Archiving 2021 Call for Papers
Proposals are now being accepted for the IS&T Archiving 2021 conference, June 9-24; paper submission deadline is April 5. Details are available at...
"Pew Research Center and Elon University report on prospects for a
Early last summer, I had the opportunity to participate, along with many other people, in a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center about expectations,...
"New Ithaka report on budgets and funding for scientific academic
Jane Radecki and Roger Schoenfeld at Ithaka S+R have released a very helpful new report on academic research budgets. This focuses on the scientific research...
LIS Ed & Data Science Fellowships, call for applications
The LIS Education and Data Science Integrated Network Group (LEADING) virtual fellowship program is now accepting applications. The project aims to build...
New Book on the Fight to Free Knowledge by Peter Kaufman
One of the on-demand project briefings we’ll be including in our upcoming membership meeting will be a talk by Peter Kaufman, of MIT Open Learning, on his...
"Announcing CNI Spring '21 Plenary Days Prelim. Schedule & Updating
CNI is taking advantage of the affordances of the virtual meeting environment to remain as flexible, responsive and timely as possible in delivering our...
New version of Learning Space Rating System (LSRS)
Many CNI member institutions will be interested in this new version of the Learning Space Rating System (LSRS), put together by a highly experienced team....
"Online Copyright classes, Columbia University Libraries & LYRASIS
Members of the CNI community will be interested to learn about a new copyright education program from Columbia University Libraries and LYRASIS, to offer...
REMINDER: Proposals due Friday, February 12 for CNI Spring ’21
Another reminder that the submission deadline for CNI’s spring 2021 virtual membership meeting is fast approaching! Proposals are now being accepted for...
"5th annual DIgital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, June
The next annual Digital Data in Biodiversity conference will take place virtually June 7-9, 2021. You can find conference information at...
"New Paper on Research Resilience: Remote Use of Major EU Research
There's a very interesting report that has come out recently titled "Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Working Practices of Analytical Facilities",...
"Spotlighting Spaces That Anticipate the Future: Stories and Snapshots
There are several new resources from the Learning Spaces Collaboratory: the links (see below) in the Spaces that Anticipate the Future series focus on two...
JISC Research and Innovation Strategy
Our colleagues at JISC in the UK released a new document outlining their strategy for research and innovation in the coming years. Well worth reading. See...
"Report from December 2020 Executive Roundtable on Science
As part of the CNI Fall 2020 Member meeting, we hosted a (virtual) Executive Roundtable titled "International Tensions and "Science Nationalism" in a...
Research Security Virtual Symposium, January 26, 2021
I wanted to share this recent announcement from our colleague Brian Kelly at EDUCAUSE for a free virtual symposium dealing with Research Security, which is...
REMINDER: Proposals due February 12 for CNI Spring ’21
The submission deadline for CNI’s spring 2021 virtual membership meeting is fast approaching! Proposals are now being accepted for project briefings to be...
"Big 10 Academic Alliance Libraries To Collectively Manage A Single
There was an important announcement from the Big Ten Academic Alliance, basically (as I read it) committing the member libraries to move towards managing the...
Report on Economic Analyses of Federal Scientific Collections
I'm just now catching up on a report issued by a federal cross-agency working group titled "Economic Analyses of Federal Scientific Collections: Methods for...
NSF Solicitation for Open Environmental Data Center
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has just issued a call for proposals for a $20 million center for open environmental data and science which I...
Call for Proposals, CNI Spring '21
Proposals are now being accepted for project briefings to be presented during CNI’s Spring 2021 Membership Meeting (virtual). The meeting will take place...
