An alternative access method for the same information that is available from the CNI-ANNOUNCE listserv.
Presentations/Papers from ARL/CNI Special Collections Forum
The ARL/CNI Fall Forum, “An Age of Discovery: Distinctive Collections in the Digital Age” was held on October 13-14, 2009. This was a superb event. You can find links to audio records of the talks and to presentations at http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/fallforumproceedings/forum09proceedings.shtml. Several outstanding papers from this conference, including a somewhat expanded version of Cliff Lynch’s opening remarks addressing why he believes that special and distinctive collections are of such strategic importance to CNI’s agenda, have been published as the December 2009 issue of Research Library Issues and can be found at http://arl.tizrapublisher.com/view/9ishf/prvp3/default; they are also linked to the talks in the proceedings page.
Report on Open Science
Some of the very interesting recent developments in citizen science are covered in the excellent recent report by Liz Lyon of UKOLN titled Open Science at Web Scale: Optimising Participation and Predictive Potential, which is available for download at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/documents/opensciencerpt.aspx.
Video from 2009 IDCC
Video from the 2009 International Digital Curation Conference, held in London on December 2-4, is now available. There were a wealth of great sessions at the IDCC meeting, and you can find links to the video captures and the presentation materials at http://www.netvibes.com/idcc2009#Completed_Sessions and http://www.netvibes.com/idcc2009#Programme. Particularly recommended are Professor Ed Seidel’s superb plenary session on the second day, and Graham Pryor’s best-paper talk on data sharing in the biological sciences, which was largely based on a set of very detailed sub disciplinary case studies commissioned by the UK Research Information Network and the British Library; these can be found at http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/using-and-accessing-information-resources/disciplinary-case-studies-life-sciences and are well worth reading to understand some of the barriers to implementing data sharing policies.
Dec. CNI Conversations Available
An audio archive of the December CNI Conversations session is now available at http://conversations.cni.org/ (to subscribe to the audio feed add http://conversations.cni.org/feed to iTunes, or any podcatcher).
The discussion featured a recap of the recent CNI Membership Meeting by Executive Director Clifford Lynch and Associate Director Joan Lippincott. Cliff also discussed the 5th International Digital Curation Conference, as well as the NSF-funded workshop “Scholarly Evaluation Metrics: Opportunities and Challenges.”
About CNI Conversations:
As part of an ongoing effort to explore additional ways to connect with our members, CNI launched a new program in September 2009, CNI Conversations, in which participants from member institutions and organizations take part in discussions on current topics with CNI Director Clifford Lynch and others; currently the events take place in audio-conference format.
Real-time participation in upcoming CNI Conversations events requires pre-registration. Registration is open only to those at member institutions and organizations. Dates for future events will be sent to the CNI representatives at our member institutions in January; if you are interested in participating in a future session of CNI Conversations, please contact one of your organization’s CNI representatives. We plan to continue to make audio or other records of these exchanges generally available after the event.
For questions or comments related to CNI Conversations, please contact CNI Associate Executive Director Joan Lippincott at Joan [at] cni [dot] org.
Download CNI Meeting Schedule of Events
The CNI Fall 2009 Membership Meeting Schedule of Events is now available for download from the meeting Web site: https://www.cni.org/tfms/2009b.fall. The document includes descriptions for plenary and breakout sessions, as well as times and room assignments.
NOTE: Handouts are not included.
Roadmap to the Fall ’09 CNI Meeting
A guide to the Fall 2009 Coalition for Networked Information Membership Meeting by Executive Director Clifford Lynch is now available at https://www.cni.org/tfms/2009b.fall/roadmap.html.
CNI Meeting Update: Schedule, Abstracts & Hashtag
A schedule of project briefings to be presented at the Fall 2009 CNI Task Force Meeting is now available:
https://www.cni.org/tfms/2009b.fall/schedule.html
We will be adding session abstracts and supplemental information throughout the week.
I will be posting meeting updates from my Twitter account (http://twitter.com/dgoldenberghart) using the hashtag #cni09f and we encourage other twitterers to do the same.
Please tag blog posts about this meeting with cni2009fall for easy reference.
The meeting will be held in Washington, DC, December 14-15.
CNI Meeting Project Briefings
A preliminary list of project briefings to be delivered at the Fall 2009 CNI Member Meeting is now available online: https://www.cni.org/tfms/2009b.fall/project.html
Please note that this is a preliminary list and that details are subject to change. Session abstracts will be added soon, and a full conference schedule will be posted upon finalization. The meeting will be held at the Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel on December 14-15.
Nov. CNI Conversations Available
An audio archive of the November CNI Conversations session is now available at http://conversations.cni.org/ (to subscribe to the audio feed add http://conversations.cni.org/feed to iTunes, or any podcatcher). The discussion featured a preview of the upcoming fall CNI member meeting by Executive Director Clifford Lynch. Cliff also reported on the recent ARL/CNI special collections forum, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), and a new book on the Fourth Paradigm (a collection of essays dedicated to the memory of Jim Gray, edited by Tony Hey, et al, and published by Microsoft Research). Participant questions included the revised Google Books settlement, Lawrence Lessig’s EDUCAUSE keynote on copyright, and an update on the Open Annotation Collaboration.
About CNI Conversations
As part of an ongoing effort to explore additional ways to connect with our members, CNI launched a new program in September 2009, CNI Conversations, in which participants from member institutions and organizations take part in discussions on current topics with CNI Director Clifford Lynch and others; currently the events take place in audio-conference format.
Real-time participation in upcoming CNI Conversations events requires pre-registration. Registration is open only to those at member institutions and organizations. Dates for upcoming events were recently sent to the CNI representatives at our member institutions; if you are interested in participating in a future session of CNI Conversations, please contact one of your organization’s CNI representatives. We plan to continue to make audio or other records of these exchanges generally available after the event.
For questions or comments related to CNI Conversations, please contact CNI Associate Executive Director Joan Lippincott at Joan@cni.org.
Complying with new P2P mandates
Here’s information on an upcoming EDUCAUSE Live webcast on a timely topic.
“Complying with P2P Mandates in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008”
1-2pm U.S. Eastern Time, Monday, November 23. No charge, but registration required. Archived for future (re)viewing.
Speakers:
Jack Bernard
Assistant General Counsel
University of Michigan
Gregory A. Jackson
Vice President for Policy and Analysis
EDUCAUSE
Summary:
The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008 requires all campuses to certify that they have plans to “effectively combat the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material, including through the use of a variety of technology-based deterrents” and to “offer alternatives to illegal downloading or peer-to-peer distribution of intellectual property.” After months of drafting, debate, and discussion, the Department of Education has issued the final regulations for enforcing these requirements. In this session, we’ll go over the general compliance requirements and discuss how one campus is considering implementing them.