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NISO Professional Development Events, September and October 2026

NISO Professional Development Events, September and October 2026

August 2026

September 2026

NISO Webinar

Measure for Measure: AI Automation, Bias, and the Future of Research
Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 11:00am - 12:00pm (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada)

How will automation reshape what gets measured in research? In this discussion, we will examine where AI accelerates discovery and where it risks encoding bias, from data collection and curation to assessment and evaluation. Panelists will consider whose knowledge is represented, which values and assumptions become embedded in automated systems, and how greater transparency and human oversight can support more equitable and trustworthy research practices.

Adya Misra, Associate Director of Research Integrity at Sage Publications, will serve as moderator. Speakter participants include Emma Pierson, Zhang Family Endowed professor and assistant professor of computer science, UC Berkeley and Todd Toler, Practice Lead, AI in Scholarly Communication at ITHAKA S+R, and others to be confirmed.

October 2026

New! NISO Training Series

Copyright Essentials from A to AI: A 2026 NISO Training Series
Thursdays, October 1–November 19, 2026, 11:00 am–12:30 pm (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada)

This training series is designed for anyone interested in where copyright law intersects with library and academic spaces and the tensions that shape those interactions. Each session pairs conceptual understanding with discussions of how power and market dynamics shape outcomes in practice.

The series opens with the foundations of the US copyright system and the critical framework that runs throughout the course—asking for each topic what is being protected, who benefits, who is excluded, and what assumptions the system makes. From there, sessions move through fair use and the public domain, statutory exceptions for libraries, and a structured mid-point session that uses cases from music, sports, and popular culture as a laboratory for applying that framework in small group discussion. With participants having put the analytical framework into practice, the second half of the series turns to the more complex institutional terrain of licensing and market power, open movements and author rights, and the unresolved questions surrounding copyright and AI.

The sessions will hold space for productive tension, collaborative discussion, and reflection on how we might navigate contradictory roles with integrity. The series concludes with a capstone session where participants will be able to work on designing or refining programs and practices for their own organizations which involve copyright concerns.

NISO Webinar

Deep Dive: The Continued March Toward Open Science
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 11:00 am–12:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada)

Building on recorded conversations from the NISO archive, this program updates the open science discussion with a focus on infrastructure and incentives: aligning repositories and workflows with FAIR/CARE, rights and licensing for reuse, privacy and ethical guardrails for sensitive data, and practical steps to support reproducibility, openness of methods, and responsible data sharing.