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Monday, February 10
 

8:00am EST

Pre-Conference - Artificial Intelligence in Scholarship and Research
Monday February 10, 2025 8:00am - 12:00pm EST
Join us for a two-part exploration of the state of Artificial Intelligence in the world of scholarship and research. In the first half of the session, we will have a moderated discussion with a group of technical experts from publishers, vendors, and others actively working on products that use AI in the marketplace now. We will explore the strengths of each approach to using AI and the possibilities and limitations moving forward, and give the audience a chance to participate in conversation to learn more about these emerging tools. 

In the second half, we will use the ARL/CNI Artificial Intelligence Scenarios (https://www.arl.org/resources/the-arl-cni-2035-scenarios-ai-influenced-futures-in-the-research-environment/) to examine the potential of these tools. We will work to find areas where libraries, publishers, vendors, and researchers have a need for collaboratively developed best practices and standards around the development, use, and evaluation of AI tools. Join us to advance the conversation around responsible use of AI in scholarly communications! 
Monday February 10, 2025 8:00am - 12:00pm EST
Harborside Ballroom D

9:00am EST

JATS-Con
Monday February 10, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EST
JATS-Con is a conference for anyone who uses, or is interested in learning about, the Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS), an XML format for marking up and exchanging journal content. JATS is an ANSI/NISO standard and is formally designated as ANSI/NISO Z39.96.

The conference has been hosted by the National Library of Medicine since 2010 and will now be a full-day pre-conference at NISOPlus 2025 in Baltimore on February 10, 2025. A Call for Proposals will be forthcoming very soon for those interested!

Conference presentations are peer-reviewed and result in a final paper that is archived. Papers from previous conferences are available in the Proceedings (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65129/).
Monday February 10, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EST
Harborside Ballroom E

1:00pm EST

Pre-Conference - Assessing OA book Usage: Can We Find a Shared Set of Standards?
Monday February 10, 2025 1:00pm - 5:00pm EST
As the prevalence of open access grows in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) book publishing, digital usage metrics become increasingly important for measuring impact. Publishers, scholars, and university administrators all have their own specific interest in being able to accurately assess impact. The challenges, however, in HSS book publishing are significantly different than those in scientific journal publishing. Whereas it is standard for an article to have one DOI that points to a single version of record (VOR), digital books typically live on multiple platforms (e.g. JSTOR, Project MUSE, OAPEN, IRs, etc.) with their own unique digital object identifier (DOI) and no real equivalent to a “VOR.” It’s also not uncommon for a platform provider to “chunk” books into their constituent chapters and assign chapter-specific DOIs. Again, each platform might assign its own DOIs, which means that a single book might have ten or more DOIs associated with it (not to mention 3 or 4 ISBNs, which publishers continue to assign to books for the trade). Further complicating the situation is the fact that there is no agreed-upon terminology for defining usage. Terms such as “downloads,” “views,” and “reads” can vary from one platform to the next. And while COUNTER has helped to rein in some of the terminological variation, there is still no consensus, especially among publishers, that achieving COUNTER compliance is the solution to all of the problems that OA books pose.

The goal of this event is to bring together representatives from across the OA book publishing sector (including publishers, aggregators, librarians, and platform providers) to engage in a robust, collective conversation, bringing all perspectives of the community. Through conversation and breakout activities, a map of the initial contours of a shared set of standards for OA eBook usage may emerge, preparing for a charted a path toward achieving such a set of standards.
Monday February 10, 2025 1:00pm - 5:00pm EST
Harborside Ballroom D
 
Tuesday, February 11
 

8:00am EST

Registration & Breakfast
Tuesday February 11, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am EST
Tuesday February 11, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am EST
Harborside Foyer

9:00am EST

Welcome
Tuesday February 11, 2025 9:00am - 9:15am EST
Tuesday February 11, 2025 9:00am - 9:15am EST
Harborside Ballroom DE

9:15am EST

Opening Keynote
Tuesday February 11, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am EST
Tuesday February 11, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am EST
Harborside Ballroom DE

10:15am EST

Networking and Coffee
Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:15am - 10:45am EST
Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:15am - 10:45am EST
Harborside Foyer

10:45am EST

TBD
Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Laurel CD

10:45am EST

Artificial Intelligence and Transparency: Toward a Framework for Disclosure of AI use in Learning, Research, and Publication
Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
The rise of openly available and organizationally licensed generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools have signalled a paradigm shift in higher education and scholarly publishing. Over the past two years, the consistent point of needing to disclose the use of GenAI, but largely leaving guidance on how to do so in a consistent manner to the discretion of the individual.

