Here is the lineup for the UMUC Center for Intellectual Property workshops and courses - an impressive array. Please contact the Center for additional details. Joan Lippincott

Apologies for Cross Postings

Announcing: UMUC Center for Intellectual Property Professional Development Opportunities in 2013-2014

Dear Colleagues:

UMass Amherst is hosting a term-based Learning Spaces Collaboratory workshop on May 4, 2013. I have been involved with the LSC for a long time, and their workshops are valuable opportunities to learn about the latest trends and to take a team-based approach to learning space planning. Here is some information about the event. Please visit the URL below for registration (for a fee) information. Joan

On Saturday May 4th, UMass Amherst is hosting a Learning Spaces Collaboratory Workshop from 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

CNI is pleased to officially endorse JCDL again this year:

Registration is now open for the 2013 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)

Main Early Registration -- Deadline May 27, 2013 * ACM/IEEE/SIG Members - $600 * Non-ACM/IEEE/SIG Members - $750 * ACM/IEEE/SIG Student - $380 * Lifetime Members - $360 * Non-member Student - $450

I will be the keynote speaker at a webinar Emerging Technologies IV, on Friday, April 19, sponsored by the South Central Research Library Council of New York State. Details on registration (for a small fee) are available at http://www.scrlc.org/EmergingTechIV

Other speakers/topics include Maurice York describing technologies in the new Hunt Library at NC State University, and sessions on Makerspaces, Gamification, and Cloud Computing.

The webinar is open to all, not just to those in NY State.

Joan Lippincott

The opening plenary from CNI's spring 2013 membership meeting by Herbert Van de Sompel, From the Version of Record to a Version of the Record, is now available on CNI's two video channels:

YouTube: http://youtu.be/fhrGS-QbNVA Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/63941159

In the past two decades, scholarly communication has evolved significantly to become mainly digital and network-based. This transition has brought along changes in the nature of the assets that are being communicated. The atomic and static PDF files of the early ejournals days are rapidly being replaced by bundles of dynamic and interdependent resources that are distributed across the Web. These changes present technical challenges regarding information interoperability and long-term preservation, but they also yield broader challenges related to stewardship, access, the delineation of the scholarly record, and the very notion of the version of record. In the same time frame, both the Web and our understanding of its architecture have evolved, which has motivated recent information interoperability efforts – OAI Object Reuse and Exchange, Memento, and ResourceSync – to look at technical challenges from a Web-centric, instead of a repository-centric, perspective, possibly marking a trend to fully embrace the Web as infrastructure for scholarly communication.

Previously released video from CNI's spring 2013 meeting: -The Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey US 2012: First Release of Key Findings (Deanna Marcum & Roger Schonfeld of Ithaka S+R, and Judy Russell, U. of Florida) http://vimeo.com/63591262

The Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey US 2012: First Release of Key Findings, the closing plenary from CNI's spring 2013 membership meeting, is now available on CNI's two video channels:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSQ1Di7cU1I Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/63591262

Ithaka S+R’s Faculty Survey has tracked attitudes and behaviors of faculty members in US higher education institutions in response to technological and environmental change on a triennial basis since 2000. Its Faculty Survey has helped the community understand changing faculty member needs on key issues such as discovery processes, collecting and collections, the value of the library, and publishing needs. Ithaka S+R’s Deanna Marcum and Roger Schonfeld shared key findings from the Faculty Survey 2012 US for the first time at CNI's spring 2013, held in San Antonio on April 4-5. Judy Russell, dean of libraries at the University of Florida and a member of the project advisory board, discussed reactions to the findings of the Faculty Survey from the perspective of a campus leader and library director.

CNI-ANNOUNCE readers will recall that release of the survey report was announced yesterday; it is available at http://www.sr.ithaka.org/research-publications/us-faculty-survey-2012

My apologies: the correct dates are MAY 14-15 and MAY 16-17, 2013. Earlier post listed them erroneously as April. Clifford

Following up on the February 2013 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Memo on increasing public access th the outputs of federally funded research -- both publications and datasets -- the National Academies are hosting a pair of meetings (one on publications, on MAY 14-15, and one on data, on MAY 16-17). The announcement, which includes a link to background information and registration pages, is below. Note that the meetings are free but advance registration is necessary. The meetings will also be webcast.

