"LSC Open Conversation #6: Making It Work: Job Descriptions for
Please join me and colleagues Damecia Donahue, Wayne State University, Joe Lucia, Temple University, and Henry Myerberg, HMA2 (architectural firm) for a...
"International Conference on ICT Enhanced Social Sciences and
Earlier this summer I attended the online International Conference on Information-communication Technologies Enhanced Social Sciences and Humanities...
"NIH Seeks Feedback on Access to Controlled Data, Cloud Computing,
The NIH has several Requests for Information open which will be of interest to many of you - see deadlines and details below for RFIs on access to controlled...
"Report from Reducing the Inadvertant Spread of Retracted Science
The continued propagation of retracted scientific results has been a long term problem that has become particularly important and challenging with the rise...
Celebrating a Decade of Biodiversity Digitization
This is really celebrating an amazing set of accomplishments that have had great impact across a surprising range of disciplines. Registration is free....
"RFI on AI Research Resource Implementation Roadmap from NSF and
The US White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have jointly issued what's technically a Request...
NIST on AI Trust, AI Risk Management Framework
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a major initiative underway to develop an AI Risk Management Framework. You can read more...
"Library Publishing Directory: Call for Entries & New Research Data
Colleagues, I share, below, some news regarding the Library Publishing Directory, including a all for entries for the 2022 edition, and the exciting news...
"An amazing achievement: Deepminds protein folding prediction
As a measure of how vastly information technology, computational methods, big data, and machine learning are transforming research practice, I invite readers...
"Ithaka S+R launch of streaming video landscape study and call for
One of the issues that CNI has been tracking for decades is the implications of the gradual shift to entirely born-digital content in various markets. This...
"LSC Open Conversation #2: Planning and Designing for Diversity,
The second in the Learning Spaces Collaboratory Open Conversation series was just announced and will take place on Wednesday, July 14 at 4:15pm Eastern....
Ground Truth Cultural Heritage Data and Machine Learning Survey
Our colleague Thomas Padilla, now at the Center for Research Libraries, is doing a survey as part of a new project called Ground Truths which in is looking...
Some interesting reading
For a change, I'm sharing these in a reasonably timely fashion. I hope these are helpful. I thought it would be better to aggregate these rather than send...
Learning Spaces Collaboratory Open Conversations Series
During the pandemic period, I have been a member of a discussion group convened by Jeanne Narum, Principal, Learning Spaces Collaboratory, to share ideas...
"OSTP call for input on improving scientific research integrity. Due
The US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has issued a call for input on changes to federal policy to improve scientific research integrity. The...
Videos and slides from the virtual 2021 Library Publishing Forum
Last month I attended the Library Publishing Coalition’s virtual Forum, which featured a rich and thought-provoking program covering a wide variety of topics...
Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference - CFP
For the past several years, Bucknell University has hosted a digital scholarship conference that brings together a broad community of practitioners engaged...
"Research, Education, and Broadband Public Policy Initiatives -
John O'Brien, the President of EDUCAUSE, has just published a really nice brief update titled "The Time Has Come: Include Research and Education in the...
"Three key reads: IFLA on Controlled Digital Lending, Ithaka on the
Here are a few key things that have come out in the last few days: The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) has issued a statement in...
NDSA 2021 Excellence Awards - Call for Nominations
I’m very pleased to share this call for nominations for the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) 2021 Excellence Awards (formerly NDSA Innovation...
