The 2025 NISO Plus conference, set to take place in Baltimore, is just weeks away, bringing with it a series of collaborative pre-conference sessions on February 10. These half-day and full-day events will tackle critical issues facing the information community, including artificial intelligence (AI) ethics, open access (OA) content evaluation, and scholarly publishing standards.
The pre-conferences offer an accessible opportunity for attendees to engage with experts, generate actionable ideas, and foster collaboration across libraries, publishers, researchers, and technology vendors.
Exploring the Pre-Conferences
• Artificial Intelligence in Scholarship and Research (8:30 am–12:00 pm): This session will delve into the latest AI tools in scholarly communications while addressing their ethical implications. Industry experts will showcase current AI applications and explore their potential through the ARL/CNI Artificial Intelligence Scenarios. Attendees will participate in discussions to develop best practices and standards for responsible AI use in academia.
• Assessing OA eBook Usage (1:00 pm–5:00 pm): Open access monographs face unique challenges in demonstrating value. This session aims to address these challenges by developing shared guidelines for evaluating their impact. Representatives from across the scholarly communications ecosystem, including libraries, publishers, and aggregators, will lead discussions on collaborative solutions and strategies for measuring OA content performance.
• JATS-Con (9:00 am–5:00 pm): Dedicated to the Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) standard, this full-day session will focus on its latest revision and emerging applications, such as multilingual document support and accessibility enhancements. The event will include presentations and discussions on the evolving use cases of JATS in scholarly publishing.
The main NISO Plus conference, which begins after the pre-conferences, features keynote addresses by Cindy Hohl and Timnit Gebru, as well as interactive sessions covering topics like AI integration and research integrity.
Participation in the main conference is not required to attend the pre-conferences, though attendees are encouraged to stay for the full event. For more information about the pre-conferences and the main event, visit the NISO Plus website.
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