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Directors were elected to the CHORUS/CHOR, Inc. Board of Directors at the Annual Members Meeting held on 29 April 2026. Newly elected to the board is Annie Hill (American Psychological Association), Patrick Franzen (SPIE), M. Scott Dineen (Optica Publishing Group), Lauren Kmec (AAAS). Returning to the CHORUS board are: Matt Cannon (T&F), Nicola Poser (American […]

The CHORUS Forum on Trust and Integrity, moderated by Scott Delman, Director of Publications at the Association for Computing Machinery. Scott introduced the session speakers and reported the session’s focus would be on trust in scholarly publication and the rise of AI in misconduct. Speakers covered a range of areas from threats and opportunities through […]

The CHORUS Forum Accessibility: How’s It Going hosted on 23 March 2026 brought together over 100 stakeholders from the scholarly research community to discuss the evolving landscape of accessibility. The forum specifically addressed new mandates and the practical challenges of implementation. A Shift Toward Universal Design Moderator Nicola Poser (American Mathematical Society) opened by highlighting […]

Mayernik, M., Johnson, A., Julian, R., Mundoma, C., Murray, M., & Ranganath, A. (2026). Recommendations Toward a Framework for Adoption and Use of Persistent Identifiers for Research Facilities, Platforms, and Instruments. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18436644 Mayernik, M., Johnson, A., Julian, R., Mundoma, C., Murray, M., & Ranganath, A. (2026). FAIR Facilities and Instruments Workshop #3 Report: Synthesizing […]

CSIRO, a nationally funded Australian research organization, wished to show how its resources and facilities are used by scientists from Australia across the globe in order to illustrate its impact and warrant national investment. CHORUS and CSIRO agreed to collaborate in a project to establish protocols for identifying research resources and facilities in the published […]

The workshop discussed the Research Data Framework (RDaF) developed by NIST and emphasized its role in enhancing researchdata management. The RDaF is divided into six life cycle stages, and aims to improve data quality, transparency, and risk management. Implementation examples included the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and SUNY, which used the RDaF to assess and […]

The focus of the workshop was the need for all involved in the scholarly ecosystem to focus on improving metadata around authors, author/contribution, author affiliations, funding information, and references.  Participants were asked to provide their thoughts on the role of AI in metadata quality and highlights were that we are seeing the elements of caution […]

The forum discussed the challenges and solutions for ensuring research integrity and digital identity verification in scholarly publishing. Jennifer Wright highlighted the complexities of verifying author identities, citing a case of plagiarism involving multiple authors and institutions. Nancy Chescheir emphasized the need for transparency and collaboration, noting the rise in research fraud and the importance […]

The forum which was held on 18 June 2025 focused on accessibility in scholarly communications. Panelists discussed responsibilities, challenges, and case studies. Judy Russell (University of Florida) who moderated the discussion and Lettie Conrad (Independent Researcher & Consultant) mentioned the need for shared responsibility in accessibility, highlighting legal frameworks like the ADA and the EU’s […]

During the Metadata Gone Wrong – What to Fix and Why It Matters Workshop held on 24 April 2025, speakers spoke about issues with metadata.  The biggest takeaway was the need to identify pathways and introduce solutions to fix errors or omissions upstream and build infrastructure to minimize the introduction of metadata errors going forward. […]