CNI News

On September 9-10, 2015 I was fortunate to be able to attend the Library of Congress 2015 Symposium on Storage Architectures for Digital Collections. This invitational meeting, which LC sponsors every fall, is unique in its focus on the intersection of … [Read more...]

The Council for Big Data, Ethics, and Society has recently issued a call for proposals for case studies dealing with complex issues of data ethics. This is a great opportunity to explore and contribute to a badly needed base of knowledge in these … [Read more...]

In June, 2015 the Knowledge Exchange, a partnership of JISC in the UK, the DFG in Germany, SURF in the Netherlands, Denmark's DEFF and CSC, the IT Center for Science in Finland, which focuses on digital infrastructure for research and scholarship, held a … [Read more...]

Several key deadlines for CNI's fall membership meeting are fast approaching: * Project briefing proposals are due by Oct. 19: https://wp.me/P1LncT-64z * Make hotel reservations by Nov. 11 for conference rate; rooms ARE currently available. For best … [Read more...]

Deanna Marcum and Roger Schoenfeld of Ithaka are hosting a workshop co-located with the December CNI meeting on Managing and Organizing Talent in the Academic Library; this will take place on the morning of Monday December 14. More details and … [Read more...]

The OECD has just issued a report titled "Making Open Science A Reality" which looks at the promise of open science and explores policy issues, initiatives and barriers to progress. The report can be found … [Read more...]

The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication has just published a special issue (volume 3 issue 2) covering research data management, edited by Gail Clement and Lisa Schiff. There are numerous articles in this issue that will be of interest to … [Read more...]

The ACRL Digital Scholarship Centers Interest Group is sponsoring a free web meeting on a timely topic - integrating research faculty into the planning and management of library-based DH centers. Please see registration information below. Joan Lippincott, … [Read more...]

Posting on behalf of our colleagues at UNC-Chapel Hill. --Joan Lippincott, CNI ------------------------------ We are excited to announce that IPRES 2015, the premiere international conference on Digital Preservation, will be held in Chapel Hill, North … [Read more...]

It's rare to see in-depth historical and critical review of important programs within our community, and the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Fellowships have certainly been an extremely important innovation, so I'm delighted to share … [Read more...]