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Introducing the 2026 NISO Training Series Schedule

Introducing the 2026 NISO Training Series Schedule

March 2026

NISO’s in-depth training series are always a highlight of our Education Program. The lineup for 2026 is no exception as we look forward to a new set of topics designed to help our community think through current opportunities and challenges, including artificial intelligence tools, collaboration and resilience, and the evolving world of copyright.

We begin with our spring training series, Assessing and Adopting AI Tools, an eight-week course that started on March 26. (There’s still time to register, and recordings of any missed sessions will be made available to attendees.) Designed for those in the process of evaluating and considering myriad AI tools, the series will enable participants to make smart decisions, develop shared language, and move from experimentation to sustainable practice.  

Facilitator Jessica Miles is Founder of The Informed Frontier, a consulting firm that advises STM organizations on AI’s impact on knowledge discovery and dissemination. A scientist and longtime publishing and strategy leader, Miles has worked with executives and boards on strategic planning and transformation and has previously led strategy and investments in AI-powered research and discovery tools.

You won’t want to miss these course sessions, each featuring an expert guest speaker:

  • Approaches for Evaluating AI Tools (Dan Berger, Senior Product Owner, American Physical Society)
  • AI for Open Scholarship (Tim Vines, Founder & CEO, DataSeer)
  • Search and Discovery (Josh Nicholson, Co-founder, Scite and Chief Strategy Officer, Research Solutions)
  • Identity, Access, and Security, Guest Speaker (Tim Lloyd, CEO, LibLynx)
  • AI Literacy and Learning, (Chris Rosser, Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University Libraries)
  • Copyright and Institutions (Michelle Wilson, Head of Open Scholarship Services, University of Maryland)
  • AI Futures for the Research Enterprise (Keith Webster, Dean of University Libraries Carnegie Mellon University)
  • DIY AI: Building Tools, Shaping Strategies (Jeff Lang, Founder and CEO, FigureTwo)

Later this year, independent consultant and longtime scholarly communication professional Alice Meadows will lead Organizational Resilience through Collaboration, a four-week series taking place from June 4 through June 25. This course will focus on how collaboration across teams, organizations, and communities can help organizations adapt, solve problems, and remain resilient during periods of change and uncertainty. Meadows has designed the course to be interactive, with a goal of helping registrants understand not just why community-led collaborations are important for resilience, but also how they can apply lessons learned in their own organizations. 

Over four weeks, the course will cover the following topics (additional guest speakers to be confirmed):

  • Building an Organizational Collaboration Toolkit
  • Case Study One: ORCID (Chris Shillum, Executive Director)
  • Case Study Two: A Library Consortium
  • Organizational Resilience through Collaboration in Practice

Finally, we’ll offer Copyright Essentials: From A to AI, facilitated by Willa Liburd Tavernier, Research and Open Scholarship Librarian and Karen Stoll Farrell, Director of Scholarly Communication and Open Publishing, both of Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington. This eight-week course will explore copyright fundamentals alongside emerging questions around AI, authorship, licensing, and reuse. We’ll share dates and other session details soon.

Together, these programs are meant to provide not just information, but space to learn, ask questions, and think together about where scholarly communications is heading next. Check our upcoming events page for updates, and if possible, take advantage of early-bird rates! Discounts are also available for students, those residing in LMIC countries, NISO members, and groups.