This session addresses the current state of recommendation and policy around generative artificial intelligence disclosure in learning and research contexts and introduces the Artificial Intelligence Disclosure (AID) Framework. The AID Framework is a tool that provides a transparent, consistent, and targeted approach to attribute the use of artificial intelligence in teaching and research work. In addition to the introduction of the AID Framework itself, participants will have the opportunity to review sample AID statements, discuss where such disclosure is best integrated in learning and research tasks, and brainstorm potential missing or future criteria for the AID Framework.
Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Laurel AB

10:45am EST

Imagining interoperable & usable accessibility metadata
Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Efforts by disability rights advocates have significantly advanced the development of accessibility metadata both in publisher and library-based standards. These concerted efforts have brought the stars into closer alignment, allowing us to more fully imagine how information about accessibility features may flow from creators into library discovery services. This alignment is crucial for ensuring that individuals with disabilities can access the information they need from libraries without unnecessary barriers.
 
This panel invites thought leaders in the area of accessibility metadata to imagine the potential for beneficiary communities, the risks of inaction, and what steps we can take to make the future we want. By bringing together experts from the field, we aim to explore the transformative potential of well-implemented accessibility metadata. Without continued progress and commitments, we risk perpetuating the exclusion of disabled individuals from vital information resources – affecting education, employment, and overall quality of life. To mitigate these risks, the panel will outline actionable steps that stakeholders can take to ensure a more inclusive future. This includes advocating for the adoption of standardized accessibility metadata, fostering collaboration between publishers and libraries, and promoting awareness of the importance of accessibility in emerging practices.
Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Waterview CD

10:45am EST

NISO Working Group Update 1
Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Waterview AB

12:00pm EST

NISO Awards Lunch & Miles Conrad Lecture
Tuesday February 11, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Tuesday February 11, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Harborside Ballroom DE

1:30pm EST

Cost-per-what? Redefining the value of publishing services in an open science world
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
With the accelerated push to an "open science future" in the last five years, the mixed-model economy dominating publisher/library discussions gets more complex and yet more reductive with each new model launched. As the ecosystem gets more complex, resource-strapped publishers and libraries are seeking new ways to evaluate the benefits of new models -- often resorting to reductive proxies. Many libraries publicly avow commitments to mission-aligned, transparent, equitable models but recoil at changes in pricing or services that enable that kind of investment. Are reductive, transactional conversations around proxies like "cost-per-article" the only means for evaluating "value" in an open science/open access context?

This panel discussion aims to provocatively delve into this question through the lens of  non-profit publisher and librarian perspectives -- organizations that are mission-driven and yet also resource constrained.
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Laurel CD

1:30pm EST

The 2025 Content Technology Hype Curve
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Two publishing executives, a consultant, and an accessibility expert walk into a NISO session…. Today more than ever the environment around publishing is in constant flux as technology moves from introduction to plateau of productivity.  Our panel of experts will debate, discuss, and possibly argue over where in the technology hype cycle (example from last NISO session in 2020 attached) elements of standards and regulations, content formats, platforms and technologies, and end user products fit onto a modified Gartner hype cycle curve.  It’s fun, fast paced, controversial, and you won’t want to miss the lightning round.

Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Laurel AB

1:30pm EST

Seamless Access Update
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Waterview CD

1:30pm EST

Elevating Research Integrity with Identity Verification
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
A critically important, but often overlooked, component of research integrity is verifying researcher identities.  Significant efforts have been made over the last few years into checking the content of manuscript submissions. However, most scholarly publishers require little more than a working email address to allow users to submit manuscripts for peer review and, if accepted, to become part of the permanent scientific record.  This implicit trust in researcher identities is now being exploited in several ways, including authors recommending fake peer reviewers or claiming false co-authors, researchers using a fake identity to apply to become a guest editor, etc.

