Library Technology Guides

NISO Publishes the Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Infrastructure Project (CCLIP) Recommended Practice. The National Information Standards Organization announced the publication of the Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Infrastructure Project, NISO RP-46-2026. The Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Infrastructure Project (CCLIP) is a NISO Recommended Practice that is part of the IMLS-funded Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project co-led by NISO, the Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation, and Lehigh University Libraries. Networks of libraries have a long tradition of working together to expand their collections and provide more comprehensive coverage across all subjects through sharing of resources. To support these strategies, larger networks of institutions have recently explored wider adoption of cooperative collections management, which this project defines as a process by which networks of institutions work collaboratively to acquire, manage, circulate, and preserve collections across the network. The CCLP seeks to overcome serious barriers to wider implementation, including the lack of available vendor-neutral interoperable systems, adequate governance and decision-making frameworks, and assessment tools. [Full Announcement].

NISO's CREC Recommended Practice wins 2026 SSP EPIC Gold Award for Integrity Tools. NISO announced that its Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern Recommended Practice has received the 2026 SSP EPIC Gold Award in the Integrity Tools category. The EPIC Award winners were announced at the Gaylord Pacific Hotel and Resort in Chula Vista, California, on May 28 during the Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting. The CREC Recommended Practice establishes best practices for the creation, transfer, and display of retraction-related metadata, ensuring that participants can communicate retraction information quickly and enabling readers who discover a publication to readily identify its status. [Full Announcement].

NISO approves working group to develop recommended practice for identification of trust markers for increasing credibility of scholarly research. Voting members of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved the formation of a Working Group to provide consumers of scholarly content with definitions and a framework for understanding items that signal trust in published scholarly content. NISO is currently seeking members from across the information community to join the resulting Trust Markers Working Group. [Full Announcement].

NISO's CREC Recommended Practice is a 2026 SSP EPIC awards finalist. NISO's Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC) Recommended Practice is a 2026 SSP EPIC Award finalist, in the Research Integrity Tools category. The EPIC Award winners will be announced at the SSP Annual Meeting, hosted at the Gaylord Pacific Hotel and Resort in Chula Vista, California, on May 28. [Full Announcement].

NISO Publishes Revision of the Transfer Code of Practice (Version 5.0). The National Information Standards Organization announces the publication of the revised Transfer Code of Practice (Version 5.0), NISO RP-24-2026. The Transfer Code of Practice is a NISO Recommended Practice that ensures continuing access to journals when titles are transferred from one publisher to another. Compliance with the code not only helps publishers make journal content easily accessible to librarians and readers when there is a transfer between parties, but also enables the transfer process to occur with minimum disruption to manuscript submission and production processes. This revision addresses community needs around the transfer of open access titles and refines language to provide more clarity to readers. [Full Announcement].

Digital Preservation of the Scholarly Record receives the 2026 Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact. NISO joins The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, the Association of University Presses, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, and the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers in announcing that Digital Preservation of the Scholarly Record is the winner of the 2026 Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact. Digital preservation ensures that researchers, now and in the future, have reliable access to the full breadth of scholarly literature, providing a crucial safeguard against the loss of information due to technological obsolescence over time, infrastructure failure, publisher cessation, or other catastrophic events. The Rosenblum Award, established in memory of Bruce Rosenblum, recognizes technologies, infrastructure, standards, or practices that have become indispensable to scholarly publishing. Rather than honoring individuals or organizations, the Award highlights transformative innovations that have shaped the scholarly ecosystem and continue to inspire progress. [Full Announcement].

Brandie Nonnecke to deliver opening keynote at NISO Plus Baltimore. he National Information Standards Organization announced that Brandie Nonnecke, PhD, will deliver the opening keynote address at the 2026 NISO Plus conference in Baltimore on Tuesday, February 17, at 9:15 am EST. [Full Announcement].

NISO's Draft CCLIP Recommended Practice is now open for public comment. The National Information Standards Organization announced that its draft Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Infrastructure Project Recommended Practice (NISO RP-46-202X) is now available for public comment through December 15, 2025. The community is encouraged to read and comment on the draft recommendations. [Full Announcement].

NISO Approves Working Group to develop Recommended Practice to Optimize Open Interoperability Around the ILS/LSP. Voting members of the National Information Standards Organization have approved the formation of a Working Group to develop a Recommended Practice to create visibility, clarity, and conformity of the areas that will optimize open interoperability around the Integrated Library System / Library Services Platform and support the various parties involved. NISO is currently seeking members from across the information community to join the resulting Open ILS Working Group. [Full Announcement].

