Name: Describing Things That Are Important—with AI-Ready Metadata and More
Start: 2026-09-17T13:45:00-0400
End: 2026-09-17T15:00:00-0400

Describing Things That Are Important—with AI-Ready Metadata and More

Thursday September 17, 2026 1:45pm - 3:00pm EDT

Online

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.

Speakers

Keondra Bailey

Standards Program Manager, NISO

Robert Heaton

Collection Management Librarian, EBSCO Information Services

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