A cross-industry working group, established by The International Association of STM Publishers and reflecting input from across our community, has developed a set of recommendations for applying more stringent identity verification steps throughout the peer review process. In this session, we will present these recommendations and engage with the audience to hear their views on their value and feasibility.
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Waterview AB

2:45pm EST

Coffee Break
Tuesday February 11, 2025 2:45pm - 3:15pm EST
Tuesday February 11, 2025 2:45pm - 3:15pm EST
Harborside Foyer

3:15pm EST

Improving the Kludge: Complexities of Open Access Usage Metrics
Tuesday February 11, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
The scholarly communications ecosystem has reached a tipping point where the value of open access (OA) content needs to be better measured and articulated by all stakeholders, including librarians, publishers, funders, and researchers. Research and educational organizations seek reliable means to assess their spending in support of OA. Funders need to demonstrate the benefits of the research projects they support.Publishers, meanwhile, seek to assess how organizations engage with their publications in key subject areas. These assessments must be credible, consistent, and comparable, echoing the principles established by COUNTER, but they should also help tell a story with data. What is missing from our industry is a recommended practice designed specifically to address the multi-faceted analysis needs of open access content.

This panel will introduce the current landscape of open access reporting, including the development and evolution of COUNTER Metrics, the COUNTER API (formerly SUSHI), and other reporting strategies used to assess OA usage. Following this introduction, the panel will facilitate a group discussion with the goal of identifying reporting gaps and opportunities to generate and communicate socially, financially, and academically meaningful metrics. Particular emphasis will be paid to the necessary metadata required to generate robust data for analysis.
Tuesday February 11, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
Laurel CD

3:15pm EST

Charting the way upward: Preliminary Findings in AI Services and Adoption in Higher Education
Tuesday February 11, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
The rapid advancements in Generative AI (GAI) have profound implications on the landscape of higher education and it is imperative that these implications are considered through an inclusive lens. Careful and thoughtful examination of GAI's most impactful applications for teaching, learning and research in the academic environment is necessary to ensure equitable access and outcomes for all students. Many institutions globally have recognized this need. In the Summer of 2023, Ithaka S+R launched a research and consulting project, “Making AI Generative for Higher Education” that assists 18 higher education institutions in identifying ways and areas GAI is poised to revolutionize educational practices, yet these areas are not receiving sufficient attention from our institution or the higher education sector at large. This panel discussion aims to explore the preliminary findings of our ongoing project, which investigates the potential impacts of GAI on research and teaching within the higher education environment, with particular attention to issues of equity and access. Representatives from Stony Brook University and Ithaka S+R will share insights on navigating the evolving educational landscape shaped by generative AI technologies, with a focus on ensuring that these technologies are leveraged to promote inclusivity and reduce barriers to success.
Tuesday February 11, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
Laurel AB

3:15pm EST

Internet2 / InCommon federated identity updates
Tuesday February 11, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
Tuesday February 11, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
Waterview CD

3:15pm EST

Trust Indicators for Research Integrity: Collaborating to combat mis- and dis-information in the scholarly record
Tuesday February 11, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
With increased concerns about the integrity of the scholarly record and rising numbers of retractions, it is more important than ever that researchers understand when they are about to read an article that’s been retracted or has received material updates. This sessions brings together several initiatives that aim to improve the visibility of retraction information for readers: The NISO CREC (Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern) Working Group, the STM group on Content-update Signaling and Alerting Protocol (CUSAP), GetFTR and Crossref with their collaboration around Retraction Watch Errata and Retraction information, and ORCID. Panelists will discuss the  benefits and drawbacks of various approaches to  improve ‘retraction visibility’ and help researchers avoid problematic research. The conversation will also highlight how the GetFTR browser extension enables researchers to see retracted content alongside entitlement signals and how the ORCID author identifier can support research integrity and combat fraud.
Tuesday February 11, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
Waterview AB

4:30pm EST

Day One Closing
Tuesday February 11, 2025 4:30pm - 5:00pm EST
Tuesday February 11, 2025 4:30pm - 5:00pm EST
Harborside Ballroom DE

6:00pm EST

Evening Networking Event
Tuesday February 11, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm EST
TBA

Tuesday February 11, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm EST
TBA
 
Wednesday, February 12
 

8:00am EST

Breakfast
Wednesday February 12, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am EST
Wednesday February 12, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am EST
Harborside Ballroom DE

9:00am EST

Contemplating the Cookie Banner, and other tales from the SPARC Privacy & Surveillance Contract Language Working Group
Wednesday February 12, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EST
Over the past several years, libraries have been increasingly aware of threats posed to patron data privacy by the abundance of collection, storage, and sharing technologies used by vendor e-resource platforms. Compounding the problem is the vague, opaque, often confusing privacy language in vendor contracts, ranging from complex data processing addenda to linked privacy policies and third-party terms of use. Too often, this language serves to limit or nullify the data privacy protections that libraries try to implement.