Alondra Nelson Is the winner of the 2026 Miles Conrad Award. The National Information Standards Organization announced that Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Chair in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, is our 2026 Miles Conrad Awardee. The award is named for the founder of the National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services (NFAIS), which merged with NISO in 2019, and recognizes distinguished lifetime achievement in moving us toward a world where all can benefit from the unfettered exchange of information. Dr. Nelson will receive the award and deliver the Miles Conrad Lecture on February 17 during the 2026 NISO Plus conference in Baltimore. [Full Announcement].

NISO's Draft Revision of KBART Phase III Recommended Practice now open for public comment. The National Information Standards Organization announced today that its draft revision of the Knowledge Bases and Related Tools (KBART) Phase III Recommended Practice (NISO RP-9-202X) is now available for public comment through November 10, 2025 [Full Announcement].

NISO's Draft Recommended Practice for Open Access Business Processes now open for public comment. he National Information Standards Organization announced that the draft Open Access Business Processes Recommended Practice (NISO RP-49-202X) is now available for public comment through October 17, 2025, at the project website, http s://www.niso.org/standards-committees/oabp. [Full Announcement].

NISO Open Discovery Initiative publishes results of survey on AI and discovery systems. The National Information Standards Organization announces the publication of “Generative Artificial Intelligence and the NISO Open Discovery Initiative,” a report on the 2024 AI in web-scale library discovery services survey undertaken by the NISO Open Discovery Initiative Standing Committee. To better understand the specific areas of interest and concern among participants in the discovery ecosystem, the ODI conducted a survey of constituents in September–October 2024, following several months of planning. The findings from that survey, detailing the hopes and fears of libraries and content providers regarding the impact of AI on content discovery, are detailed in the report. The report also covers the specific areas of work that the ODI will be taking on in response over the months to come. [Full Announcement].

Rhonda Ross appointed NISO Treasurer for 2025-2027 Term. The National Information Standards Organization announced that Rhonda Ross, Chief of Staff at CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, has been appointed NISO Treasurer for the 2025–27 term. Jonathan Clark (Principal, Consultant and Managing Agent, The DOI Foundation) made the appointment shortly after transitioning to his new role as Chair of the NISO Board on July 1. [Full Announcement].

Dr. Mark Aldridge to deliver opening keynote address at NISO Plus Global/Online. The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is pleased to announce that Dr. Mark Aldridge, Associate Professor of Screen Histories at Southampton Solent University and Agatha Christie historian, is the opening keynote speaker of the 2025 NISO Plus Global/Online conference (September 16–17). [Full Announcement].

NISO Welcomes New Board Members for 2025 - 2026. The National Information Standards Organization announced the results of its recent Board elections for the term beginning July 1, 2025. Jonathan Clark, (Principal, Consultant and Managing Agent, The DOI Foundation) will transition to the role of Chair of the NISO Board, having served as Vice Chair for the past year. He is replaced as Vice Chair by Jill Morris of the Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation (PALCI), who will assume the role of Chair for 2026–27 next July. Robert Wheeler (Director, Publishing Technology, American Society of Mechanical Engineers) rotates to the position of Past Chair, having served as NISO Chair for 2024–25. [Full Announcement].

NISO's Draft Revision of the Transfer Code of Practice now open for public comment. The National Information Standards Organization announced that its draft revision of the Transfer Code of Practice (NISO RP-24-202X) is now available for public comment through May 2, 2025. The Transfer Code of Practice is a NISO Recommended Practice to ensure continuing access to journals when titles transfer from one publisher to another. Compliance with the code helps publishers make journal content easily accessible to librarians and readers when there is a transfer between parties. It also enables the transfer process to occur with minimum disruption to manuscript submission and production processes. Over 90 publishers have endorsed the Transfer Code of Practice since it was first established as a NISO Recommended Practice in 2015. [Full Announcement].

The DOI for Scholarly Publishing is the inaugural winner of the Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact. NISO joins The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, the Association of University Presses, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, and the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers in announcing the Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact. Named in honor of Bruce Rosenblum, the award celebrates innovations that have transformed the scholarly publishing ecosystem, focusing on technologies, standards, or practices that have become indispensable to its operation, and its inaugural winner is the DOI for Scholarly Publishing. [Full Announcement].

RDA-US and NISO to collaborate on US National PID Strategy. The Research Data Alliance-United States and the National Information Standards Organization announced today their intent to collaborate in the development of an ANSI/NISO standard for a US national Persistent Identifier (PID) strategy. The Working Group formed to achieve this goal will operate within NISO's standards development structure. [Full Announcement].

Cristin Hipke Joins NISO as Standards Program Manager. The National Information Standards Organization announced that Cristin Hipke has joined the organization this month in the role of Standards Program Manager. Cristin will help to advance NISO's mission of developing authoritative standards for the information community by leading volunteer working groups and committees and providing them with organizational, logistical, and promotional support. In her new position, she will work closely with her colleague and fellow Standards Program Manager, Keondra Bailey. [Full Announcement].