Clifford Lynch Director, CNI

Following up on the February 2013 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Memo on increasing public access th the outputs of federally funded research -- both publications and datasets -- the National Academies are hosting a pair of meetings (one on publications, on April 14-15, and one on data, on April 16-17). The announcement, which includes a link to background information and registration pages, is below. Note that the meetings are free but advance registration is necessary. The meetings will also be webcast.

Clifford Lynch Director, CNI

Dear Colleagues,

Ithaka S+R has just released the 2012 edition of its triennial faculty survey on research and teaching practices. It can be found at:

US Faculty Survey 2012 - Ithaka S+R

The Ithaka S+R US Faculty Survey has focused since its inception on capturing an accurate picture of faculty members' practices, attitudes, and needs. In

Those attending the CNI member meeting in San Antonio last Friday got a preview of this very rich report in the closing plenary session; Ithaka has also included a link to the powerpoint slides from their presentation on the web page above.

CNI also captured video of the plenary, and we'll make that available as soon as possible; that also includes the important complementary presentation by Judy Russell of the University of Florida.

Our colleagues from Carnegie Mellon are soliciting responses to a Request for Proposal for a white paper on a model organizational structure for sustaining their Olive project. Members of the CNI community are invited to respond. A URL with a link to the full RFP is included below.

--Joan Lippincott

Carnegie Mellon University's Olive project seeks to create an archive for executable content so that all kinds of software, games, and new scholarly articles containing programs can be preserved for the long term in the same way that libraries now preserve analog and digital content. Carnegie Mellon has received a grant from Sloan Foundation to continue technical work and to develop a sustainable economic model for the eventual Olive Archive. The purpose of this RFP is to pursue the plan

for an effective organizational structure to sustain the archiving and access to executable content, and to manage such an organization’s growth and evolution. Responders to this RFP should propose a model organizational structure that would be the most effective for sustaining Olive. The successful (selected) proposer will have four months to write a white paper of 10-15 pages including a brief environmental scan and substantive details about the proposed model. The selected proposer will present his/her white paper at a 2014 international invitational summit of approximately ten (10) participants who will review and evaluate the white paper and translate its recommendations into an organizational structure. Review of proposals will begin April 10, 2013 Successful proposer announced April 26, 2013 White paper due September 30, 2013

A Guide to the Spring 2013 Coalition for Networked Information Membership Meeting

The Spring 2013 CNI Membership Meeting, to be held at the Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas on April 4 and 5, offers a wide range of presentations that advance and report on CNI's programs, showcase projects underway at CNI member institutions, and highlight important national and international developments. Here is the customary "roadmap" to the sessions at the meeting, which includes both plenary events and an extensive series of breakout sessions focusing on current developments in networked information.

As usual, the CNI meeting proper is preceded by an optional orientation session for new attendees-both representatives of new member organizations and new representatives or alternate delegates from existing member organizations-at 11:30 AM; guests are also welcome. Refreshments are available for all at 12:15 PM on Thursday, April 4. The opening plenary is at 1:15 PM and will be followed by three rounds of parallel breakout sessions. Friday, April 5, includes additional rounds of parallel breakout sessions, lunch, and the closing keynote, concluding around 3:30 PM. Along with plenary and breakout sessions, the meeting includes generous break time for informal networking with colleagues and a reception which will run until 7:15 PM on the evening of Thursday, April 4, after which participants can enjoy a free evening along San Antonio's delightful Riverwalk.

The CNI meeting agenda is subject to last minute changes, particularly in the breakout sessions, and you can find the most current information on our website, www.cni.org, and on the announcements board near the registration desk at the meeting. Information about wireless access in the meeting room areas will be available in your packets or at the registration table.

Experts will lead this intensive set of workshops that will be of interest to many CNI members. --Joan Lippincott

Register today!