In response to these concerns, SPARC’s Privacy & Surveillance Contract Language Working Group is developing a range of practical tools to help libraries negotiate agreements that support the needs of users and protect their personal data. These tools include a negotiation guide for librarians focusing on privacy protections; a data privacy addendum with clear expectations for vendors on handling of library patron data (with vendor feedback from the pilot stage); as well as comprehensive reports on the data privacy practices of multinational vendors such as Elsevier and Springer. This session will give an overview of the group’s work in this area, with time for a robust Q&A about data privacy and surveillance in digital libraries.
Wednesday February 12, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EST
Laurel CD

9:00am EST

Humanities 1
Wednesday February 12, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EST
Wednesday February 12, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EST
Laurel AB

9:00am EST

Navigating the Tightrope: Balancing Access and Cybersecurity in Academic Publishing
Wednesday February 12, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EST
Institutions, publishers, and scholars are grappling with the complex challenges of ensuring security while fostering access to knowledge. The drive to make research more easily available brings with it new cybersecurity risks, from safeguarding sensitive information in publisher databases to protecting the integrity of scholarly content. These challenges underscore the need for a coordinated approach that balances ease of access with robust digital security practices.

This session will examine the intersection of cybersecurity and access within academic publishing, exploring how industry stakeholders can collaboratively address these issues. With an increasing reliance on digital platforms to distribute and access research, ensuring security at all levels—while preserving the openness that drives scholarly innovation—has never been more critical.

Key discussion points will include:
• The evolving cybersecurity risks faced by academic publishers and institutions as they implement access models.
• How publishers and libraries can safeguard research content and data against breaches while enabling broader access.
• The potential role of cross-industry standards or recommended practices to address cybersecurity concerns without hindering the access goals.
• Strategies to foster collaboration across academic institutions, publishers, and technology providers to mitigate security risks.
• The emerging technologies that can help balance cybersecurity with the need for accessible knowledge.
Wednesday February 12, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EST
Waterview CD

9:00am EST

Getting Involved with NISO
Wednesday February 12, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EST
Wednesday February 12, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EST
Waterview AB

10:15am EST

Coffee Break
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:15am - 10:45am EST
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:15am - 10:45am EST
Harborside Foyer

10:45am EST

Global OA: Disparities and Limitations
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Even as the discourse around OA gets more diversified globally, it remains in its nascent stages in developing countries like India. One of the major factors for this is a lack of financial structures, or in other words, a lack of a clear vision of the stakeholders of research publications – who should be paying for OA? Consequently, many geographies are unable to participate in the knowledge creation and dissemination potential of OA, and remain passive absorbers of content created by others. Even though OA is a global phenomenon, the creation and sustenance of OA structures remains largely rooted in local economies and cultural attitudes. All these factors lead to a reproduction of monopolies over knowledge systems which OA was meant to break. We consume information from knowledge hubs which have the resources and tools available to create OA structures while indigenous cultures and knowledge systems remain limited to their local environs. Such a one-way routing of knowledge even threatens their erasure over time.

We would like to engage in a discussion about the indigenous, geography-specific OA structures and solutions that have come up and how such systems are being sustained and scaled.
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Laurel CD

10:45am EST

Humanities 2
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Laurel AB

10:45am EST

Facilitating FAIR data with interoperable repository standards for metadata and persistent identifiers
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
As US Federal Agencies launch updated Public Access Plans to meet the 2022 OSTP Nelson Memo, there is increasing need for scientific data to be made publicly available in a way that is FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) including through the use of standard, interoperable metadata and persistent identifiers (PIDs) across the data ecosystem.
This panel will present three perspectives on achieving an interoperable research data landscape. First, the NIH Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI) recognizes the need for data to be discoverable across repositories and not be siloed. GREI is supporting progress towards this through repository adoption of common metadata, PIDs, and best practices. Second, as a public data repository and repository infrastructure provider, Figshare is evolving to meet OSTP desirable repository characteristics, implement GREI common metadata, and support emerging PIDs and FAIR data standards. Third, the USDA leverages Figshare’s standards-compliant repository infrastructure to provide Ag Data Commons (ADC), a data repository and catalog for USDA-funded research data. ADC supports FAIR data services through high-quality metadata reviewed by curators, broad discoverability including records of data in discipline-specific repositories, and striving for FAIR data for AI/ML. Audience feedback on achieving these goals will be encouraged during the Q&A.
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Waterview CD

