Archiving 2020 Call for Papers
Proposals are now being accepted for Archiving 2020 in Washington, DC, May 18-20; submission deadline is Nov. 1. Details are available at...
Plenaries for December 2019 CNI Member Meeting
I'm delighted to announce the plenary sessions for the December 2019 CNI Member Meeting. As is traditional at our December meetings, I'll take the opening...
"Registration Open for International Digital Curation Conference,
I'm delighted to announce that registration has opened for the 15th International Digital Curation Conference, which will take place early next year. The...
"Short article on Machine Learning for Archives and Special
Over the summer I wrote a short and relatively non-technical piece looking at what machine learning might have to offer to archives and special collections....
"Carol Mandel Paper on Born-DIgital Preservation Available for
Over the past few months I have had a number of long, wonderful conversations with CLIR Presidential Fellow Carol Mandel about her fascinating work on born-...
REMINDER: Proposals Due for CNI Fall '19
The submission deadline for CNI’s fall 2019 membership meeting is fast approaching! The meeting will be held on Dec. 9-10 in Washington, DC. Proposals for...
Cliff Lynch at PAGES VI: Who's observing what you read?
Registration is open for the PAGES VI Workshop, which will take place in Edmonton, Canada, on Oct. 4, 2019. This free all-day workshop will explore the topic...
"Registration Open - Symposium on Critical Roles for Libraries in
The "Academic Research and University Libraries: Creating a New Model for Collaboration" project at the University of Calgary has produced some valuable...
Joan Lippincott Retirement
Dr. Joan K. Lippincott, CNI’s long-time associate executive director, has informed me that she will be retiring effective January 1, 2020. It’s impossible...
Register for Designing Libraries VIII at Georgia Tech
For those who missed earlier announcements over the summer, here is your opportunity to register for the Designing Libraries Conference. We have a great...
Call for Proposals, CNI Fall '19 Meeting
Proposals are now being accepted for project briefings to be presented at CNI’s Fall 2019 Membership Meeting on Dec. 9-10 in Washington, DC, at the Omni...
"Registration for the LSC National Colloquium: Focusing on Spaces for
As many of you are aware, CNI has worked closely with the Learning Spaces Collaboratory over the years. This national colloquium promises to be stimulating...
Spots Still Open for the ARL-CNI Fall Forum—registration closes next Tuesday, September 3
The ARL-CNI Fall Forum provides an opportunity to participate in a stimulating program and interact with colleagues on key issues. Please see below for...
Sage Bionetworks 10th Assembly Materials
This July, I was fortunate to be able to participate in the milestone 10th Assembly convened by Sage Bionetworks. This entire event was recorded, and the...
"Implementing FAIR Data for People and Machines Workshop, Sept 11,
The National Academies are hosting a one-day workshop on Implementing FAIR Data for People and Machines on Wednesday, September 11 in Washington DC. They...
Passing of Former NLM Director Lindberg
I was greatly saddened to hear of the death of former National Library of Medicine Director Dr. Donald Lindberg. Don was a genuine visionary and superb...
New Joint Initiative on Future of Research Libraries
I'm pleased to be able to share this announcement about a new initiative that CNI has embarked upon jointly with our partners at the Association of Research...
ELI 7 Things: Digital Literacy
I’m pleased to announce the availability of this new addition to the ELI 7 Things series. As Malcolm Brown states, it was a broad, complex, and challenging...
MIT Press report on Open Source Publishing Software and Ecosystem
There's a really useful report surveying all of the numerous efforts that are underway in open-source publishing platforms and how they fit together that's...
PASIG Meeting, Madrid, May 19-21, 2020
The Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group has announced the date and location for its next meeting. I've been to a number of these over the...