DigCCurr Professional Institute: Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle

The Program/Schedule of Events for CNI's Spring 2013 Member Meeting is now available for download from the meeting website:

CNI Spring 2013 Membership Meeting

CNI Spring 2013 Membership Meeting April 4-5, 2013 San Antonio, TX Westin Riverwalk Representatives from CNI member organizations gather twice annually to explore new technologies, content, and app…

A full meeting schedule has also available online, including links to full session abstracts.

We will be posting meeting updates from the CNI Twitter account (http://twitter.com/cni_org) using the hashtag #cni13s and we encourage other twitterers to do the same. The meeting will be held April 4-5 at the Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, TX.

Wikipedia and Libraries: What's the Connection?, a project briefing presented at CNI's fall 2012 membership meeting by Merrilee Proffitt of OCLC and Sara Snyder of the Smithsonian Institution, is now available on CNI's two video channels:

YouTube: http://youtu.be/a6Qs-_51Qko Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/61522767

This presentations examines how OCLC Research, Smithsonian Institution, and others are connecting researchers to unique materials through Wikipedia; it highlights the special role library data can play in Wikipedia, examines how Wikipedia data may be useful to libraries and scholarly institutions, introduces Wikipedia’s GLAM-Wiki initiative, and includes discussion about ways that information professionals can work collaboratively with the World’s Largest Free Encyclopedia.

Presentation webpage: http://www.cni.org/topics/digital-libraries/wikipedia-libraries-connection/

ELI is offering an online program on MOOCs - a hot topic among CNI members. --Joan Lippincott

A reminder that the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s Spring Focus Session will have as its theme “Learning and the MOOC.” Over the past year, the massive open online course (MOOC) has emerged as a significantly different course model. But how robust is the MOOC as a vehicle for learning?

Dates are April 3 and 4, from noon to 5 pm ET each day. Info, agenda, and registration information is at: http://www.educause.edu/eli/events/eli-online-spring-focus-session

I wanted to share this announcement from Tom Cramer on the upcoming May PASIG meeting, which will be held in Washington, DC.

Clifford Lynch Director, CNI

Registration for the next PASIG meeting, May 22-24, 2013, is now open. A full version of the still-evolving agenda, is below. Please use the PASIG 2013 link below to register for the event, pre-meeting workshops, and the limited block of rooms at the Washington Court Hotel.

I wanted to share the announcement from a very interesting conference hosted by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology dealing with the formalities surrounding copyright works; I've been to related conferences in this series in previous years and they have been excellent.

Clifford Lynch Director, CNI

The EDUCAUSE discussion group on Library/IT Collaborations, in which I've been a longtime participant, are hosting a webinar on support of digital scholarship. They have an excellent roster of speakers. Joan Lippincott

Library and IT collaboration in support of digital scholarship: How and where do we even get started? Please join us for a webinar on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 1 PM EDT to begin a community exploration of this question concerning ways libraries and IT departments can work together in support of digital scholarship efforts on our campuses. A panel of four experienced practitioners representing of a variety of organizations - from research institutions to liberal arts colleges - will informally share their experiences and answer questions from attendees. Our hope is to synthesize ideas and get ideas for next steps at the conclusion.

Presenters are: Glen Bunton, Director of Library Technologies and Systems, University of South Carolina Karen Estlund, Head of the Digital Scholarship Center, University of Oregon Rob Nelson, Director of the Digital Scholarship Lab, University of Richmond Stewart Varner, Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Emory University Every institution is different in culture and organization, so while there will be no single path for all of us to follow, the themes of innovation and transformation in higher education embraced by digital scholarship must be supported. This webinar proposes to be a first step in empowering all of us to become local champions of these activities.

Our colleagues at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) seek your input in identifying leading challenges and opportunities. --Joan Lippncott

Greetings! The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) would like to remind folks that there is still time to help identify the leading challenges and opportunities in teaching and learning (aka ELI content anchors). Please steer your browser to:

A preliminary title/speaker list of project briefings to be presented at CNI's spring meeting is now available: http://www.cni.org/mm/spring-2013/s13-project-briefings-presentations/

Details are subject to change.

Meeting registration closes Tuesday, March 5.