CNI News

Two new videos from CNI’s spring membership meeting have been posted:

-To the Rescue of the Orphans of Scholarly Communication, Herbert Van de Sompel and Martin Klein (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Michael L. Nelson (Old Dominion University)
Scholars have started using a wide variety of online portals which exist outside of the established scholarly publishing system (experiment.org, SlideShare, etc.) to conduct aspects of their research and to convey research results. Whereas initiatives such as LOCKSS and Portico have emerged to make sure that the output of the established scholarly publishing system gets archived, no comparable efforts exist for scholarly artifacts deposited in these online platforms. This video describes how these scholarly orphans could be archived.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/_OInNoQxpTQ
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/218627896

–Collaborating to Digitize Paleontological Collections at the University of Wyoming, Chad Hutchens, University of Wyoming
Academic libraries and museums are increasingly collaborating on digitization, metadata aggregation, and data management to offer access to objects that rarely see the light of day in many small museums. The University of Wyoming Libraries and the UW Geological Museum have been working together to make physical objects (largely vertebrate fossils) available in 3D formats to anyone with an internet connection.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Xxi6iIFcKno
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/218636796

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In May 2016 I was fortunate to be able to attend most of a symposium sponsored by the Computer and Telecommunications Science Board (CSTB) of the National Academies that dealt with society’s ability to change out cryptographic algorithms in the networked infrastructure (think public key cryptography (PKI) here, which underpins all kinds of fundamental technologies like SSL/TLS). This eye-opening and disturbing (at least for me) discussion was largely driven by the potential (though controversial and complicated) not-too-distant emergence of quantum computing, which might well put much of the current PKI at risk, and the prospects for dealing with it. If this is not on your radar screen for the 5-20 year future (and the big time range uncertainty is part of the problem) it should be, in my opinion.

The report from this symposium has is now available. There’s a free PDF download. It’s at

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24636/cryptographic-agility-and-interoperability-proceedings-of-a-workshop

Background on the workshop is at

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DEPS/CYBER/DEPS_171459

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI

Ithaca has issued a very nice report authored by Dale Askey and Lisa Janicke Hinchcliffe titled “Finding the Way from the Margins to the Middle: Library Information Technology, Leadership and Culture” which follows up and expands upon their presentation at the recent CNI membership meeting. The report can be found at:

http://www.sr.ithaka.org/publications/finding-a-way-from-the-margins-to-the-middle/

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI

Two new videos from CNI’s spring membership meeting have been posted:

-Virtual Reality in the Trenches: Addressing the Preservation Challenges of Virtual Reality for Scholarship, Zack Lischer-Katz and Matt Cook, University of Oklahoma

This video presents work being conducted at the University of Oklahoma to develop strategies and best practices for addressing the digital preservation and data curation needs associated with adopting the use of virtual reality (VR) and 3D digital assets in academic research and instruction.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/fV3Zqd5wvwA
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/217004710

–Online Scientific Reference Sample Collections and Shared Linked Data for Heritage Science and Related Disciplines, Fenella France, Library of Congress

This talk explores how developments for linked scientific data generated on heritage materials have advanced within the Library of Congress Preservation Research and Testing Division. The group has engaged with colleagues in the Research Data Alliance and internationally to build upon existing standards and authorities, allowing greater credence for humanities and cultural heritage linked data.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/nTv1uSMRbEs
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/216696620

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I am very pleased to announce the availability of the report on the two Executive Roundtables that we held on “Rethinking Institutional Repository Strategies” in conjunction with our April 2017 Membership Meeting in Albuquerque. These were very rich and lively sessions and the report tries to capture as many of the discussion insights as  possible; I think you’ll find it an interesting reading.

The report is at:
https://www.cni.org/go/rethinking-irs-cni-er-s17

I would note that this joins a wealth of other material, including videos, from the Spring meeting that are now available on the CNI website.

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI

Members of the CNI community are invited to join a conference call where some of the findings from a forthcoming report from an EDUCAUSE ECAR/CNI Working Group on Supporting Digital Humanities will be described. My co-chair, Quinn Dombrowski and working group member Annelie Rugg, will highlight some of the key topics covered in the report. Please see below for details.
–Joan Lippincott, CNI

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We will have our next CINC UP call on Thursday, May 11^th at 1PM ET, jointly sponsored by Internet2’s DBDA Working Group and EDUCAUSE’s ECAR/CNI Digital Humanities Working Group. Annelie Rugg from the University of California, Los Angeles and Quinn Dombrowski from the University of California, Berkeley will share Supporting Digital Humanities: Report of an EDUCAUSE ECAR/CNI Working Group. For those of you unable to join in person, a recording will be available, along with the slides – on the CINO Collaborative Innovation Community Wiki. 

