CNI News

The DFG (the German Research Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) has just released a new strategy paper on approaches to developing and funding information infrastructues for research over the next five years; this should be of interest to a … [Read more...]

Both the content of this academy at Cornell and the excellent line-up of speakers will be of interest to many of you. Joan Lippincott ================== CONTACT: Cornell University Professional Studies Phone: (607) 255-7259 E-mail: … [Read more...]

National Academies Symposium on Data Sciences and Workforc The US National Academies Board on Research Data and Information has a study underway on workforce and educational issues raised by the new demands for digital curation. As part of this work, the … [Read more...]

The UK Joint Information Systems Committee and the British Library have just released a major (17,00 student) study of the behaviors and beliefs of "Generation Y" (eg born 1983-1992) doctoral students involving social media, information access, and related … [Read more...]

The UK Joint Information Systems Committee and the British Library have just released a major (17,00 student) study of the behaviors and beliefs of "Generation Y" (eg born 1983-1992) doctoral students involving social media, information access, and related … [Read more...]

National Status of Data Management: Current Research in Policy and Education, a project briefing session presented at CNI's spring 2012 membership meeting, by Martin Halbert (UNT), Rachel Frick (DLF), William Moen (UNT), and Spencer Keralis (UNT), is now … [Read more...]

I wanted to share this announcement from the Association of Research Libraries  on the release of an excellent new publication on Special Collections and Archives in the Digital Age, which I think will be of very broad interest within the CNI community. It … [Read more...]

The UK Royal Society has just released the final report of its study on Science as an Open Enterprise, which focuses heavily on data stewardship and sharing. You can find the report, and pointers to related material such as the audio from  yesterday … [Read more...]

If you are interested in assessment related to libraries, this should be an excellent conference.  Kim Duckett of NC State University and I will be giving a full-day workshop on "Library Space Assessment:  Bringing the Focus to Teaching and Learning."  … [Read more...]

Archiving Large Swaths of User-Contributed Digital Content: Lessons from Archiving the Occupy Movement, a project briefing session presented at CNI's spring 2012 membership meeting, by Howard Besser (NYU), David Millman (NYU), and Sharon Leon (GMU), is now … [Read more...]