As our February NISO Plus conference approaches, we are delighted to share highlights from the draft program with you: For additional details, view the full preliminary program below (be sure to check in over the coming weeks for updates on speakers). Remember to register by the early-bird deadline, January 14, for the best rates, and book your hotel room soon. Until then, warm wishes for the holiday season and new year!
We are delighted to announce that Brandie Nonnecke, PhD, will deliver the opening keynote address at the 2026 NISO Plus conference in Baltimore on Tuesday, February 17. Brandie is Senior Director of Policy at Americans for Responsible Innovation, a bipartisan organization working within and across political ideologies to address a broad range of policy issues raised by AI. She has expertise in information and communication technology (ICT) law, policy, and governance. Prior to joining Americans for Responsible Innovation, she was the Founding Director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, headquartered at the University of California, Berkeley. She also served as an …
We are pleased to announce that Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Chair in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, is our 2026 Miles Conrad awardee. The award is named for the founder of the National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services (NFAIS), which merged with NISO in 2019, and recognizes distinguished lifetime achievement in moving us toward a world where all can benefit from the unfettered exchange of information. Dr. Nelson will receive the award and deliver the Miles Conrad Lecture on February 17 during the 2026 NISO Plus conference in Baltimore. During the Biden …
Are you an emerging or mid-career professional and feel that your perspectives are underrepresented in scholarly communications? Are you eager for new opportunities to learn, network, and help explore solutions to the challenges facing the community? If your answer to these questions is yes, then we invite you to apply for a 2026 NISO Plus Scholarship Award! Now in its seventh year, the NISO Plus Scholarship program provides opportunities for professionals from diverse backgrounds to actively participate in shaping the information ecosystem. Candidates working across the information ecosystem—librarians, publishers, service and tech providers, and more—are encouraged to submit their applications. …
