Dear All,
As Chair of NISO Board, I recommend signing up for this!
Karim Boughida
Dean SBU Libraries

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From: Keondra Bailey <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Register by January 8 for NISO Plus 2024 early bird
rates!
To: <[log in to unmask]>


**Apologies for cross-posting**

NISO Plus 2024 in Baltimore <https://niso.plus/> is just a few short weeks
away, and if you haven’t yet registered, now’s the time! Early bird
discounts are available through January 8, with additional discounts for
NISO members and groups.

Now in its fifth year—and in person for the first time since 2020—the NISO
Plus Conference will feature expert panel discussions developed by a
planning committee of information professionals from around the world. Our
program also includes inspiring keynotes from industry leaders, including
Thomas Padilla’s opening address on “States of Open AI”
<https://sched.co/1UYAH> and the annual Miles Conrad lecture, to be
delivered this year by Ed Pentz <https://niso.plus/2023/11/ed-pentz/>. As
always, the conference will emphasize discussion and interactivity in
addition to presentations, with the goal of generating ideas that will
shape future NISO projects.

Sessions at the NISO Plus conference in Baltimore will be organized into
three tracks:

The metadata track covers the latest developments in this important area
critical to the flow of information. Topics include equity in metadata,
author identity and name changes in metadata, and new and emerging uses.
And of course, it wouldn’t be a NISO Plus meeting without a session on
persistent identifiers! This year we’ll explore the role of PIDs in
assessing research.

As the call for greater transparency and accessibility in scholarly
communications continues, a number of sessions consider what the transition
to “open” means for librarians and content and service providers. The open
scholarship track examines this topic across disciplines, including the
humanities. It also includes sessions on open access books (and the
infrastructure required to support them), open data, bibliodiversity, and
the tools and tech supporting open research.

The third track, on artificial intelligence, incorporates ideas developed
by attendees of October’s NISO Plus Forum and addresses some of the most
pressing issues around new and emerging technologies falling under the
category of “AI”: the ethical implications of using AI, the role of AI and
machine learning in discovery and search, concerns around intellectual
property, and educating authors and users about AI.

A pre-conference, “Introduction to AI and Machine Learning in Scholarly
Communications, <https://sched.co/1UlA7>” will also be held on Monday,
February 12, just prior to the main meeting. Attendees of this extended
101-style session led by Andromeda Yelton <https://andromedayelton.com/>
will
come away with a thorough understanding of how machine learning systems
work, what they are capable of, the services and systems used in scholarly
communications, and the risks involved in those uses. Tickets
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for
this timely professional development opportunity are just $100!

A final “wild card” track will feature updates on NISO standards, lightning
presentations, and time reserved for important issues that arise between
now and the conference.

(Thank you to our generous NISO Plus Baltimore sponsors
<https://niso.plus/niso-plus-baltimore-2024-sponsors/>: Silverchair
<https://www.silverchair.com/>, the Open Science Framework
<https://www.cos.io/products/osf>, Atypon <https://www.atypon.com/>,
figshare <https://figshare.com/> (our repository host), the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) <https://www.asme.org/>,  ASTM
International <https://www.astm.org/>, Bowker <http://www.bowker.com/>,
EBSCO <https://www.ebsco.com/>,  Atla <https://www.atla.com/>, CHORUS
<https://www.chorusaccess.org/>, Edaptive Technologies
<https://edaptivetechnologies.com/default.aspx>, Modern Language Association
<https://www.mla.org/>, Open Athens <https://www.openathens.net/>, Project
MUSE <https://muse.jhu.edu/>, SPIE
<https://spie.org/publications/spie-digital-library>, Stony Brook
University Libraries <https://library.stonybrook.edu/>, UC Berkeley Library
<https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/>, Crossref <https://www.crossref.org/>, and
the journal Information Services and Use
<https://www.iospress.com/catalog/journals/information-services-use>.)

For more information and updates on speakers, please check out our program
on the conference site.
<https://niso.plus/niso-plus-baltimore-2024-preliminary-schedule/> And
remember—join us to help shape the future of our community, and register now
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to
benefit from the early bird discount!

Best wishes,
The NISO Team

NISO
3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 302
Baltimore, MD 21211
Phone: 301.654.2512
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