Adobe Connect Information:
Adobe Connect: http://internet2.adobeconnect.com/cino
Conference Call Connection Information:
Dial-in: +1-734-615-7474 or +1-866-411-0013
Participant Access Code: 0108581#

Please note that when you call into the phone bridge you will be automatically muted until we open the lines for active participation. Once the phone lines are open please make sure that your computers are MUTED to avoid feedback.

Two new videos from CNI’s spring membership meeting have been posted:

-From Theory to Practice: Leading the Way with Learning Data Principles, Jenn Stringer, University of California at Berkeley
The IMS Global Learning Consortium Learning Data & Analytics Innovation Leadership Network has developed guiding principles for institutional leaders, administrators, and other stakeholders, who are participating in ongoing dialogues about the gathering and usage of learning data. This video includes a discussion of the principles and the rationale behind them.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/RTW_go0CVRE
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/216564592

–Protect Researcher Privacy in the Surveillance Era, Sam Kome, Claremont Colleges
With the combination of Wireless, Proxy, and ILS data, libraries today have a 360 degree, highly granular view of researcher activity. These data are valuable for operational decisions, however they have immense privacy implications. This video includes an examination of these data, their beneficial uses, and the necessary steps needed to protect researchers.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/xjAcCbUdUkI
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/216570434

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Two new videos from CNI’s spring membership meeting have been posted:

-Advancing Accessibility through Libraries, Laura Wood (Tufts), Joseph (Jody) Combs (ARL/Vanderbilt), Beth Sandore Namachchivaya (UIUC)
Libraries can bring needed expertise and coordination to accessibility and contribute to the success of students with disabilities. This video provides updates on three accessibility initiatives: an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) planning grant for repository services, the Association for Research Libraries (ARL) captioning initiative, and a pilot at the University of Illinois to contribute DAISY files to the HathiTrust Digital Library.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/thI3vlGtcos
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/215993999

–A CAVEkiosk in the Library: The At-Risk Cultural Heritage and the Digital Humanities UC Catalyst Grant, Declan Fleming (UCSD)
This video provides an overview of the At-Risk Cultural Heritage and the Digital Humanities University of California (UC), Catalyst grant work, specifically on the 3D CAVEkiosk installed in the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Geisel Library. The Cave is an interactive display for work which is being done at UCSD in collaboration with archaeology faculty at UC Berkeley, UC Merced and UCLA, incorporating more than 10,000 years of cultural materials, architecture and landscapes.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/ue0q1V02Dvk
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/215515836

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Two new videos from CNI’s spring membership meeting have been posted:

-Building Data Refuge: From Bucket Brigade to Sustainable Action, Panelists from U. Penn, Georgetown, Temple, U. Michigan

A group of volunteers began collaborating in late 2016 to back up vulnerable climate and environmental data at events around the country. This video features key organizers of this effort, discussing the Data Rescue events, the workflow that was developed to support these distributed activities, and some of the challenges encountered. They also describe the emerging effort to move towards a more sustainable model, bringing together public participation, research libraries, and the open data community.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/UgEpHsMJgzA
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/214694385

–The Role of Academic Libraries in an Era of Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Information Overload, Donald A. Barclay (University of California, Merced)
Academic librarians have spent years watching students struggle with the challenges of discovering, internalizing, evaluating, and applying credible information. This presentation focuses on what the role of academic libraries should be in helping individuals make sense of a world bursting at the seams with information—some of it completely unreliable.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/ClFBqk3Dvek
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/215029118

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Two new videos from CNI’s spring membership meeting have been posted:

-Ithaka S+R US Library Survey 2016, Roger C. Schonfeld (Ithaka S+R)
In fall 2016, Ithaka S+R surveyed academic library deans and directors across the US on key topics including how library leaders are investing in the future of their organizations, and what kinds of strategies they are pursuing in support of research, teaching, and learning. With a response rate of 49%, the project offers a wide array of perspectives on the opportunities and challenges currently facing academic libraries and higher education more broadly. The full report was released in conjunction with CNI’s spring 2017 meeting, and the results are discussed in this presentation.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/2LcJwWzr6NM
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/214693918

–Data Integrity for Librarians, Archivists, and Criminals: What We Can Steal from Bitcoin, BitTorrent, and Usenet, Jeffrey Spies (Center for Open Science)
Data integrity is important in distributed systems, and the same characteristics that make these systems robust make maintaining data integrity challenging. For this reason, hash functions play a central role in the algorithms and technologies that power Usenet, BitTorrent, and Bitcoin and its blockchain. This presentation introduces hashes and their variants, these distributed and sometimes dubious systems, and what can be learned and practically applied in today’s digital repositories for purposes of auditing, identifying, recovering, and sharing data.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/SRvAGFJO0yw
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/214694331

To see all videos produced by CNI, visit our video channels on YouTube (www.youtube.com/cnivideo) and Vimeo (vimeo.com/channels/cni).