CNI News

I'd like to encourage the CNI constituency to contribute stories to this EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) project that my colleague Malcolm Brown is leading. Many of you have likely benefited from the informative and timely "7 Things You Should Know … [Read more...]

Three keynotes from the 2013 Joint Conference on Digital LIbraries, which took place in Indianapolis on July 22-26, are now available on Youtube. I had the honor of providing the opening keynote talk and was able to stay and enjoy the entire conference, … [Read more...]

The following report will be of interest to some CNI-announce readers concerned with large scale research data management infrastructure planning. Clifford Lynch Director, CNI _________________ "Requirements for a multi-disciplinary Research Data … [Read more...]

The National Academies has recently released a prepublication version of a report on Frontiers in Massive Data Analysis; this is available for free downloading at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18374 This is a really nice survey of much of the … [Read more...]

While some of this report is quite specific to the situation in the UK, I thought that CNI-announce readers would find the study of interest. It's one of the few things that I know of that focuses mainly on the openness aspects of research data management … [Read more...]

The website for the 2d Annual Designing Libraries for the 21st Century Conference is now available at https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/designing-libraries-II You'll find information on the pre conference, tours, and conference sessions. CNI is delighted to … [Read more...]

For those following the work of the Research Data Alliance, the second plenary meeting will be held in Washington DC September 16-18, 2013. I've reproduced the announcement below. There is more detail (including logistical information) on the RDA web site, … [Read more...]

The uncorrected proofs of a report on a National Research Council workshop held March 21-22, 2013 in Washington DC to obtain perspectives from social and behavioral scientists on the proposed revisions of the "Common Rule" regulations that are intended to … [Read more...]

The British Academy has published a series of eight essays dealing with open access primarily in the humanities and social sciences. These are available for download at: http://www.britac.ac.uk/openaccess/debatingopenaccess.cfm Clifford Lynch Director, … [Read more...]

Steve Griffin, who many of you will remember from his time at the National Science Foundation, and now at the University of Pittsburgh School of Information, has asked me to share the call for contributions to a special issue of the International Journal … [Read more...]