NISO Plus 2026 Global/Online

Making content accessible to everyone regardless of their abilities is a moral imperative, but it can also be a perennial challenge for some organizations. Regulatory demands for accessible content are forcing publishers and institutions to rapidly adapt. WIth expectations changing and requirements expanding, content providers are using a variety of tools, including AI tools, to support accessibility applications. This session will explore how the community is responding and what tools are proving most useful.

According to a recent study, the number of scholarly research articles published in languages other than English has grown over the last three decades. However, the rate of growth varies among individual languages, and some languages have seen a decline in publications. What is driving these trends? How are publishers supporting publications in languages other than English?  Will rapidly evolving translation tools support the growth of such publications?

Copyright is a fundamental pillar of content distribution, whether the content is open access or subscription-based. Technology companies are pushing the boundaries of fair use as they train their AI models on published works. Significant legal challenges are open and pending across the world as publishers and authors react. Regulators and policy makers are scambling to define the guardrails of what is copyrightable and set other legal ground rules. Licenses must now define what is allowable and what is not in a world in which seemingly everyone is using AI tools. This session will explore the issues and how our community might adapt to this changing environment.