NISO Plus 2026 Global/Online

Since the advent of digital research distribution, we have been challenged to capture and quantify new ways to measure impact.  From measuring downloads to capturing the variety of ways that researchers can participate in reearch projects, our methods of assessment have been constantly evolving. This session will explore the changes and the needs for adaptations in how we track contributions, usage, and other metrics.

Persistent identifiers, or PIDs, are foundational to open research and research integrity. In this session, we’ll hear the latest on PIDs for scholarly communications, including a new identifier for channel identification, project identification, the US National PID Strategy, and more.

For every type of content, there is an equally important metadata structure to describe, discover, and exchange that content. Maintaining these models over time is a critical part of the standards process—and AI is now driving some of the most significant changes yet. This session will explore what updates are needed to the basic metadata models that make research content findable, accessible, and reusable, as adoption of AI technologies reshapes how that content is described, discovered, and used.