NISO Plus Conference 2023

• Openness is critical for a sustainable and trustworthy PID infrastructure, this relates to data, documentation but also communication on risks. 
• Globally, political and social risks are perceived as more important than technological failure. 
• Sustainability is considered as a key factor of trust, while the term covers not only economical (funding, business model) but also political (strategy, governance) and social aspects (community support, acceptance). 
• Coordination is crucial and more important than the selection of “good PIDs”.

• Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC) / Caitlin Bakker, Discovery Technologies Librarian, University of Regina
• Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) / Mohammad Hosseini, Postdoctoral Scholar, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University
  • This presentation will provide a short introduction to the CRediT taxonomy and the CRediT Standing Committee, and will include updates about recent activities and plans for the CRediT taxonomy.
• Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) / Tommie Usdin, President, Mulberry Technologies, Inc.; Jeff Beck, Literature Program Head, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
• Knowledge Bases And Related Tools (KBART) / Noah Levin, Manager, Metadata & Digital Asset Management, Springer Publishing
• Standards-Specific Ontology (SSOS) / Robert Wheeler, Director, Publishing Technology, ASME

Metadata provides context and provenance to raw data and methods and is essential to both discovery and validation of scientific research. Metadata is also necessary for finding, using, and properly managing scientific data while playing a crucial role in increasing the data quality of information systems. 

Join us as we discuss the relevance of metadata within the research lifecycle - from research organisations to funders to publishers and researchers and why it is important to research. Josh Brown from MoreBrains Cooperative will provide insights and examples into how business cases for investment into research infrastructure can be built using metadata. Heather Kotula from Access Innovations, Inc  will provide her take on how metadata contributes to knowledge management and how to measure its value.  Michelle Urberg brings her expertise on metadata and its impact on research output. Julia McDonnell will round it out with her take on metadata and how publishers can influence and benefit the uptake and implementation of metadata within publishing systems. 

Speakers: 

Josh Brown
Heather Kotula
Michelle Urberg
Julia McDonell 

• Launching a new identifier: When do You Need a New PID
• Lessons Learned (RAiD, ROR, PID for instruments)
• PID Innovations and Developments in Scholarly Infrastructure

• Content Profile/Linked Document (CP/LD) / Bill Kasdorf, Principal, Kasdorf & Associates, LLC
• Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending (IS-CDL) / Allen Jones, Director of Digital Libraries & Technical Services, The New School Libraries
• Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA) / Tony Alves, Senior Vice President, Product Management, HighWire Press, Inc.
• Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) / Parvathi (Bobbi) Patham, Global Manager, Discovery & Discovery Services, Springer Nature
• Transfer Code of Practice / Linda Wobbe, Assistant Director for eJournal Relations, SCELC

This session will explore the state of play in terms of revising and developing standards with DEIA issues in mind, with a particular focus on metadata. You'll hear about a proposed Recommended Practice to Update Author Name Changes in the Academic Publication Record after Publication as a Result of Identity Change, as well as related areas of work in other organizations, in particular ORCID and the Committee on Publication Ethics. You will also hear about the NISO DEIA Standards Subcommittee's plans for embedding DEIA in NISO protocols, processes, and procedures.  In the discussion portion, we will be collecting ideas for future DEIA work at NISO, along with the names of volunteers who wish to contribute to this work.