other documents with Digital Rights Management (DRM) limits
The publishers of some standards and other documents add protective software to the pdf files, aka Digital Rights Management or DRM. Often, the FileOpen add on software is required to open those pdf files.

Celebrate standards documents!

October 14 is World Standards Day. This day is an opportunity to celebrate the value that standards bring to our world.

ISO World Standards Day announcement
"Each year on 14 October, the members of the IEC, ISO and ITU celebrate World Standards Day, which is a means of paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who develop the voluntary technical agreements that are published as International Standards."
The Society for Standards Professionals (SES) World Standards Day annual competition
Find information and announcements about each year's World Standards Day paper competition.

Learn more about standards: Training and educational resources

ANSI offers a variety of educational resources about standards. Includes resources for K-12+ and professional development.

IEEE offers Learn about the standards development lifecycle.

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides the Standards.gov website to provide information to the public about the US federal government's use of standards. This includes a list of standards documents incorporated in agency documentation by reference.

Standards are Everywhere learning modules with quizzes by Purdue University Library
Developed by the Purdue University Library with support from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, these modules explain why and how engineers search for and use standards as part of their design process.
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Intellectual Property Shield standards case study videos
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently awarded six grants as part of an effort to improve the integration of standardization into the curriculum of business and engineering programs at U.S. colleges and universities. Two of the grants were awarded to projects overseen by Purdue University and SES - The Society for Standards Professionals. The end products of the grants are represented on "this page and in the videos."
Directory of Standards Developing Organizations, by ANSI
The American National Standards Institute provides a searchable directory of Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) that meet basic qualifications. This directory can assist you in selecting an organization to search for committees that may be drafting or updating standards that are relevant to your project.
International Classification for Standards
Learn about the International Classification for Standards documents, used to organize international, regional, and national standards within libraries and search tools.
NFPA's Reporter's Guide: About Codes and Standards
Learn about the differences between a code and technical standards. "One way of looking at the differences between codes and standards is that a code tells you what you need to do, and a standards tells you how to do it."
Voluntary Codes and Standards: Teaching Resources for Law and Public Policy Courses by University of Pennsylvania
Voluntary Codes and Standards: Teaching Resources for Law and Public Policy Courses by University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School's Penn program on Regulation. Modules are designed to be used in existing courses, and were developed with support from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Standards Documents: Learning and teaching about standards

Using technical standards documents in your courses

Celebrate standards documents!

Learn more about standards: Training and educational resources

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