NISO Professional Development Events, January and February 2026
NISO Professional Development Events, January and February 2026
January 2026
January 2026
NISO Webinar
State of the Community Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 11:00 am–12:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada)
Building on conversations sparked by our January 2025 webinar of the same name, we’ll take stock of 2025’s rapid changes and their implications for 2026—surveying policy shifts, where we stand now, and what’s on the horizon.
Speakers:Jennifer Kemp, Director of Consulting Services, Stratos; Jay Patel, Head of Sales and Business Development, Cactus Communications; Randy Townsend, Director of Engagment, Origin Editorial; Karin Wulf, John Carter Brown librarian and professor of history, Brown University; and Maryam Zaringhalam, Senior Director of Policy, Center for Open Science.
The program will be moderated by Alice Meadows, co-founder of MoreBrains—and the NISO Education Program Committee lead who helped make this program happen.
An unfiltered look at how ideas move—and who pays—across borders. We’ll consider how tariffs, trade policy, and shifting supply chains are reshaping publishing and scholarly communication, from print costs to open-access models and licensing.
