New and Emerging Specs & Standards (August 2026)
ISO 18928:2026 — Imaging materials — Unprocessed photographic films and papers — Storage practices
Technical Committee: ISO/TC 42
“This document specifies recommended storage conditions for unprocessed silver halide containing photographic materials. It is not applicable to processed films and prints. This document applies to black-and-white and colour photographic materials (e.g. negative films, positive films, reversal films, positive papers and X-ray films).”
ISO 28564-1:2026 — Public information guidance systems Part 1: Design principles and element requirements for location plans, maps and diagrams
Technical Committee: ISO/TC 145/SC 1
“This document specifies requirements and principles for the design and application of location plans, maps and diagrams used in public areas and workplaces to assist users to understand the environment, locate facilities and determine appropriate routes to reach those facilities. These location plans, maps and diagrams are referred to as location plans in this document. Location plans are intended for use in, for example, shopping centres, stores, hospitals, bus and train stations, airports, sporting and entertainment complexes, urban areas, parks, gardens and countryside, public attractions, museums and office complexes. This document is not applicable to the design of escape plans, nor does it cover the design of location signs, direction signs, information index signs, and installation and assessment of wayfinding systems.”
ISO/IEC 29151:2026 — Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection — Controls, requirements, and guidance for personally identifiable information protection
Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27
“This document specifies controls, purpose, and guidance for implementing controls, to meet the requirements identified by a risk and impact assessment related to the protection of personally identifiable information (PII). In particular, this document specifies requirements and guidance based on ISO/IEC 27002, taking into consideration the controls for processing PII that can be applicable within the context of an organization's information security risk environment(s). This document is applicable to all types and sizes of organizations acting as PII controllers (as defined in ISO/IEC 29100), including public and private companies, government entities and not-for-profit organizations that process PII, in particular, organizations that do not establish or operate a privacy information management system.”
ISO/IEC TR 23888-1:2026 — Information technology — Artificial intelligence for multimedia
Part 1: Vision and scenarios
Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29
“This document presents the role of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including neural networks (NN), in multimedia coding and processing activities. It describes the current perspectives on AI for multimedia and identifies working assumptions and technical challenges expected from working with AI and NN-based technologies. This document highlights a variety of multimedia coding activities, key scenarios and gaps that are to be addressed by further standardization efforts.”
ISO/IEC 27000:2026 — Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection — Information security management systems — Overview
Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27
“ISO/IEC 27000 explains the core concepts and principles behind information security management systems, or ISMS. It provides an overview of the ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards, including ISO/IEC 27001, and clarifies how these documents relate to each other. The standard helps organizations understand the foundations of information security management before selecting, implementing or working with more specific ISMS standards. This sixth edition has been revised to focus on overview, concepts and relationships rather than serving as a terminology document.”
ISO/IEC 23167:2026 — Information technology — Cloud computing — Common technologies and techniques
Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38
“This document provides a description of a set of common technologies and techniques used in conjunction with cloud computing. These include: virtual machines (VMs) and hypervisors; containers and container management systems (CMSs); serverless computing; microservices architecture; automation; platform as a service systems and architecture; storage services; security, scalability and networking as applied to the above cloud computing technologies.”
Transcript Provenance Metadata Elements, Version 1.0 [AI4LAM]
“The AI4LAM Speech-to-Text Working Group is pleased to announce version 1.0 of Transcript Provenance Metadata Elements (TPME), published on July 10, 2026. TPME is a set of metadata elements designed to record the provenance of common informational artifacts (like transcripts) that are derived from primary media items, often by way of AI systems. The schema was developed over 18 months through an open drafting and revision process involving practitioners across libraries and archives. TPME is published as both PDF (for use by humans) and Markdown (for use by humans or computers), available here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21287085. To provide feedback, please comment on the current working version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12cKw5EX9odQr0fZBG3Emkb1in5k1nQvu33dmSwbr6FQ.”
New and Revised ACRL Standards, Statements, and Frameworks on Access Services, Status of Academic Librarians [ACRL Insider]
“The ACRL Board of Directors approved a revision of “A Framework for Access Services Librarianship” (PDF) at its June, 27, 2026, meeting. Developed by the ACRL Access Services Interest Group (ASIG), the revised document now opens with six core concepts ASIG identified as central to the practice of the craft of Access Services Librarianship, informed by a series of open forums and a survey of access services professionals’ personal experiences with the existing document. The Board also approved a updated version of the “Statement on the Terminal Professional Degree for Academic Librarians” and new “ACRL Standards for the Employment, Promotion, and Tenure of Academic Librarians.”
Strengthening Scholarly Integrity - Introducing COPE’s Core Principles and Code of Conduct [COPE]
“Safeguarding the integrity of the scholarly record is central to COPE’s mission. As part of our strategic commitment to make ethical practice the universal norm, we are introducing two important frameworks: our new Core Principles, and a formal Code of Conduct for Members which has been reintroduced in response to member feedback and replaces the previous Core Practices. Together, these set a clear, shared foundation for advancing the highest standards in research and publication across the scholarly publishing community.”
