CNI News

I'm thrilled and honored to to share the news that I've got a paper in the new December 2017 issue of First Monday (open access), which summarizes about a year of thinking about and studying how we might document the plethora of systems (including social … [Read more...]

In honor of today being International Digital Preservation Day, our colleagues at the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) have produced what they call the "Bit List" of "Digitally Endangered Species." This is actually a fascinating survey of how well we … [Read more...]

I wanted to share this announcement with the CNI community. The report is short (9 pages) and a good read; it includes a number of very, very helpful recommendations that I hope get very careful consideration by the US federal research funders. From the … [Read more...]

The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has just issued an interesting report describing their views on technical requirements and functionality for next generation repositories. A summary and a pointer to the full report (PDF) are available … [Read more...]

I'm sharing this message from the Learning Spaces Collaboratory - their next webinar addresses some important questions. Registration for a fee. --Joan Lippincott, CNI ------------------------------ Join us for the 3rd in the LSC Series of Roundtable … [Read more...]

I wanted to share this call for proposals with the CNI community. I have been to almost all of the earlier conferences in the series, and while they have varied widely in focus, they are invariably interesting and thought-provoking. Clifford … [Read more...]

Registration is now open for IDCC 2018. Details below. CNI is very pleased to again be a collaborator in this event. Clifford Lynch Director, CNI ----------------------- Apologies for cross-posting. We're delighted to announce that … [Read more...]

CNI is pleased to serve once again as a partner for this important event, which provides librarians with an opportunity to learn about data science and … [Read more...]

CNI is pleased to be a collaborating organization for the Open Repositories conference again this year. Details about the call for papers is below. -------------------- The 13th International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2018, will be held on June … [Read more...]

Last week we held the CNI - ARL Digital Scholarship Planning Workshop at Brown University. 100 participants attended and worked in small groups on topics including needs assessment, staffing, governance and funding, teaching and learning, and spaces and … [Read more...]