CNI News

I wanted to share this announcement. CNI is delighted to again be a cooperating organization for this meeting. Clifford Lynch Director, CNI PDA 2016 Registration is open.   The PDA 2016 website … [Read more...]

I've just learned that there's a proposed revision to the EduPerson specification (the basic schema for attributes about people that's used in Shibboleth, for example) which includes ORCID author IDs. The revised specification is … [Read more...]

Registration is now open to individuals or teams from any institution (it was restricted to those affiliated with ARL or CNI member institutions for the first 2 weeks.) We are near capacity for the workshop; if you are interested in participating, I … [Read more...]

The University of Texas Libraries in Austin is extending a special opportunity, to CNI spring meeting attendees, to tour the newly renovated spaces in UT's Perry-Castañeda Library. More information is below, including a link to RSVP for a … [Read more...]

As a final reminder, project briefing proposals for the CNI Spring 2016 Membership Meeting are due THIS FRIDAY, Feb. 12. Proposals may be submitted online: https://www.cni.org/mm/spring-2016/s16-submit-a-proposal If you have any questions about … [Read more...]

Preservation systems using emulation have recently been deployed for public use by the Internet Archive and the Rhizome Project, and for restricted use by the Olive Archive at Carnegie-Mellon and others. What are the advantages and limitations of current … [Read more...]

At the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) conference today, the New Media Consortium (NMC) will launch the latest version of its Horizon Report for higher education. I have found that this report is widely read around the world and can serve as a great … [Read more...]

A group of associations in the UK have issued The UK Higher Education Learning Space Toolkit  www.ucisa.ac.uk/learningspace I have taken a quick look at most of the sections and believe that many in North America and other regions will find the advice … [Read more...]

New videos from CNI’s December membership meeting are now available: As the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has advanced, one of its major challenges has been the lack of effective, widespread tools for stewarding and syndicating digital content. … [Read more...]

The submission deadline for CNI's spring 2015 membership meeting is fast approaching! The meeting will be held on April 4-5 in San Antonio, Texas. Proposals for project briefings are due no later than Friday, February 12. A limited number of proposals … [Read more...]