CNI News

Again this year, Stanford University Libraries are calling for entries for the Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries. These entries are due by January 15, 2014. The award recognizes a research, national, or other library that supports … [Read more...]

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has released a new publication titled "Research Data Management: Principles, Practices and Prospects". This publication covers a project called DataRes at the University of North Texas (UNT) , and … [Read more...]

There have been several inter-related announcements dealing with "Big Data" this week that I think will be of interest to many CNI-announce readers; my apologies for being tardy in sharing them. On Tuesday, November 12, the Obama Administration hosted an … [Read more...]

The registration deadline for the Fall 2013 CNI member meeting is next TUESDAY, November 12. If you have not registered for the meeting or made hotel accommodations, please do so by Tuesday. Information about registration & accommodations is available … [Read more...]

There's an interesting report from the History of Science Society that looks at the question of how historians of science, as opposed to scientists in various disciplines, need to be represented in efforts to make decisions about the curation and retention … [Read more...]

The McKinsey & Co. Global Institute has released an interesting report titled "Open Data: Unlocking Innovation and Performance" which covers the potential of opening up data (particularly government data) across a number of sectors, including … [Read more...]

For the last few years, the Library of Congress has been running an excellent annual meeting Designing Storage Architectures for Digital Collections, which is a great source of information on storage technology developments as they connect with digital … [Read more...]

The Learning Spaces Collaboratory presents many fine programs. You may be interested in registering for the upcoming webinar. Joan Lippincott, CNI _____________ Please join us for the LSC Webinar: Spaces for Making the Process of Learning Transparent for … [Read more...]

Purdue University Press is about to release a new book titled Research Data Management: Practical Strategies for Information Professionals, edited by Joyce Ray, who many readers of CNI-announce will remember from her service with the US Institute of Museum … [Read more...]

A few days ago I sent out an announcement about a conference that the Smithsonian was hosting in Washington DC on 3-D imaging and reproduction for cultural heritage. Since then, I have heard some bad news and some good news from our friends at the … [Read more...]