Digital Libraries
Much of CNI’s work relates to the broad scope of topics involved in the development of digital libraries. Our work has always encompassed many forms of content, including born-digital materials, multi-media, images, video, audio, text, manuscripts, and geo-spatial information. The very large collections compiled by HathiTrust and Google Books, and very large data sets being established in many disciplines, have led to new frontiers for research and scholarship. The content of digital libraries requires stewardship, and we encourage discussion of the organization of these collections, discoverability, long-term preservation, and other aspects of their management.
Recent Publications/Reports/Presentations by CNI Staff
New Strategies for Acquiring Learning Materials (June '20)View Report View more information
JCDL 2013 Opening Keynote (July '13)
Speaker: Clifford A. Lynch View more information View video
“Impact of Digital Scholarship” (April '09)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch
In The Journal of Library Administration 49:3 (April 2009), pp. 227-244. View more information
“Digital Libraries, Learning Communities, and Open Education” (June '08)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch View more information
“Repatriation, Reconstruction, and Cultural Diplomacy” (January '08)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
Building Infrastructure by Investing in People: Seven Years with CollectionBuilder (Lightning Talk) (March '26)
Evan Williamson, University of Idaho
Downloading Millions of Files from Internet Archive: Two Approaches (March '26)
Karen Knox, Washington University
Leonard Augsburger, Washington University
Eric Weig, University of Kentucky
Mitch Sumner, Washington University
From Accessibility to Extraction: AI Applications and Evaluation Frameworks for Collections (March '26)
Sarah Cogley, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Stacy Snyder, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Paul Gallagher, Western Michigan University
From Infrastructure to Impact: The Allmaps-IIIF Partnership (March '26)
Jonathan Manton, Yale University
Martin Kalfatovic, International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Consortium
From Scan to Discovery: Responsible AI and Open Source Strategies for Document and AV Access (March '26)
Adelynn Shirts, Utah State University
David Advent, Utah State University
Brian McBride, University of Utah
Harish Maringanti, University of Utah
Bohan Zhu, University of Utah
Sara Brumfield, FromThePage
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Recent Videos
Archivault: Processing Digital Collections at Scale with Generative Artificial Intelligence (January '26)Daniel Genkins, Vanderbilt University View more information
Automated Handwritten Text Recognition of Manuscript Document Collections (January '26)
Chulin Meng, Lehigh University
Joe Corall, Lehigh University View more information
Launching the OAEBUDT within the Scholarly Communications Trusted Dataspace | A 2025 Year in Review (January '26)
Christina Drummond, University of North Texas View more information
Quantum Computing-as-a-Library Service (QCAALS): Preparing Academic Libraries for the Next Computing Revolution (January '26)
Seth Porter, University of Colorado Colorado Springs View more information
US RAiD (Research Activity Identifier) Pilot Update (January '26)
Sheila Rabun, Lyrasis View more information
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Recent Podcasts
Oct 14, 2011: eBird Global Tool, Net Gen, 21st-Century Collections, and More (October '11) CNI Conversations Podcast, Oct. 14, 2011Listen to the Podcast
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