[Eril-l] Last chance for early-bird rates to NISO Plus 2026 in Baltimore!

[Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list]

**Apologies for cross posting**

There’s still time to take advantage of early-bird registration rates for NISO
Plus Baltimore <https://niso.plus/niso-plus-2026-baltimore/>, but hurry! Sign
up by Wednesday, January 14
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/niso-plus-baltimore-2026-tickets-1919132128859?aff=oddtdtcreator>
to
take advantage of this opportunity to join the conversations that lead to
new information initiatives and projects..

Here are just some of the highlights from our interactive program
<https://nisoplusglobalonline.cadmore.media/niso-plus-2026>:


   -

   Two workshop-style pre-conferences
   <https://niso.plus/niso-plus-2026-baltimore/niso-plus-baltimore-2026-pre-conferences/>
   focusing on AI in scholarly publishing. The first will cover
   provisioning AI access to content; the second addresses AI usage tracking.
   This is a great opportunity to shape the community conversation exploring
   best practices in these critical areas, and tickets to these half-day
   sessions are only $99.
   -

   A full-day pre-conference focused on the Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS)!
   For the second year running, NISO Plus will host JATS-Con
   <https://niso.plus/niso-plus-2026-baltimore/jats-con-2026-schedule/>,
   with sessions dedicated to the use or non-use of JATS and its extensions.
   -

   An opening keynote address from Brandie Nonnecke
   <https://niso.plus/2025/12/brandie-nonnecke-to-deliver-opening-keynote-at-np26-baltimore/>,
   expert in information and communication law, governance, and policy and
   Senior Director of Policy at Americans for Responsible Innovation
   -

   The Miles Conrad Award and Lecture, to be delivered by 2026 awardee Alondra
   P. Nelson
   <https://niso.plus/2025/10/alondra-nelson-is-our-2026-miles-conrad-awardee/>
   of the Institute for Advanced Study
   -

   Interactive sessions on metadata, peer review, accessibility, research
   integrity, identity and access, open research infrastructure, and AI
   (governance, usage metrics, training AI systems, and use cases). Each
   session will incorporate time for discussion and brainstorming as we
   explore solutions to shared challenges.
   -

   Two sessions dedicated to information standards updates. This year NISO
   released drafts resulting from three important projects: the latest
   revision of KBART, the Open Access Business Processes Recommended Practice,
   and the Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Infrastructure Recommended
   Practice. Join us to learn more about these and other standards initiatives!


See our conference site for the full program
<https://nisoplusglobalonline.cadmore.media/niso-plus-2026>. Thanks to our
generous sponsors—ASME <http://asme.org>, Access Innovations
<https://www.accessinn.com/>, Bowker <https://www.bowker.com/>, Data
Conversion Laboratory <https://www.dataconversionlaboratory.com/>, EBSCO
<http://ebsco.com>, Edaptive Technologies, Emerald Publishing
<https://www.emerald.com/>, OpenAthens <http://openathens.net>, Project MUSE
<https://muse.jhu.edu/>, Silverchair <https://www.silverchair.com/>, and SPIE
Digital Library <https://spie.org/>—we have been able to keep registration
at 2024 rates, and deeper discounts are available for NISO members and
groups.

We hope to see you in February! If you’re planning on joining us, remember
to register
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/niso-plus-baltimore-2026-tickets-1919132128859?aff=oddtdtcreator>
by Wednesday, January 14 (ET) for the best rates, and be sure to book your
hotel room <https://book.passkey.com/go/NISOPlusConference2026> soon.


Best wishes,

The NISO Team



NISO
3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 302
Baltimore, MD 21211
Phone: 301.654.2512
E-mail: nisohq at niso.org
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