From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:20:30 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from triplicate-girl.cni.org ([192.100.21.35] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.13) with ESMTPS id 17219003 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:57:12 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-4-816050674 Subject: Risk Mgt & Disaster Planning: Exec. Roundtable Report X-Original-Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:58:05 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: <422902A4-5AFD-4A78-AA5A-921AC1E6CCC4@cni.org> X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) --Apple-Mail-4-816050674 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 A report of the CNI Executive Roundtable Risk Management & Disaster = Planning, held at the CNI Fall 2011 Membership Meeting, is now = available: = http://www.cni.org/executive-roundtable-reports/risk-management-and-disast= er-planning/ Background: Increasingly, institutions are grappling with the reality that they must = have good plans in place to quickly provide access to networks, IT = services, and digital content if disaster strikes. On-campus = disruptions, including local violent acts or massive power outages, may = precipitate the need to activate an emergency plan, or natural disasters = may provide the impetus. In addition, major disruptions or outages from = commercial content providers or cloud services could have negative = consequences for research projects and teaching and learning activities. = Outsourcing creates dependences that need to be identified, analyzed, = and taken into account when managing risk. What can institutions = realistically plan for, and how can they assess the risks of locally = provided content, cloud services, and content provided from vendors=92 = own systems? Teams from 10 higher education institutions described their experiences, = concerns, strategies, and future plans during a discussion of these and = other issues that took place at the CNI Executive Roundtable in = Arlington, VA on December 12, 2011. =20 Held at CNI=92s membership meetings, CNI Executive Roundtables bring = together a group of campus partners, usually senior library and = information technology leaders, to discuss a key digital information = topic and its strategic implications. The Roundtables build on the = theme of collaboration that is at the foundation of the Coalition; they = serve as a forum for frank, unattributed intra and inter-institutional = dialogue on digital information issues and their organizational and = strategic implications. In addition, CNI uses Roundtable discussions to = inform our ongoing program planning process. We hope you find this report useful and we welcome your feedback; we = intend to produce reports of future Executive Roundtables available on = an ongoing basis. For questions or comments related to CNI Executive = Roundtables, please contact CNI Associate Executive Director Joan = Lippincott at joan@cni.org. *********************************************** Diane Goldenberg-Hart Communications Coordinator Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202-296-5098 202-872-0884 (Fax) diane@cni.org www.cni.org For the latest news & information: CNI-ANNOUNCE: cni-announce-subscribe@cni.org CNI News: http://www.cni.org/news/ Follow CNI: @cni_org --Apple-Mail-4-816050674 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 A = report of the CNI Executive Roundtable Risk Management & Disaster = Planning, held at the CNI Fall 2011 Membership Meeting, is now = available:

http://www.cni.org/executive-roundtable-reports/risk= -management-and-disaster-planning/

Backgrou= nd:
Increasingly, institutions are grappling with the = reality that they must have good plans in place to quickly provide = access to networks, IT services, and digital content if disaster = strikes.  On-campus disruptions, including local violent acts or = massive power outages, may precipitate the need to activate an emergency = plan, or natural disasters may provide the impetus.  In addition, = major disruptions or outages from commercial content providers or cloud = services could have negative consequences for research projects and = teaching and learning activities.  Outsourcing creates dependences = that need to be identified, analyzed, and taken into account when = managing risk.  What can institutions realistically plan for, and = how can they assess the risks of locally provided content, cloud = services, and content provided from vendors=92 own = systems?

Teams from 10 higher education = institutions described their experiences, concerns, strategies, and = future plans during a discussion of these and other issues that = took place at the CNI Executive Roundtable in Arlington, VA on December = 12, 2011.  

Held at CNI=92s = membership meetings, CNI Executive Roundtables bring = together a group of campus partners, usually senior library and = information technology leaders, to discuss a key digital information = topic and its strategic implications.  The Roundtables build on the = theme of collaboration that is at the foundation of the Coalition; they = serve as a forum for frank, unattributed intra and inter-institutional = dialogue on digital information issues and their organizational and = strategic implications.  In addition, CNI uses Roundtable = discussions to inform our ongoing program planning = process.

We hope you find this report useful = and we welcome your feedback; we intend to produce reports of future = Executive Roundtables available on an ongoing basis.  For questions = or comments related to CNI Executive Roundtables, please contact = CNI Associate Executive Director Joan Lippincott at joan@cni.org.


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Diane Goldenberg-Hart
Communications = Coordinator
Coalition for Networked Information
21 = Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC = 20036
202-296-5098
202-872-0884 (Fax)

For = the latest news & information:
Follow CNI: =  @cni_org

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