NISO's Latest Training Series Offer Actionable Learning Opportunities
NISO’s Training Series program continues to provide expert-designed and -led professional development opportunities that help members of the scholarly communications community navigate complex challenges and strengthen their organizations.
The year began with Assessing and Adopting AI Tools, an eight-week series facilitated by Jessica Miles, founder of The Informed Frontier, which helped participants develop practical frameworks for evaluating AI tools, understand institutional risks and opportunities, and make informed decisions about adoption. NISO extends its sincere thanks to Jessica and the program’s guest speakers for sharing their expertise and insights throughout the series.
Looking ahead, NISO’s upcoming training programs will focus on two critical topics: collaboration and copyright.
This summer, Organizational Resilience Through Collaboration will run on Thursdays from June 4–25. Alice Meadows, Independent Consultant and Consultant-at-Large for Open Research Ecosystem Consulting, will facilitate. As organizations across the scholarly communications ecosystem face increasing pressures and resource constraints, collaboration has become an essential strategy for building resilience. Through case studies featuring ORCID and BioOne, participants will explore how successful partnerships are formed and sustained, from establishing shared goals and values to fostering effective communication, maintaining community support, and measuring impact. The highly interactive course is designed for professionals whose work involves collaborating across organizations and sectors and will provide practical frameworks for strengthening partnerships and organizational effectiveness.
This fall brings Copyright Essentials: From A to AI, an eight-week series facilitated by Indiana University's Willa Liburd, Research Impact and Open Scholarship Librarian and Karen Stoll Farrell, Director, Scholarly Communication and Open Publishing Associate Librarian. Designed for anyone interested in the intersection of copyright law and academic institutions, the course combines foundational knowledge with critical analysis of the systems, assumptions, and power dynamics that shape copyright in practice. Participants will examine topics including fair use, the public domain, statutory exceptions for libraries, licensing, open access and author rights, and the unresolved questions surrounding generative AI. Through discussion, case studies, and hands-on application, attendees will develop practical approaches for navigating copyright-related issues and strengthening policies, programs, and services within their own organizations. The course runs on Thursdays, October 1–November 19.
Together, these programs reflect NISO’s commitment to providing relevant learning opportunities that actively support the evolving needs of libraries, publishers, research organizations, and the broader scholarly communications community.