10:45am EST

NISO Working Group Update 2
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Waterview AB

12:00pm EST

Lunch
Wednesday February 12, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Wednesday February 12, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Harborside Foyer

1:30pm EST

TBD
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Laurel CD

1:30pm EST

Evolving Metadata in the Age of AI: Enhancing Digital Archives and User Discoverability
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
As AI continues to redefine digital information practices, libraries face new challenges and opportunities in managing, curating, and enhancing the discoverability of resources. This proposal presents two case studies from Goldey-Beacom College that illustrate how libraries can strategically employ AI to enhance both creative and informational collections through metadata improvements.

In the first case study, "From Canvas to Quartex: The Evolution of Art in the Age of AI and Digital Archives," we examine the inaugural Common Reading Program at Goldey-Beacom College. Using the themes in Kristen Radtke's Seek You, students explored loneliness by creating posters, some AI-generated, which were digitally archived in Quartex. This initiative emphasized the importance of metadata standards to ensure both human- and AI-generated art are accessible, accurately categorized, and preserved.

In the second case study, "Enhancing FAQ Systems with Generative AI: A Case Study on Improving Metadata and User Discoverability," we outline how generative AI transformed Goldey-Beacom College Library’s FAQ system, consolidating overly specific metadata into broader, discoverable categories that enhance the user experience.

Together, these case studies provide practical insights and methodologies for leveraging AI in digital collections, underscoring the necessity of evolving metadata frameworks to accommodate both traditional and AI-driven content.
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Laurel AB

1:30pm EST

Research Stacks and Research Integrity
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Research communication in the digital age retains many of the disadvantages of the print era. It is slow and incomplete, with much of the data and other components missing or locked in the supplemental files of journal articles. Ideally research communication would be both rapid and complete, with all aspects of the work included, and shared publicly in machine-readable and AI-actionable formats.
 
Research stacks – which we mean to encompass multiple concepts from automated workflows to notebooks and records of versions – are gaining traction as a way to collect all aspects of a scientific research project such as: development, planning, methods, data collection and execution, analysis, and reporting of results. One advantage is facilitation of seamless collaboration and sharing of critical aspects of the research. Another is that contributions to the research such as data sets or statistical analysis can be credited to the researchers most responsible for those products prior to final publication, all of which promotes research integrity and reproducibility. This session will explore how to support adoption of research stacks and appropriately integrate consideration of credit and accountability throughout the development of the research.
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Waterview CD

1:30pm EST

Enhancing Vendor-Publisher Partnerships for a Seamless Librarian Experience
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
In this session we will explore the mechanics of data exchange for library discovery purposes, and the latest approaches to making life easier for publishers, systems vendors and librarians.  Particular attention will be paid to the need for content providers to see what both librarians and systems providers already see during system setup and maintenance.  Adoption of an open approach to more complex content curation problems will be examined, and some history of the situation leading up to the approach and the design considerations for the initiative will be shared.  Current functions around the more open approach to data exchange management will be examined from the perspective of each of the presenters, with attention to reducing the librarian-as-middleman effort between the provider and the vendor.   New workflows will be outlined that ensure data accuracy, reduction of data ingest time, and prevention of missing collection/s issues, thus increasing overall patron and librarian satisfaction  
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Waterview AB

2:45pm EST

Coffee Break
Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:45pm - 3:15pm EST
Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:45pm - 3:15pm EST
Harborside Foyer

3:15pm EST

Closing Keynote
Wednesday February 12, 2025 3:15pm - 4:15pm EST
Wednesday February 12, 2025 3:15pm - 4:15pm EST
Harborside Ballroom DE

4:15pm EST

Conference Closing
Wednesday February 12, 2025 4:15pm - 4:30pm EST
Wednesday February 12, 2025 4:15pm - 4:30pm EST
Harborside Ballroom DE
 
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