An overview of the 2023 NISO Plus Conference: Global conversations/global connections

• Published in: Information services & use Vol. 43; no. 3-4; pp. 211 - 242
• Main Author: Lawlor, Bonnie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2023; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Digital preservation; Format; Information services; open access; metadata; seamlessaccess; information sharing; taxonomy; archiving; artificial intelligence; FAIR data; knowledgebases; persistent identifiers; visual-meta; digital preservation; practice research; CARE principles; helix analytics; indigenous knowledge; IEEE; open science; COUNTER usage reports; open data; TCC Africa; federated access; PID alliance; NISO; DOIs; information discovery; scholarly communication; african research; information accessibility; miles conrad lecture; Non-traditional research outputs
• ISSN: 0167-5265; 1875-8789
• DOI: 10.3233/ISU-230224

This paper offers an overview of some of the highlights of the 2023 NISO Plus Annual Conference that was held virtually from February 14–February 16, 2023. This was the fourth such conference and the third to be held in a completely virtual format due to the global impact of COVID-19. These conferences have resulted from the merger of NISO and the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS) in June 2019, replacing the NFAIS Annual Conferences and offering a new, more interactive format. As with prior years, there was no general topical theme (although the importance of metadata was a common thread throughout), but there were topics of interest for everyone working in the information ecosystem - from the practical subjects of standards, archiving, digital preservation, Open Science, and Open Access. With speakers and attendees from around the world and across multiple time zones and continents, it truly was a global conversation!